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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by REFUGE FOR WOMEN.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,722,507
Total expenses
$5,248,914
Contributions and grants received
$5,664,406
Grants paid
$751,432
Program service revenue
$19,685
Investment income
$10,672
Other revenue
$27,744
Total assets, end of year
$5,578,089
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,141,250
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,436,839
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,284,910
Management and general expenses
$543,854
Fundraising expenses
$420,150
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,284,910

Program services were 81.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,108,625

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $884,617

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $113,436

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,557,728

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRANSITIONAL LIVING FEE

    total $19,685 · related or exempt $19,685

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,672 · related or exempt $10,672

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $13,650

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $13,650

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $13,650 · related or exempt $13,650

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $319,226

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,108,625

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $319,226

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: CREDIT REBATE & GAIN

    total $14,094 · related or exempt $14,094

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $14,094

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $309,046 · program services $309,046

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $442,386 · program services $442,386

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $110,651 · program services $77,455 · management and general $5,533 · fundraising $27,663

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,964,945 · program services $2,365,608 · management and general $296,043 · fundraising $303,294

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $64,003 · program services $47,135 · fundraising $16,868

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $137,312 · program services $137,312

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $232,437 · program services $179,847 · management and general $45,991 · fundraising $6,599

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $37,605 · program services $12,497 · management and general $25,108

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $57,000 · management and general $57,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $95,192 · program services $42,342 · management and general $24,100 · fundraising $28,750

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $92,518 · program services $40,347 · management and general $24,207 · fundraising $27,964

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $489,781 · program services $478,400 · management and general $11,381

  • 17 · Travel

    total $48,631 · program services $39,604 · management and general $5,397 · fundraising $3,630

  • 20 · Interest

    total $66,801 · program services $66,801

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF TRAINING

    total $43,517 · program services $39,768 · management and general $2,727 · fundraising $1,022

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK & PROCESSING FEES

    total $27,082 · program services $596 · management and general $22,128 · fundraising $4,358

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES & BACKGROUND CHECKS

    total $12,153 · program services $3,599 · management and general $8,554

  • 24d · Other expenses: DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

    total $15,530 · management and general $15,530

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,324 · program services $2,167 · management and general $155 · fundraising $2

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,399,772 · end of year $1,555,794

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $60,358 · end of year $313,300

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $242,533 · end of year $19,533

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $44,877 · end of year $94,098

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $4,169,805

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $822,212

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,800,658 · end of year $3,347,593

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $300,100 · end of year $247,771

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $47,055 · end of year $56,032

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,541,256 · end of year $908,273

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $84,765

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $244,412 · end of year $92,180

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,814,306 · end of year $4,257,162

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $201,269 · end of year $179,677

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

REFUGE FOR WOMEN INC IS A FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES HOUSING, COUNSELING, AND LIFE AND WORK SKILLS TRAINING FOR WOMEN WHO DESIRE TO LEAVE THE ADULT SEX AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.

  • REFUGE FOR WOMEN IS A NON-PROFIT, FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION PROVIDING SPECIALIZED LONG-TERM HOUSING AND EMERGENCY HOUSING FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE ESCAPED HUMAN TRAFFICKING OR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. WITH MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE U.S., REFUGE FOR WOMEN OFFERS UP TO TWELVE MONTHS OF SAFE HOUSING, AT NO CHARGE TO THE RESIDENT, WITH AROUND THE CLOCK CARE AS CLIENTS PROGRESS THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED, TRAUMA-INFORMED PROGRAMMING. WE STRIVE TO HELP EACH WOMAN COMPLETE THE PROGRAM WITH A VISION FOR HER FUTURE, EQUIPPED TO SUCCEED AND SUSTAIN A LIFE MARKED WITH DIGNITY AND HOPE.

    Expenses $4,284,910 · Grants $751,432 · Revenue $5,704,207

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Abby Germer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $125,746
    From this org
    $110,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,096
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

  • Steve Oglesby

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Todd Viers

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Marty Lamb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Karen Schultz

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Megan Nicholson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Richard Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
29 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202631809349301113

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