Fort Wayne Women's Bureau, Inc.

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BBB Comments

Fort Wayne Women's Bureau is an agency partner with the United Way of Allen County.

Stated Purpose

The mission of the Fort Wayne Women's Bureau is to promote equity and opportunity for all women.

Evaluation Conclusions

This organization has been evaluated according to the 20 BBB Standards for Charity Accountability.This organization meets all those Standards and is a BBB accredited charity.

BBB Charity Seal Participation

Charities that meet the Standards for Charity Accountability are eligible to participate in BBB Wise Giving Alliance Charity Seal program. This seal, which can be displayed on the charity's web site and in printed materials, helps inform the public that the charity meets these standards. This organization participates in this program.

Programs

Currently, the Fort Wayne Women's Bureau offers three major program services:

Women's Enterprise is a women's business center partially funded through the Small Business Association. The Women's Bureau provides entrepreneurial assistance and advocacy to women entrepreneurs through business counseling and mentoring, technical assistance, networking, and business-oriented classes and workshops. In 2008, Women's Enterprise served 1,494 clients.

"Transitions" is a residential treatment program for drug and alcohol addicted pregnant women and women with young children. The program offers gender sensitive addiction treatment, self sufficiency training, education and job skills, and parenting skills for successful family reunification. In 2008 43 women and 47 children were admitted to the program. Transitions is certified by the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addition as an "Addictions Service Provider."

The "Rape Awareness Program" includes Rape Crisis Hotline providing crisis intervention services 24 hours a day, 7 day a week. On-going counseling is also provided to victims of sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse and domestic violence. In 2008, 113 clients were served on the 24/7 Rape Crisis Hotline, 58 clients who called directly to the agency were served, 55 clients received Individual/Group Counseling Services, and Outreach Services/Speaker's Bureau served 583 clients in 2008. This program also stresses prevention with two age appropriate programs. Assault Awareness for Teens educates middle and high school students about rape and teaches techniques to avoid, recognize and react to dangerous situations. The Assault Awareness for Teens served 4,231 clients in 2008. radKIDS is a 10 hour comprehensive personal empowerment safety program for grade school students. 800 young individuals participated in radKIDS Program in 2008. Upon graduation, every radKID knows three things: no-one has the right to hurt me; I don't have the right to hurt anyone else; if someone hurts me, it's not my fault and I can tell.

The Fort Wayne Women's Bureau is accredited by CARF, the Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities.

For the year ended December 31, 2008, Fort Wayne Women's Bureau, Inc.'s program expenses were:

Governance

Fund Raising

Fund raising costs were 9.24% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $1,505,169, are donations received as a direct result of fund raising activities.

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.

Financial

According to Fort Wayne Women's Bureau, Inc.'s Audited Financial Statement for the year ended December 31, 2008:

* Excess for the year indicates the portion of income remaining after expenses.

Notes and Comments

Women's Enterprise, the Rape Awareness Program and administrative offices of the Fort Wayne Women's Bureau are located at 3521 Lake Avenue.
The Transitions program is housed at 2440 Bowser Avenue, Fort Wayne, IN.

Additional Contact Information

ID: 10019695
Report as of November 22, 2009 13:18
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