WOMENS ADVOCATES INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

L410

Classification

1000

Street

588 GRAND AVE

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

• SHELTER-BASED ADVOCACY SERVICES WHILE IN SHELTER, RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO START THEIR HEALING JOURNEY BY WORKING WITH OUR FAMILY & LEGAL SUPPORT ADVOCATES AND ATTENDING OUR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMMING. OUR CRISIS RESOURCE ADVOCATES HANDLE RESIDENT REQUESTS AT THE FRONT DESK 24/7 AND PROVIDE CRISIS LINE CALLERS WITH REFERRALS TO EMERGENCY SHELTER, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, SAFETY PLANNING SERVICES, AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. IN FY2023-2024, 954 PEOPLE RECEIVED OUR CRISIS INTERVENTIONS AND SHELTER REFERRAL SERVICES VIA THE CRISIS LINE. REGULAR SUPPORT GROUPS HELP RESIDENTS COPE WITH THE TRAUMA OF THEIR PAST AND WORK TO BUILD POSITIVE FUTURES FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. OUR MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS COUNSELOR TEACHES SELF-CARE AND MINDFULNESS TECHNIQUES THAT CENTER THE MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT. OUR FAMILY & LEGAL SUPPORT ADVOCATES WORK WITH VICTIM-SURVIVORS TO CREATE PERSONAL GOAL PLANS AND WORK WITHIN THE LEGAL SYSTEM TO WRITE ORDERS FOR PROTECTION AND NEGOTIATE LEASE TERMINATIONS.

  Expenses $1,522,618 · Grants $558,063

• HOUSING STABILITY SERVICES OUR HOUSING STABILITY PROGRAM UTILIZES A BROAD ARRAY OF GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE FUNDING TO PROVIDE HOUSING NAVIGATION AND EVICTION PREVENTION SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF OUR SHELTER AND VICTIM-SURVIVORS IN THE COMMUNITY EXPERIENCING OR AT-RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. OUR HOUSING STABILITY ADVOCATES WORK WITH PARTICIPANTS TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO HOUSING, NEGOTIATE WITH LANDLORDS TO FIND SAFE, STABLE RENTALS THAT PARTICIPANTS CAN AFFORD, AND PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR EXPENSES FOR UP TO 60 MONTHS DEPENDING ON FUNDING SOURCE. IN FY24-25, OUR HOUSING STABILITY PROGRAM SERVED 123 HOUSEHOLDS.

  Expenses $1,140,913 · Revenue $110,778

• SHELTER FOOD AND FACILITIESFOR 50 YEARS, PROVIDING SAFE SHELTER FOR VICTIM-SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS BEEN AT THE HEART OF WOMEN'S ADVOCATES' MISSION. EMERGENCY SHELTER PROVIDES VICTIM-SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEIR CHILDREN WITH UP TO 90 DAYS OF SAFE RESPITE SHELTER WITH MEALS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. OUR SHELTER SPACE CONSISTS OF 15 BEDROOMS, 7 RESIDENT BATHROOMS, AND A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN WHERE THREE MEALS EACH DAY ARE PREPARED FOR OUR RESIDENTS SEEKING SHELTER AND SAFETY FROM ABUSIVE SITUATIONS. RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO LAUNDRY FACILITIES, PERSONAL COMPUTERS, A LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM, AND SECURE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND. OUR EMERGENCY SHELTER PROGRAMS SERVED 236 INDIVIDUALS IN FY 2024-2025, INCLUDING 119 ADULTS AND 117 CHILDREN WITH AN 86-DAY AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY. SHELTER FOOD & FACILITIES PROVIDES A SECURE, SAFE HOME FOR RESIDENTS. SHEILA WELLSTONE CHILDREN'S PROGRAM AND LEAN ON ME YOUTH INTERVENTION OFFERS DROP-IN CHILDCARE SERVICES, AFTER-SCHOOL HOMEWORK SPACE, EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY WITH SCHOOLS, YOUTH MENTORSHIP, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND HEALING SUPPORTS TO HELP MEET THE SOCIO-EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE WITNESSED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. HOUSING STABILITY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO VICTIM-SURVIVORS AND THEIR CHILDREN EXITING THE SHELTER. FORMER RESIDENTS RECEIVE SUPPORT TO CONTINUE NAVIGATING LEGAL SYSTEMS, HOUSING CHALLENGES, EMPLOYMENT SEARCHES, AND TARGETED COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

  Expenses $688,418

• OUTREACH AND YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMINGTHE OUTREACH TEAM PROVIDES COMMUNITY-BASED DV ADVOCACY THROUGH POP-UP ADVOCACY EVENTS WHICH HELD TWICE WEEKLY IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS SUCH AS THE RONDO COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIBRARY. IN FY2024-2025, POP-UP ADVOCACY CONNECTED 1,949 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH RESOURCES, DV EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY. OUR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT TEAM ALSO CONDUCTS STREET OUTREACH TO HELP REACH YOUNG ADULTS AGED 18-24 WHO MAY BE AT RISK FOR OR EXPERIENCING COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION/TRAFFICKING, WHILE OUR LEAN ON ME PROGRAM PROVIDES MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR OLDER YOUTH DURING THEIR SHELTER STAY. WOMEN'S ADVOCATES IS COMMITTED TO PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PROFESSIONALS SUCH AS TEACHERS, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, AND OTHERS WHO SERVE VICTIM-SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES. IN 2024-2025, OUR COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM TRAINED 988 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO RECOGNIZE THE WARNING SIGNS, DYNAMICS, AND IMPACT OF ABUSE THROUGH 35 EVENTS.

  Expenses $717,520

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.

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

  $6,877,431

  Expenses

  $5,358,683

  Contributions

  $6,665,829

  Grants paid

  $558,063

• 2023

  Revenue

  $8,840,582

  Expenses

  $4,166,327

  Contributions

  $8,777,228

  Grants paid

  $117,566

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,337,602

  Expenses

  $4,538,981

  Contributions

  $4,275,763

  Grants paid

  $437,247

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

  $2,897,854

  Expenses

  $3,309,695

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,690,924

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,614,656

  Expenses

  $3,080,015

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,302,287

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,740,749

  Expenses

  $3,011,039

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,866,290

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,605,111

  Expenses

  $2,440,146

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,831,814

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,304,573

  Expenses

  $2,328,773

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,684,374

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,304,573

  Expenses

  $2,328,773

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,684,374

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,244,964

  Expenses

  $2,271,717

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,724,498

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,145,622

  Expenses

  $2,021,920

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,692,613

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,885,254

  Expenses

  $1,847,886

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,596,548

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,938,659

  Expenses

  $1,842,532

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,629,034

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $511,450

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• MEDICA FOUNDATION

  $140,000

  2024 · BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $88,300

  2022 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $82,000

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES, DONOR-ADVISED, HUMAN SERVICES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $60,825

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY

  $60,500

  2025 · PROGRAM COSTS

• UNITED ANIMAL NATIONS

  $60,000

  2024 · SAFE HOUSING

• MEDICA FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2022 · BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $37,800

  2023 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS, OR OTHER PURPOSES

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $31,750

  2024 · DONOR ADVISED, HUMAN SERVICES

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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