Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH
WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 127 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,381,297 to it, the largest being PENNSYLVANIA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ($16,377,359). 81 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 127
- Grants received
- $29M
- Net assets
- $28M
What Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh does
Mission
The mission of women's center & shelter of greater pittsburgh is to strengthen our ability to meet the individual and evolving needs of those affected by domestic violence by investing in the growth of our people, deepening community engagement, and amplifying the voices of all survivors. We are advocates, grounded in fostering a community of safety, healing, and empowerment for anyone affected by domestic violence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Wc&s' confidentially located, secure emergency shelter housed 153 adults and 141 children for a total of 16,860 nights in fy 24-25, serving 50,580 meals to residents. Core services for shelter residents include counseling, safety planning, goal planning, support groups, and education about housing, finances, career, health, behavioral health, and other needs. Wc&s also provides food, toiletries, clothing, and other essentials so that families can begin their healing journeys without worrying about meeting their immediate needs.
$2,359,015 spentof which $181,203 as grants31% of program spendingWc&s' legal advocacy department (lad) helps survivors of intimate partner violence navigate the court system by providing information, resources, counseling, and ongoing support free of charge. Lad staff members may guide survivors through obtaining protection from abuse orders and accompaniment to court hearings. These professionals work with the justice system to improve procedures and to train police on ipv issues. In fy 24-25, the lad provided legal advocacy to 3,382 adult clients.
$1,038,186 spentof which $1,500 as grants13% of program spendingWc&s' civil law project provides free legal representation to victims of intimate partner violence in matters including protection from abuse orders, custody and child support, and divorce. In fy 24-25, the civil law project provided legal assistance for clients in 723 legal matters.
$737,399 spentof which $195 as grants10% of program spendingWomen's center & shelter of greater pittsburgh achieves its mission by offering a comprehensive range of free and confidential services to meet the various needs of adult and child intimate partner violence victims and survivors at every point along their journeys. In fy 24-25, wc&s provided lifesaving services such as safety planning, counseling, education, and emergency response to 7,106 people impacted by intimate partner violence, including over 34,000 hours of counseling. Of that, 6,808 survivors of dv and their children received services from wc&s. The agency provided prevention and battering intervention programming to 301 men who use abuse, 4,043 professionals were provided consultation or coaching, and 114 concerned family or friends of survivors received support.the bright sky domestic violence mobile app and website, which wc&s and its partners launched in the united states on march 9, 2023, had over 43,041 users this fiscal year, for a total of over 177,498 users since its launch in 2023. A free, safe, and easy-to-use app and website, bright sky connects those impacted by domestic violence to practical information to educate, detect warning signs, and deliver…
$3,593,977 spentof which $274,729 as grants$148,212 earned by the program47% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,728,577.
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 2024 to 2025, from $34M to $28M (−17%).
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 30% · 2018 47% · 2019 46% · 2020 62% · 2021 59% · 2022 49% · 2023 53% · 2024 50% · 2025 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Nicole Molinaro
President and CEO
Board chair
Erin Gibson Allen
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 65 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $4.6M.
17 of 127 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 127 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
WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% 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 WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 61% · 2019 61% · 2020 51% · 2021 52% · 2022 53% · 2023 59% — growing more concentrated.
“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
57% of WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
94% of WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% 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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- WC&S Civil Law Project · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH?
- WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 127 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,381,297 to it, the largest being PENNSYLVANIA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ($16,377,359). 81 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH have?
- IRS filings report 127 organizations giving $29,381,297 in grants to WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH, 81 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH?
- PENNSYLVANIA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is the largest funder on record, with $16,377,359 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH 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 127 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