Georgia · Nonprofit
SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC
SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC (Georgia) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,406,289 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE ($537,530). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Safe Shelter Center for Domestic Violence Services Inc does
Mission
To prevent domestic violence, protect victims, and promote change in lives, families, and our community. Since 1980, safe shelter has been savannah's only shelter dedicated to victims of intimate partner violence and their underage children. Open 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, the shelter provides safe, confidential services to all victims of domestic violence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025, the shelter provided services to 1,083 victims of domestic violence, including 195 children. More than 13,218 bed nights were provided and 51,000 meals were served, all at no cost to the victims. The shelter operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and assisted 879 individuals with crisis calls. The shelter's outreach center provided services to those that need assistance but do not need shelter housing. Assistance was provided to victims to file 193 temporary protective orders; advocates made 599 court appearances, and licensed therapists facilitated 607 hours of individual and group counseling. 15 children attended an 8-week summer camp where they visited the natural wildlife refuge, museums, a water park, rode a horse, and many other exciting activities, also at no cost to the families. In addition, 69 volunteers provided 1,015 hours of invaluable assistance.
$1,566,466 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,566,466.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.3M to $1.8M (−19%).
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 48% · 2018 54% · 2019 59% · 2020 49% · 2021 55% · 2022 60% · 2023 58% · 2024 52% · 2025 55%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $241k → $257k.
8 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 28 of 29 funders by total. 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
SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% 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 SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 83% · 2019 75% · 2020 31% · 2021 63% · 2022 29% · 2023 43% — diversifying over time.
“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
33% of SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
93% of SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $371k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC?
- SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC (Georgia) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,406,289 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE ($537,530). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $1,406,289 in grants to SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC?
- UNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE is the largest funder on record, with $537,530 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 29 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing