Downtown Womens Center
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
MISSION TO PROVIDE HOUSING AND SERVICES TO OVERCOME HOMELESSNESS AND ADDICTION VISION A COMMUNITY WHERE A PATHWAY TOWARD SELF-SUFFICIENCY EXISTS FOR WOMEN, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES VALUES DWC IS FAITHFUL TO OUR MISSION BY PROVIDING A CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND HOMELESS WOMEN IN RECOVERY FROM ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION. WE ACCOMPLISH OUR PURPOSE THROUGH STRONG SUPPORT AND COLLABORATIONS WITH THOSE WHO SHARE OUR VISION. WE PROVIDE A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT BASED ON INCLUSIVENESS AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. WE TREAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY. WE HAVE HIGH ETHICAL PRINCIPLES, CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE OF INTEGRITY AND TRUST. WE RECOGNIZE THE POWER OF FAITH TO PROVIDE STRENGTH AND DIRECTION IN OUR DAILY LIVES AND IN THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE MANY GIFTS THAT ARE SHARED WITH US, AND ARE COMMITTED TO BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR RESOURCES. DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER PROVIDES HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR HOMELESS WOMEN SEEKING ADDICTION
- Income
- $2.8 million
- Spending
- $2.4 million
- Spent on programs
- 84%
- Reserves
- 9.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 70%
- Employees
- 47
- Volunteers
- 173
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 93 out of 100.
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 9.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 2% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 13% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 5% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1584% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 4 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 2512 of 12 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $158,109 spent. DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER PROVIDES HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR WOMEN SEEKING ADDICTION RECOVERY AND THEIR CHILDREN. DWC HAS THREE ADDICTIONS RECOVERY SHELTERS, THREE RETAIL THRIFT STORES, AND OPERATES THE MERIDIAN APARTMENTS FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME MEN AND WOMEN, INCLUDING THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED. ABBA HOUSE ABBA HOUSE HAS TEN EFFICIENCY APARTMENTS AND IS UTILIZED FOR WOMEN, WITH OR WITHOUT CHILDREN, WHO ARE FURTHER ALONG IN THE RECOVERY PROGRAM. EACH WOMAN WHO IS MOVED TO ABBA HOUSE HAS COMPLETED LEVELS 1-3 OF THE RECOVERY PROGRAM. RESIDENTS CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEIR CASE MANAGER ON A WEEKLY BASIS, ATTEND THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF AA/NA RECOVERY MEETINGS, AND ATTEND THE TWO WEEKLY MANDATORY HOUSE MEETINGS. THIS IS WHERE THE WOMEN MOVING FROM HAVEN HOUSE ARE REUNITED WITH THEIR CHILDREN. THEY HAVE MORE FREEDOM AND LESS OVERSIGHT BEFORE THEY MOVE TO GRATITUDE HOUSE. DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER PROVIDES HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR WOMEN SEEKING ADDICTION RECOVERY AND THEIR CHILDREN. DWC HAS THREE ADDICTIONS RECOVERY SHELTERS, THREE RETAIL THRIFT STORES, AND OPERATES THE MERIDIAN APARTMENTS FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME MEN AND WOMEN, INCLUDING THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED. ABBA HOUSE ABBA HOUSE HAS TEN EFFICIENCY APARTMENTS AND IS UTILIZED FOR WOMEN, WITH OR WITHOUT CHILDREN, WHO ARE FURTHER ALONG IN THE RECOVERY PROGRAM. EACH WOMAN WHO IS MOVED TO ABBA HOUSE HAS COMPLETED LEVELS 1-3 OF THE RECOVERY PROGRAM. RESIDENTS CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEIR CASE MANAGER ON A WEEKLY BASIS, ATTEND THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF AA/NA RECOVERY MEETINGS, AND ATTEND THE TWO WEEKLY MANDATORY HOUSE MEETINGS. THIS IS WHERE THE WOMEN MOVING FROM HAVEN HOUSE ARE REUNITED WITH THEIR CHILDREN. THEY HAVE MORE FREEDOM AND LESS OVERSIGHT BEFORE THEY MOVE TO GRATITUDE HOUSE.
