Public Charity

DOMESTIC ABUSE FAMILY SHELTER INC

DOMESTIC ABUSE FAMILY SHELTER INC is a Public Charity headquartered in LAUREL, MS. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $1.9M revenue, $1.6M expenses, $2.3M total assets. 22 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $397K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 640681477 LAUREL, MS Family Violence Shelters NTEE: P43 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.9M
Total Expenses$1.6M
Total Assets$2.3M
Grant Records22
Funding Total$397K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

DAFS IS DEDICATED TO BREAKING THE CYCLE OF ABUSE BY MAINTAING A PROGRAM WITH A BROAD BASE OF SERVICES, COMMUNITY SUPPORT, AS WELL AS LOCAL AND STATE INVOLVEMENT. DAFS'S PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITH THE SKILLS, TOOLS, AND UNDERSTANDING TO MAKE CHOICES LEADING TO VIOLENCE-FREE LIVING AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

Where $100 goes at Domestic Abuse Family Shelter Inc

How Domestic Abuse Family Shelter Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$84 Programs the work itself
$15 Management running the organization
$1 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $84 for programs

$84
To provide emergency shelter & counseling to victims of domestic abuse and to raise awareness of domestic abuse in the community at large
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Ashley Perkins
VICE PRESIDE Barbara Parker
DIRECTOR Cathy Gersh
DIRECTOR David Tisdale
SECRETARY/TR Diane Shoemake
DIRECTOR Heather Brown

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$101,340 9 grants
Housing & Homelessness
$60,000 3 grants
Unspecified
$235,979 10 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.9M $1.6M $2.3M
2024 $1.5M $1.3M $2.0M
2023 $1.4M $1.3M $1.9M
2022 $1.4M $1.1M $1.8M
2021 $1.3M $1.1M $1.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.3M to $1.9M (+49%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.3M.

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