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CENTER FOR VICTIMS

EIN 25-1307309 PITTSBURGH, PA

Revenue 2024
$6,380,907
Expenses 2024
$6,861,315

Program services were 84.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P43Z
Classification
1200
Street
3433 E CARSON ST

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 · 2024

Mission

CENTER FOR VICTIMS OFFERS A PUBLIC SERVICE IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY BY HELPING INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES HEAL FROM THE TRAUMA OF SEXUAL ASSAULT/ABUSE, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, AND ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE AND CRIME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORTING VICTIMS, HEALING TRAUMA AND CREATING PEACEFUL COMMUNITIES

  • CENTER FOR VICTIMS (CV) IS A COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS SUPPORTING VICTIMS, HEALING TRAUMA AND CREATING PEACEFUL COMMUNITIES. CV IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INCLUSIVE PROVIDER OF SERVICES, ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION FOR VICTIMS OF ALL CRIMES. WITH 51 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, CV IS A ONE-STOP-SHOP WITH ONE MESSAGE, ONE NUMBER TO CALL, AND ONE DOOR FOR PEOPLE TO WALK THROUGH TO GET THE BEST COMBINATION OF SERVICES TO MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONCENTER FOR VICTIMS OFFERS A FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS AND PROVIDES CRITICAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY, GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY UNDER THE FOLLOWING UMBRELLAS: - COMPREHENSIVE CRIME VICTIM & WITNESS ASSISTANCE CENTER - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EMERGENCY SHELTER & COUNSELING CENTER - RAPE CRISIS / SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER - HEALING RIVERS PROJECT & RESILIENCY CENTER - COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM - COMMUNITY OUTREACH & INTERVENTION - COMMUNITY MEDIATION, CONFLICT COACHING & RESOLUTION - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, EDUCATION & ADVOCACY SERVICES INCLUDE:CRIME VICTIM SERVICES: 24 HOUR CRISIS HOTLINE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EMERGENCY SHELTER AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE, OFFENDER RELEASE NOTIFICATION, LEGAL ADVOCACY AND COURT ACCOMPANIMENT, MEDICAL ADVOCACY, CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY, CANINE ASSISTED ADVOCACY, CRISIS COUNSELING AND THERAPY, HEALING & WELLNESS ACTIVITIES, PROTECTION FROM ABUSE ORDER ASSISTANCE, AND VICTIM'S COMPENSATION ASSISTANCE. CV ALSO PROVIDES CRISIS RESPONSE WHEN AN INCIDENT OF VIOLENCE AFFECTS LARGE GROUPS OR ENTIRE COMMUNITIES.CRIME AND VIOLENCE HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT; NOT JUST AFFECTING THE VICTIM BUT THEIR CHILDREN, FAMILIES, CO-WORKERS, NEIGHBORS, AND SOMETIMES-ENTIRE COMMUNITIES. UNRESOLVED TRAUMA, GRIEF AND LOSS CAUSED BY VIOLENCE AND CRIME ARE OFTEN UNDERLYING CAUSES OF POOR MENTAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL HEALTH. CV ENSURES THAT ALL CRIME VICTIMS CAN EASILY AND READILY ACCESS QUALITY, SEAMLESS, AND COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES THAT ALLOWS FOR REDUCED CONFUSION IN THEIR TIME OF TRAUMA. COMMUNITY SERVICES: CONFLICT COACHING & RESOLUTION AND MEDIATION SERVICES, COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE, COMMUNITY OUTREACH & INTERVENTION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING, AND EDUCATION, INCLUDING THE HEALING RIVERS PROJECT; AN INNOVATIVE TRAUMA EDUCATION INITIATIVE INCORPORATING EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOPS AND AN INTERACTIVE TRAUMA INFORMED EXHIBIT. CV'S HEALING RIVERS PROJECT, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND TRAINING PROGRAMS PROVIDE VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE AND CRIME, THE PREVENTION OF ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE, AND UNDERSTANDING THE PATHWAYS TO WELLNESS. THROUGH MEDIATION, COLLABORATION, AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS CV STAFF TEACH AND PROMOTE THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AS AN INNOVATIVE LEADER IN THE FIELD OF VICTIM SERVICES AND THE LARGEST VICTIM SERVICE ORGANIZATION IN PENNSYLVANIA, OVER THE YEARS, CV HAS ANNUALLY SERVED AN AVERAGE OF 15,000 VICTIMS, WITNESSES, AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, CV PROVIDES COMMUNITY OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING TO OVER 30,000 INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $5,812,214 · Grants $23,179 · Revenue $19,570

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • John Rago Esq

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Hon Linda Kelly Esq

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maryssa Stavros M Ed

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Benjamin Saks

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Thomas Corbett Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Devin Patterson Psyd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia McGrail Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Stephen Zappala Jr Da

    EX-OFFICIO (NON-VOTING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laurie Z MacDonald

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $273,695
    From this org
    $253,462
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,233
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $253,462
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,673
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,560
    Filer's total
    $273,695
  • Tracey Provident

    VP

    Total calculated
    $180,814
    From this org
    $165,004
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,810
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,004
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,560
    Filer's total
    $180,814
  • Amy Cortes

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $171,499
    From this org
    $156,132
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,367
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,132
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,807
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,560
    Filer's total
    $171,499

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $6,380,907
    Expenses
    $6,861,315
    Contributions
    $6,336,753
    Grants paid
    $23,179
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,788,741
    Expenses
    $6,632,797
    Contributions
    $6,674,630
    Grants paid
    $29,882
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,909,442
    Expenses
    $5,975,058
    Contributions
    $6,681,373
    Grants paid
    $23,887

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
    $6,194,466
    Expenses
    $6,238,059
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,448,918
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,580,631
    Expenses
    $7,261,856
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,521,265
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,916,510
    Expenses
    $7,268,098
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,395,648
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,708,416
    Expenses
    $5,989,426
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,731,264

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

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

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.