Ohio · Nonprofit
Sidewalk Soldiers
Sidewalk Soldiers (Ohio) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,371 to it, the largest being OHIO PEER RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS OHIO-PRO ($17,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $252k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $33k
- Net assets
- $39k
What Sidewalk Soldiers does
Mission
Sidewalk Soldiers exists to provide hope, help, and healing to those who have been sex trafficked and those at risk of trafficking. At-risk populations include individuals with vulnerabilities such as substance use disorder, poverty, and those who have aged out of the foster care system. We strive to take these individuals to safety, self-sustainability, and success, one person at a time. Sidewalk Soldiers Stands With Survivors!
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Jen's Haven Drop-In Center: Jen's Haven Drop-In Center provides a welcoming and safe space where community members can access support, essential resources, harm reduction supplies, rest, and encouragement. Our drop-in center offers case management and peer support services, with peer support delivered through both one-on-one sessions and peer-led groups and workshops. In Fiscal Year 2024, Jen's Haven served the community in multiple ways. We provided 1,203 warm meals, distributed clothing to 940 individuals, and hosted 2,013 visits to the center, offering peer support to 343 unique individuals. These services create consistent opportunities for connection, guidance, and tangible support for those in need.
$121,285 spent$45,229 earned by the program57% of program spendingOngoing Support: As an Ohio-certified PRO and PRS, Sidewalk Soldiers provides comprehensive ongoing support through individual peer support, peer-led groups, skills-building sessions, and mentorship. Peer support is offered in both one-on-one and in group settings, allowing participants to develop coping skills, receive guidance, and engage in mutual encouragement. Peer-led activities further empower participants to take leadership roles and support one another in their personal growth and recovery. Our group offerings are designed to meet a wide range of needs and interests and include Mindfulness Courses, Hot Topics Wellness Group, Self-Care Group, Survivor Support Group, Parenting Support Group, Bible Study, and Survivor Drum Circle. These groups provide safe spaces for skill development, emotional healing, community connection, and spiritual or creative exploration. Mentorship opportunities pair participants with experienced peers who provide guidance, encouragement, and role modeling. In Fiscal Year 2024, Sidewalk Soldiers served 216 individuals through group programs and provided ongoing individualized peer support to 137 individuals, demonstrating consistent engagement and…
$43,964 spentof which $5,240 as grants21% of program spendingEducation and Prevention: Sidewalk Soldiers provides human trafficking education and prevention programs that focus on the intersection of sex trafficking with common vulnerabilities, including substance use, mental health challenges, houselessness, running away, and LGBTQIA+ identities. Our trainings are unique in that, as a survivor-led organization, we are able to share lived experiences, survivor stories, and real-world case studies, offering participants a deeper understanding of the realities of trafficking. Since beginning our education and prevention efforts in 2017, we have reached and educated more than 23,000 people in the Southwest Ohio area, helping to raise awareness, reduce risk, and empower communities to prevent exploitation.
$24,325 spent11% of program spendingOutreach: Our street and hotel outreach program aims to identify trafficking victims, individuals participating in sex work, and other at-risk populations, including people experiencing homelessness, substance use disorder (SUD), or severe mental health challenges. Our outreach team engages approximately 1,300-1,700 individuals annually and was able to assist with 34 safe exit paths in 2024 through the outreach program. We also provided harm reduction supplies and met the tangible needs of the individuals we encountered.
$23,462 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $213,036.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $59k to $47k (−21%).
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: 2025 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of Sidewalk Soldiers’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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
Amy Cornelius
Executive Director
Board chair
Nina Naufahu
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5 → $16.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 Sidewalk Soldiers’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
Sidewalk Soldiers leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Sidewalk Soldiers.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Sidewalk Soldiers's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Sidewalk Soldiers has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Sidewalk Soldiers
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Sidewalk Soldiers: 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 Sidewalk Soldiers?
- Sidewalk Soldiers (Ohio) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,371 to it, the largest being OHIO PEER RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS OHIO-PRO ($17,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Sidewalk Soldiers have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $33,371 in grants to Sidewalk Soldiers, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Sidewalk Soldiers?
- OHIO PEER RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS OHIO-PRO is the largest funder on record, with $17,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Sidewalk Soldiers find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 5 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