Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,211,516 to it, the largest being PENNSYLVANIA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ($9,504,289). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern Pa does
Mission
The mission of Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern Pa is to end domestic violence by empowering survivors, raising awareness, and creating safer communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Emergency shelter and 24-hour hotline: dvssp operates two emergency safe house/shelters, both of which serve only domestic violence victims and their children. The emergency safe house/shelter facility located in washington county has a capacity of 15 beds. The emergency safe house/shelter facility located in fayette county has a capacity of 14 beds. Safe shelter is provided in both shelters at confidential locations. Services provided in the safe house/shelters include: 24-hour hotline; 24- hour intake and transportation; individual and group empowerment counseling; children's program; information and referrals; accompaniment; general and legal advocacy; and food, clothing, and personal care items. In fy 2024/25, a total of 2,806 shelter nights were provided to a total of 68 adults and children in the washington county safe house/shelter. A total of 1,959 shelter nights were provided to a total of 59 adults and children in the fayette county safe house/shelter. The washington county safe house/shelter fielded 1,126 domestic violence related hotline calls and the fayette county safe house/shelter fielded 690 domestic violence related hotline calls. In washington county, a total of…
$1,370,166 spent46% of program spendingPrevention and outreach: the dvssp prevention and outreach department focuses on the prevention of domestic violence, community awareness of the impact of domestic violence, trainings about domestic violence and the services available to victims, and volunteer opportunities within the organization. In fy 2024/25 in washington county: 85 educational/awareness programs were provided to 4,739 adults, and 469 education/awareness programs were provided to 9,564 students and youth. 469 primary prevention programs were provided to 9,564 students and youth. 6 community/systems trainings were provided to 124 persons, and 937 media and events of other types were completed. In fy 2024/25 in greene county: 4 education/awareness programs were provided to 338 adults, and 137 education/awareness programs were provided to 2,722 students and youth. 137 primary prevention programs were provided to 2,722 students and youth. 114 media and events of other types were completed. In fy 2024/25 in fayette county: 14 education/awareness programs were provided to 641 adults 195 education/awareness programs were provided to 3,004 students and youth. 195 primary prevention programs were provided to 3,004…
$730,070 spent24% of program spendingKey housing program: in fy 2024/25, provided rehousing for 47 adults and 55 children by safely housing them in 47 apartments in washington, greene, and fayette counties. Clients obtain leases for their own hud inspected apartments. Dvssp provides financial assistance, paying up to 100% of their rent, security deposit, and utility deposits for up to 12 months with a goal of financial independence at the end of the 12 months to pay their own rent and maintain permanent housing.
$562,252 spent19% of program spendingDomestic Violence Services of Southwestern Pa satellite office: dvssp operates a satellite office in greene county. Services provided to victims of domestic violence included: 24-hour hotline; transportation to the washington county or fayette county emergency shelter facilities; information and referrals; group and individual empowerment counseling; accompaniment; and legal and general advocacy. In fy 2024/25, our greene county site fielded 81 domestic violence related hotline calls. A total of 86.11 counseling hours were provided to a total of 107 victims, significant others, and children. A total of 90 protection from abuse petitions were filed through our greene county site, which enters all greene county pfa petitions into the statewide pfa database. Legal advocacy: in addition to dvssp legal advocacy services offered in our greene county satellite office, our legal advocacy office in the washington county courthouse and fayette county legal advocacy office both provide empowerment counseling and legal advocacy to victims of domestic violence. Services include information and referrals and assistance in filing protection from abuse petitions. In fy 2024/25, 652 protection…
$344,804 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,007,292.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.9M to $2.3M (+24%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 85% · 2018 85% · 2019 89% · 2020 84% · 2021 87% · 2022 86% · 2023 82% · 2024 82% · 2025 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Megan Hegedus
CEO
Board chair
Mike Mcclaine
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $891k → $1.3M.
9 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 79% · 2019 88% · 2020 78% · 2021 82% · 2022 75% · 2023 89% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
56% of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
100% of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 9 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA?
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,211,516 to it, the largest being PENNSYLVANIA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ($9,504,289). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $11,211,516 in grants to DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA?
- PENNSYLVANIA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is the largest funder on record, with $9,504,289 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 19 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing