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HEALING ABUSE WORKING FOR CHANGE INC

EIN 04-2655367 SALEM, MA

Largest nonprofits in Massachusetts

Revenue 2024
$3,007,999
Expenses 2024
$2,677,663

Program services were 76.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
27 CONGRESS STREET

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO CREATE SOCIAL CHANGE BY TAKING ACTION AGAINST PERSONAL AND SOCIETAL PATTERNS OF VIOLENCE AND OPPRESSION. HAWC PROVIDES SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN 23 CITIES AND TOWNS ON MASSACHUSETTS' NORTH SHORE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CREATE SOCIAL CHANGE BY TAKING ACTION AGAINST PERSONAL AND SOCIETAL PATTERNS OF VIOLENCE AND OPPRESION. HAWC PROVIDES SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN 23 CITIES AND TOWNS ON MASSACHUSETTS' NORTH SHORE.

  • COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS:HAWC MAINTAINS TWO COMMUNITY BASED OFFICES IN SALEM AND LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS WHERE ADVOCATES PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT GROUPS. CLIENTS ARE ALSO SEEN IN PERSON AT A COMMUNITY PARTNER SITE IN GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. LIKEWISE, LEGAL SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE DIRECTLY OUT OF FIVE REGIONAL COURTS IN SALEM, PEABODY, GLOUCESTER AND LYNN. THE ORGANIZATION PRIORITIZES THE MAINTENANCE OF THESE MULTIPLE COMMUNITY LOCATIONS IN ORDER TO REMOVE TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS AND MAXIMIZE ACCESSIBILITY OF SERVICES. EACH OF THE COMMUNITY BASED OFFICES ARE CO-LOCATED WITH COMPLIMENTARY HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE, WIC, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND CAREER COUNSELING. LIKEWISE, MOST SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY BASED ON THE SURVIVOR'S PARTICULAR NEEDS AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THIS HYBRID SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL MAXIMIZES CLIENT CHOICE AND REDUCES BARRIERS TO SERVICE.

    Expenses $858,625 · Grants $56,564 · Revenue $3,600

  • EMERGENCY SHELTER AND HOUSING:HAWC'S EMERGENCY SHELTER PROVIDES A SIX TO TWELVE MONTH PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BECOME HOMELESS AS A RESULT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WHILE IN THE SHELTER PROGRAM, SURVIVORS PARTICIPATE IN INTENSIVE ONE-ON-ONE ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT GROUPS. ADVOCACY INCLUDES HOUSING SEARCH SUPPORT, CONNECTION TO VARIOUS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INCLUDING JOB READINESS COUNSELING, SCHOOL, DAYCARE AND EARLY INTERVENTION ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN. GROUP SUPPORT INCLUDES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 101 AND PARENTING SUPPORT. SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN INCLUDES STORY HOUR, VISITS WITH A THERAPY DOG AND STRUCTURED PLAYTIME WITH PALS. ONCE PERMANENT HOUSING IS SECURED, HAWC PROVIDES MOVING EXPENSES, FURNITURE AND HOUSING GOODS, AND SHORT-TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AS AVAILABLE. HAWC PARTICIPATES IN THE STATEWIDE EMERGENCY HOTLINE, SAFELINK, WHICH LINKS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS TO SHELTERS WITH VACANCIES.

    Expenses $526,205 · Grants $16,564

  • LEGAL SERVICES:SURVIVORS EXPERIENCE AN AVERAGE OF ONE TO THREE LEGAL ISSUES WHEN SEEKING TO END AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP. WITH HELP FROM HAWC'S LEGAL SERVICES, ABUSE SURVIVORS CAN LEARN ABOUT AND ENFORCE THEIR RIGHTS IN COURT. HAWC'S TRAINED LEGAL ADVOCATES, STAFF ATTORNEYS AND PRO BONO ATTORNEYS PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SUPPORT:LEGAL ACCOMPANIMENT: ABUSE SURVIVORS APPLYING FOR ABUSE AND HARASSMENT PREVENTION ORDERS IN THE FIVE LOCAL COURTS IN HAWC'S SERVICE AREA CAN ACQUIRE SUPPORT IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND DURING HEARINGS, DISCUSS INDIVIDUALIZED SAFETY PLANS, AND RECEIVE REFERRALS FOR OTHER HAWC SERVICES.LEGAL CONSULTATIONS: ABUSE SURVIVORS SEEKING ADVICE ON CUSTODY ISSUES, DIVORCE HEARINGS, HOUSING AND IMMIGRATION CONCERNS, OR OTHER LEGAL MATTERS RESULTING FROM ABUSE, CAN ATTEND FREE LEGAL CLINICS RUN BY STAFF AND PRO-BONO ATTORNEYS.DIRECT REPRESENTATION: IN HIGH-RISK CASES, DEPENDING ON HAWC'S AVAILABILITY, ABUSE SURVIVORS CAN ACQUIRE DIRECT LEGAL REPRESENTATION.

    Expenses $539,754 · Grants $33,803

  • EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: HAWC PROVIDES VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, WARNING SIGNS OF ABUSE AND EXPLORE WAYS FOR FRIENDS AND BYSTANDERS TO GET INVOLVED TO REDUCE BULLYING AND AGGRESSION.HAWC IS AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY RESOURCE PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING ON HOW TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS. HAWC FREQUENTLY PROVIDES TRAINING FOR THE STAFF OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SUCH AS HEAD START AND LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IT IS HAWC'S GOAL TO EMPOWER OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO PROVIDE TRAUMA INFORMED CARE AND MAKE REFERRALS TO HAWC.THE ORGANIZATION TRAINS COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND INTERNS WHO ASSIST IN PROVIDING HOTLINE SUPPORT, COURT ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT GROUP FACILITATION. THROUGH SPECIAL EVENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES THAT EMPOWER SURVIVORS AND WORK TO ELIMINATE OPPRESSION IN ALL ITS FORMS.

    Expenses $123,416 · Grants $1,377

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.

  • Elisa Castillo

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Erin Truex MSW

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shayna Morris CPA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ana I Cambell MSW Licsw

    SECRETARY/CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Kurker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Newhall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Cushing

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cory Flashner Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beth Massaro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rev Ruth Bersin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anuschka Miranda

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara Stanley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $148,728
    From this org
    $142,521
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,207
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kristin Barry

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $126,485
    From this org
    $122,521
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,964
    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,007,999
    Expenses
    $2,677,663
    Contributions
    $2,898,296
    Grants paid
    $108,308
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,961,039
    Expenses
    $2,732,472
    Contributions
    $2,847,861
    Grants paid
    $101,510
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,706,229
    Expenses
    $2,302,290
    Contributions
    $2,647,729
    Grants paid
    $58,694

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
    $2,538,476
    Expenses
    $2,273,833
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,882,980
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,794,522
    Expenses
    $2,393,928
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,611,051
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,353,494
    Expenses
    $2,035,751
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,522,240
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,952,009
    Expenses
    $1,869,492
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,998,028
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,646,058
    Expenses
    $1,596,217
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,913,219
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,575,914
    Expenses
    $1,556,362
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,841,644
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,509,773
    Expenses
    $1,702,855
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,882,951
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,521,286
    Expenses
    $1,671,419
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,105,169
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,493,208
    Expenses
    $1,643,271
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,288,024
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,823,031
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,556,652

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

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.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

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