Saint Paul, MN

WOMENS ADVOCATES INC

EIN 23-7310701

Housing, Food & Basic Needs Shelter & Homelessness Services Women & girls Children & youth Survivors of violence People experiencing homelessness Low-income

Mission

Women’s Advocates walks with victim-survivors and our community to break the cycle of domestic violence.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About WOMENS ADVOCATES INC

Women’s Advocates is a long-established Saint Paul nonprofit that operates a crisis shelter, outreach, housing-stability programs, and advocacy services for people escaping domestic violence. The organization provides shelter-based advocacy, crisis response, legal and family support advocacy, mental health and wellness programming, and community outreach including Pop-Up Advocacy events. Founded as the nation’s first domestic violence shelter, Women’s Advocates has continued to expand beyond emergency shelter into transitional and scattered-site housing, prevention and public education, and partnership-based initiatives; in recent years it has received federal and state victim-services grants and maintained regular public programming and community outreach.

Notable achievements

Founded first domestic violence shelter (1974)

Established in the 1970s, Women’s Advocates is widely recognized as the country’s first shelter for victim-survivors of domestic violence and their children, a foundational role in the U.S. domestic violence movement.

Secured federal victim-services funding (2024)

Received major federal victim-services grant awards in 2024 (including a Department of Justice/Office on Victims of Crime/OVW-style award), enabling expansion of direct services, outreach, and victim-centered programming.

Expanded housing & outreach programs

In the past 2–3 years the organization has expanded housing-stability work (shelter, transitional and scattered-site housing, and aftercare) and continued community outreach through initiatives such as Pop-Up Advocacy and ongoing wellness and legal support programs.

At a glance

Total assets: $10.2M
Annual revenue: $6.9M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 23-7310701
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Website: wadvocates.org
On Mahalo since: September 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Charity Navigator four‑star profile for transparency and accountability.

Recipient of federal and state victim-services grants and grants from local foundations, demonstrating recognition by public funders for its service model.

Profiled in national nonprofit databases (ProPublica/Nonprofit Explorer, GiveMN) and reviewed by local charity review organizations for accountability and program descriptions.

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