Better Business Bureau Report for
Safe Connections

Better Business Bureau Report issued February 2011
Better Business Bureau Report expires February 2012


This BBB Accredited charity meets all 20 Standards for Charity Accountability and is a Seal Holder. Find out more...


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Charity Contact Information

Name: Safe Connections
Address: 2165 Hampton Avenue
  Saint Louis, MO 63139
Phone: 314-646-7500
Web Address: www.safeconnections.org
Also known as:Women's Support and Community Services
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Better Business Bureau Comments

Year, State Incorporated: 1976, Missouri
Affiliates: None
Stated Purpose: "exists to to reduce the impact and incidence of relationship violence and sexual assault through education, crisis intervention, counseling, and support services."

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

Safe Connections (SC) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

Safe Connections has three major programs: Crisis Services, which includes crisis counseling and a 24-hour crisis hotline for victims of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse/assault; Individual and Group Counseling along with Other Supportive Services for battered women, rape victims, and adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse; and Education and Adolescent Services, including individual and group counseling for teen girls and a relationship violence prevention program, Project H.A.R.T. (Healthy Alternatives in Relationships among Teens), offered in schools and alternative settings across the St. Louis metropolitan area.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, SC's program expenses were:

  
Counseling 592,244
Crisis Intervention 396,990
Education 311,492
Total Program Expenses: $1,300,726
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Governance

               

Chief Executive : Susan Kidder, Executive Director
Compensation*:
 $113,762

Chair of the Board: Jill Powell, M.D.
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Board Size: 19

Paid Staff Size: 30

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
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Fund Raising

               

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, grant proposals, Golf Tournament, Fund Development Luncheons
Fund raising costs were 6% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $1,518,242, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
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Tax Status

               

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
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Financial

               

The following information is based on SC's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.

Source of Funds  
Contributions 813,639
Government Grants 462,047
Fundraising programs and events 147,211
In-Kind volunteer services 95,345
Investment Income 44,127
Other 1,326
Total Income $1,563,695


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 84%  Fund Raising: 6%  Administrative: 10% 

Total income   $1,563,695
  Program expenses $1,300,726
  Fund raising expenses 85,105
  Administrative expenses 148,807
 
Total expenses   $1,534,638
Income in Excess of Expenses   29,057
Beginning net assets   1,662,055
Ending net assets   1,691,112
Total liabilities   50,346
Total assets   $1,741,458


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