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THE REFUGE FOR DMST

EIN 46-4098511 AUSTIN, TX

Largest nonprofits in Texas

Revenue 2022
$2,247,291
Expenses 2022
$3,954,766

Program services were 74.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Street
PO BOX 90804

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE REFUGE CIRCLE OF CARE PROGRAM PROVIDES HOLISTIC COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO YOUNG GIRLS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14 & 19 WHO HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED THROUGH SEX TRAFFICKING. ALL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ONSITE AT THE REFUGE RANCH. DUE TO UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT OCCURRED IN DECEMBER 2021 AND JANUARY 2022, OUR LICENSE TO OPERATE WAS SUSPENDED ON MARCH 11, 2022. THOUGH THE REFUGE FOR DMST RESPONDED TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND LICENSING STANDARDS, TERMINATED NECESSARY EMPLOYEES, COOPERATED WITH INVESTIGATIONS AND WAS EXONERATED OF ALL CHARGES, OUR FACILITY REMAINED CLOSED FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2022. MOST OF OUR STAFF WAS LAID OFF IN JUNE 2022.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE REFUGE FOR DMST'S (DOMESTIC MINOR SEX TRAFFICKING) MISSION IS TO PROVIDE TRAUMA-INFORMED, LONG-TERM RESTORATION, SHELTER AND SERVICES TO GIRLS 11-17 YEARS OLD, WHO HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED THROUGH SEX TRAFFICKING. RECOGNIZING THE LACK OF SAFE AND HOLISTIC SHELTERS FOR RESCUED CHILDREN, WE HOPE TO ESTABLISH A PLACE OF REFUGE FOR GIRLS TO HEAL AND FIND HOPE FOR A NEW LIFE. THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH MANY THERAPEUTIC SERVICE PROVIDERS WITHIN THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY, WE AIM TO DEVELOP A CIRCLE OF CARE AROUND EACH SURVIVOR, ADDRESSING HER UNIQUE EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS. AS CHRISTIAN ABOLITIONISTS, WE BOLDLY ENVISION A CITY PASSIONATELY OPPOSED TO SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN AND A COMMUNITY COMMITTED TO RESTORING PURPOSE, VALUE, AND CHOICE TO THE LIVES OF SURVIVORS.

  • OUR PROGRAM DID SERVE A TOTAL OF 18 GIRLS DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2022: - 12 PLACED WITH US BY A STATE AGENCY (67%), 3 BY A COUNTY AGENCY (17%), 2 BY A NONPROFIT ORG (11%), AND 1 BY A FAMILY MEMBER (6%). - THE AVERAGE AGE OF THESE GIRLS UPON ADMITTANCE TO OUR PROGRAM WAS 15. - THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY AT THE REFUGE WAS 149 DAYS (5 MONTHS). - 8 HISPANIC (44%), 6 WHITE (33%), 3 BLACK (17%), 1 ASIAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (6%). - 15 (83%) OF THE GIRLS WE SERVED IN 2022 WERE FROM TEXAS; 3 (17%) WERE FROM OUT OF STATE (CALIFORNIA, OKLAHOMA, AND VIRGINIA). GIVEN THE ABRUPT REMOVAL OF THE GIRLS IN OUR CARE, WE CAN ONLY REPORT THE PROGRESS MADE WITH THE 18 GIRLS WE SERVED DURING THE FIRST QUARTER: - 3 ACHIEVED THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA FROM THE ONSITE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL IN DECEMBER 2021. - 206 INDIVIDUAL THERAPY SESSIONS WERE PROVIDED. - 120 SESSIONS IN GROUP OR FAMILY THERAPY. - 75 SESSIONS IN EQUINE THERAPY. - 17 PSYCHIATRIC SESSIONS WERE PROVIDED. FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2022, THE REFUGE STEWARDED THE 50-ACRE, 9 MILLION FACILITY BUILT BY TEXANS FOR THE CARE AND WELL-BEING OF GIRLS WHO HAVE BEEN SEX TRAFFICKED. OUR CONSTITUENCY WAS KEPT INFORMED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OF THE LATEST HAPPENINGS AND THIS INFORMATION WAS ALSO POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED. OUR LICENSE WAS REINSTATED ON JANUARY 31, 2023, AND AFTER RAISING THE NECESSARY FUNDS AND REBUILDING OUR TEAM, WE BEGAN TO SERVE GIRLS AGAIN THAT SUMMER.

    Expenses $2,951,677 · Revenue $351,213

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2022

As listed in Part VII of the 2022 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Alex Shootman

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Kelly Terry

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Maya McReynolds

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jeri Brock

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Clark

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Brooke Crowder

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tracie Stookesberry

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $68,845
    From this org
    $68,612
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $233
    Hours/week
    40

  • Danielle Owens

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $86,267
    From this org
    $83,803
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,464
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,247,291
    Expenses
    $3,954,766
    Contributions
    $1,820,994
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,480,979
    Expenses
    $5,864,187
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,762,673

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,442,330
    Expenses
    $4,919,713
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,969,165

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,617,300
    Expenses
    $4,500,741
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,793,453

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,411,019
    Expenses
    $1,824,134
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,104,975

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,945,849
    Expenses
    $767,051
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,402,261

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,151,501
    Expenses
    $564,300
    Assets (EOY)
    $719,606

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $433,929
    Expenses
    $351,087
    Assets (EOY)
    $131,444

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $46,195
    Expenses
    $3,491
    Assets (EOY)
    $43,614

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2022, the newest we have parsed for this organization.