EIN 41-1381433

Violence Free Minnesota

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
17
Year formed
1980
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
Description
Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women is a well-established, membership organization with over 80 member programs located throughout Minnesota with a strong history of effectively carrying out programming that advances women's safety and security.
Also known as...
Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women
Total revenues
$1,071,639
2023
Total expenses
$1,266,010
2023
Total assets
$1,312,423
2023
Num. employees
17
2023

Program areas at Violence Free Minnesota

Since 1989, Violence Free Minnesota (VFMN) has collected information on victims killed due to relationship violence in our annual Homicide Report: Relationship Abuse In Minnesota (formerly known as the Femicide Report). This report began as a way to remember and honor the lives lost due to intimate partner violence, and to this day, Violence Free Minnesota is still the only entity in the state that tracks and compiles this data and information. The report expanded in the last 10 years, not just in name, but also to include robust policy recommendations that the coalition believes will reduce homicides in the state if implemented.Violence Free Minnesota also curates the Clothesline Project, an interactive visual memorial to Minnesota's victims of intimate partner homicide. The project, which began in 1992, is created each year by member programs and sometimes family members of the victims. It consists of a t-shirt for each victim killed in a given year, accompanied by a description of that victim's death. Member programs, and other organizations, request to display this project throughout the year at events.
VFMN holds regional meetings throughout the year with member programs from each region of the State. These meetings were previously held in-person, at a program located in said region, but have since moved to virtual starting in March 2020. Through these gatherings, VFMN can closely engage with member programs about the issues that impact survivors in their specific geographic areas. Membership is divided into six regions (Central, Southeast, Southwest, Metro area, Northeast, Northwest), and each VFMN staff member is assigned a region, to which they attend meetings and keep in contact with members in their region. Member programs from each of those regions convene three times a year for VFMN regional meetings. At the meetings member programs gather together along with the VFMN Executive Director and representatives from VFMN staff. The purpose of the gatherings are to foster community, relationship building, communication, peer-to-peer learning, and coordination among programs within each region. The meetings are also a time when member programs can connect in a smaller group setting with VFMN staff to share insights into what is happening in their communities and receive updates from VFMN.
Public Policy/Housing & Economic Justice: Economic justice work through the Allstate Foundation grant took the financial empowerment training and converted it to a five-week, self-directed, on-line course for advocates around the State to access. A companion on-line housing advocacy course was developed in partnership with legal services. The number of domestic violence advocacy programs doing economic empowerment work with survivors has expanded both through increased individual advocacy skills and with dedicated educational groups for survivors. The Survivor Fund provides low barrier access to one-time money to assist with housing stability and credit building has grown. Funded by Allstate Foundation, Pohlad Family Foundation, and Coalition grants. In Spring 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted all of the gaps and problems that already existed around housing, making them much more visible. 100% of survivors used money granted from the Survivor Fund to secure or maintain housing through generous support from the Pohlad and Allstate Foundations, especially in October, which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Grants made by Violence Free Minnesota

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Cornerstone Advocacy ServiceShelter Hotel Program and Other Pass Through Funds.$63,165
Women of Nations (WON)Covid Pass Through$38,000
PhumulaniCovid Pass Through$32,193
...and 18 more grants made totalling $400,736

Who funds Violence Free Minnesota

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Pohlad Family FoundationProgram$150,000
Otto Bremer Trust (OBT)General Operations$75,000
The Allstate FoundationNext Step Loans$50,000
...and 3 more grants received

Personnel at Violence Free Minnesota

NameTitleCompensation
Guadalupe LopezExecutive Director$85,642
Elizabeth RichardsPast Executive Director$90,744
Rebecca SmithPast Interim Executive Director$76,675
Kenosha DavenportChair$0
Kristen WaltersSecretary$0
...and 9 more key personnel

Financials for Violence Free Minnesota

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,065,878
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$5,133
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$628
Total revenues$1,071,639

Form 990s for Violence Free Minnesota

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062023-12-21990View PDF
2022-062023-05-03990View PDF
2021-062022-04-21990View PDF
2020-062021-04-06990View PDF
2019-062021-03-09990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s
Data update history
February 5, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
February 5, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 4 new personnel
January 1, 2024
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $50,000 from The Allstate Foundation
December 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 5 new grant, including a grant for $150,000 from Pohlad Family Foundation
August 11, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsCrime and legal aid organizationsFamily violence sheltersCharities
Issues
Human servicesWomen and girlsAbuse preventionCrime and law
Characteristics
LobbyingState / local levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportTax deductible donations
General information
Address
60 E Plato Blvd 230
Saint Paul, MN 55107
Metro area
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
County
Ramsey County, MN
Website URL
vfmn.org/ 
Phone
(651) 646-6177
Facebook page
minnesotacoalitionforbatteredwomen 
Twitter profile
@mcbw1978 
IRS details
EIN
41-1381433
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1980
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
I70: Protection Against, Prevention of Neglect, Abuse, Exploitation
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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