- $114,627 spent. GRATITUDE HOUSE GRATITUDE HOUSE IS A 40-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX GIFTED TO DWC BY BAPTIST COMMUNITY SERVICES IN 2016. IT HOUSES WOMEN, WITH OR WITHOUT CHILDREN, IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE DWC RECOVERY PROGRAM. UNITS ARE FULLY FURNISHED. RESIDENTS PAY MINIMAL RENT FOR A ONE-BEDROOM, TWO-BEDROOM, OR TOWNHOME WITH UTILITIES INCLUDED. WOMEN ARE EMPLOYED AND/OR ATTEND SCHOOL, AA/NA MEETINGS, IN-HOUSE MEETINGS, RECEIVE COUNSELING, AND PARTICIPATE IN CASE MANAGEMENT. THEY LEARN BUDGETING, PARENTING SKILLS, HOMEMAKING, AND LIFE SKILLS. THEY WORK ON SELF-ESTEEM, DEEPEN THEIR SPIRITUAL BELIEFS AND PRACTICES, AND RESTORE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. WOMEN SET EDUCATIONAL AND FINANCIAL GOALS AS THEY RETURN TO PRODUCTIVE, DRUG-FREE LIVES. AS WITH HAVEN HOUSE AND ABBA HOUSE, GRATITUDE HOUSE IS STAFFED 24/7. GRATITUDE HOUSE IS ACROSS A PARKING LOT FROM OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL, WHICH PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION LEARNING AND CARE FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN AGES 3-5. OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL ALSO OFFERS ON-SITE CHILDCARE AT GRATITUDE HOUSE FOR NEWBORNS TO THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN LIVING AT GRATITUDE HOUSE AND ABBA HOUSE. GRATITUDE HOUSE GRATITUDE HOUSE IS A 40-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX GIFTED TO DWC BY BAPTIST COMMUNITY SERVICES IN 2016. IT HOUSES WOMEN, WITH OR WITHOUT CHILDREN, IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE DWC RECOVERY PROGRAM. UNITS ARE FULLY FURNISHED. RESIDENTS PAY MINIMAL RENT FOR A ONE-BEDROOM, TWO-BEDROOM, OR TOWNHOME WITH UTILITIES INCLUDED. WOMEN ARE EMPLOYED AND/OR ATTEND SCHOOL, AA/NA MEETINGS, IN-HOUSE MEETINGS, RECEIVE COUNSELING, AND PARTICIPATE IN CASE MANAGEMENT. THEY LEARN BUDGETING, PARENTING SKILLS, HOMEMAKING, AND LIFE SKILLS. THEY WORK ON SELF-ESTEEM, DEEPEN THEIR SPIRITUAL BELIEFS AND PRACTICES, AND RESTORE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. WOMEN SET EDUCATIONAL AND FINANCIAL GOALS AS THEY RETURN TO PRODUCTIVE, DRUG-FREE LIVES. AS WITH HAVEN HOUSE AND ABBA HOUSE, GRATITUDE HOUSE IS STAFFED 24/7. GRATITUDE HOUSE IS ACROSS A PARKING LOT FROM OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL, WHICH PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION LEARNING AND CARE FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN AGES 3-5. OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL ALSO OFFERS ON-SITE CHILDCARE AT GRATITUDE HOUSE FOR NEWBORNS TO THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN LIVING AT GRATITUDE HOUSE AND ABBA HOUSE.
