Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC
SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,192,627 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($578,381). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.9M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment Inc does
Mission
Dc safe (survivors and advocates for empowerment) ensures the safety and self-determination for survivors of domestic violence in the washington, dc area through emergency services, court advocacy and system reform.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Crisis intervention services: the crisis response team (crt) provides 24/7 immediate crisis intervention services for over 12,000 domestic violence victims per year. This team operates the 24/7 response line, where they connect with survivors immediately following a violent incident. Response line advocates provide support, information, and coordinate tangible assistance like emergency transportation, shelter placement, and more. They also assess clients' for their level of risk for reassault or homicide, triaging care for those at the highest risk through our lethality assessment program. The crt fields over 35,000 calls annually, with calls from dc's metropolitan police department (mpd) making up over 60% of those. Mpd requires officers to offer and connect victims of domestic violence with dc safe services directly from the scene of a crime.
$1,547,017 spent22% of program spendingSafe space crisis shelter: safe space offers up to 15-days of crisis housing for over 500 survivors of domestic violence and their families annually. Safe space is the only shelter in washington, dc that can offer 24/7 immediate-entry placement, making it a critical component of public safety for survivors in the district. Safe space offers housing in private, flexible, and comfortable apartment-style suites, with access to laundry facilities, community space for adults, and recreation areas for children, as well as on-site services such as mental health counseling and forensic nursing care. Shelter advocates offer on-site support to clients during their stay, helping with basic needs support, safety planning, and next steps with housing.
$4,348,828 spent62% of program spendingSupportive advocacy services: the supportive advocacy team (sat) offers court-based advocacy services to over 2,500 survivors of domestic violence annually. They help clients with safety planning, assessing needs, making referrals, and navigating civil and criminal processes, with direct assistance available for filing for civil protection orders. Sat advocates operate using a hybrid model, offering services virtually and in-person at the city's two domestic violence intake center locations. They also offer court accompaniment and assist clients in preparing for hearings.
$1,063,001 spent15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,958,846.
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 2022 to 2023, from $22M to $43M (+94%).
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 97% · 2018 92% · 2019 99% · 2020 100% · 2021 97% · 2022 88% · 2023 84% · 2024 94% · 2025 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC’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
Ana Natalia Marlow-Otero
Executive director
Board chair
Mary Murphy
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $75k → $146k.
6 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC’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
SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
68% 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 SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 91% · 2019 56% · 2020 52% · 2021 45% · 2022 48% · 2023 34% — 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 SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
53% of SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $556k that is directly attributable, 53% of it comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $636k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC's revenue grew 46% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $628k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$570k
- District of Columbia Courts$58k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% 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
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- The Andres Corporation · exempt
- Amaro LLC · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC?
- SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,192,627 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($578,381). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $1,192,627 in grants to SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC?
- GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $578,381 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 21 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