- $434,272 spent. HAVEN HOUSE HAVEN HOUSE IS A DORMITORY-STYLE RESIDENCE AND THE ENTRY POINT FOR 18 HOMELESS WOMEN WITHOUT CHILDREN AND FOR PREGNANT WOMEN. THE FIRST PHASE OF RECOVERY IS RIGOROUSLY STRUCTURED AND FOCUSES ON BECOMING AND STAYING CLEAN AND SOBER. REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE 30-DAY INPATIENT TREATMENT OUTSIDE OF DWC, COMPLETION OF DWC RAD (RETHINKING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) 45-DAY CLASS, ATTENDING AA/NA COMMUNITY MEETINGS, FINDING PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT, ATTENDING MANDATORY IN-HOUSE GROUP MEETINGS, AND RECEIVING PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING PAID FOR BY DWC. THE WOMEN ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING TOWARD RELAPSE PREVENTION AND PREPARING TO MOVE TO ABBA HOUSE AFTER 4 MONTHS OF BEING AT HAVEN HOUSE. THESE WOMEN COME TO DWC BY REFERRAL FROM TREATMENT CENTERS, SHELTERS, DRUG COURT, OR INDIVIDUALS. HAVEN HOUSE HAVEN HOUSE IS A DORMITORY-STYLE RESIDENCE AND THE ENTRY POINT FOR 18 HOMELESS WOMEN WITHOUT CHILDREN AND FOR PREGNANT WOMEN. THE FIRST PHASE OF RECOVERY IS RIGOROUSLY STRUCTURED AND FOCUSES ON BECOMING AND STAYING CLEAN AND SOBER. REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE 30-DAY INPATIENT TREATMENT OUTSIDE OF DWC, COMPLETION OF DWC RAD (RETHINKING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) 45-DAY CLASS, ATTENDING AA/NA COMMUNITY MEETINGS, FINDING PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT, ATTENDING MANDATORY IN-HOUSE GROUP MEETINGS, AND RECEIVING PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING PAID FOR BY DWC. THE WOMEN ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING TOWARD RELAPSE PREVENTION AND PREPARING TO MOVE TO ABBA HOUSE AFTER 4 MONTHS OF BEING AT HAVEN HOUSE. THESE WOMEN COME TO DWC BY REFERRAL FROM TREATMENT CENTERS, SHELTERS, DRUG COURT, OR INDIVIDUALS.
- $1.3 million spent. EXEMPT ACHIEVEMENT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM AFTER GRADUATING FROM DWC'S RECOVERY PROGRAM, WOMEN WITH AND WITHOUT CHILDREN MAY ENTER DWC'S TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM AND CONTINUE LIVING IN THE SAME APARTMENT AT GRATITUDE HOUSE WHILE RECEIVING SERVICES AND PURSUING A HIGHER EDUCATION. MERIDIAN APARTMENTS THIS 35-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX PROVIDES QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS. MERIDIAN APARTMENTS IS A POSITIVE LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR MANY ELDERLY, DISABLED, THOSE WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND SINGLE ADULTS. FOR FYE 2024, MERIDIAN APARTMENTS HOUSED 39 INDIVIDUALS. RETAIL STORES DWC OPERATES TWO RETAIL THRIFT STORES. DWC RECEIVED ABOUT 228,854 IN NET PROFIT FROM THE RETAIL STORES. THE STORES HAVE THREE PURPOSES: TO PROVIDE JOBS FOR HOMELESS WOMEN IN OUR RECOVERY PROGRAM AND OTHERS WHO ARE DEEMED 'UNEMPLOYABLE,' TO ENABLE DWC TO TITHE OUT OF IN-KIND DONATIONS TO THOSE IN NEED, AND TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAMS AND ADMINISTRATION OF DWC. THE RETAIL STORES WORK CLOSELY WITH OVER EIGHTY AMARILLO AREA SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, SCHOOLS, AND CHURCHES BY DONATING CLOTHING, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, FURNITURE, AND APPLIANCES TO THOSE IN NEED. FOR FYE 2024, THE STORES HELPED 4758 PEOPLE THROUGH THIS VOUCHER PROGRAM. DENTAL CARE DENTAL NEEDS AMONG THE HOMELESS ARE GREAT. DENTAL ISSUES CAN INTERFERE WITH REGULAR ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE AT WORK OR SCHOOL. HOMELESS CHILDREN, WHO EXPERIENCE HIGHER LEVELS OF DENTAL DISEASE THAN OTHER CHILDREN, OFTEN DO POORLY IN SCHOOL. THANKS TO SEVERAL LOCAL DENTISTS, EMERGENCY DENTAL CARE IS PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTS IN OUR RECOVERY PROGRAM AND TO OTHERS OUTSIDE OF DWC WITH DENTAL PAIN WHEN FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE. SERVICE TO COMMUNITY A SPECIAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND IS UTILIZED TO MEET SOME OF THE NEEDS FOR THE APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 PEOPLE EACH MONTH WHO CONTACT DWC FOR HELP; DWC SERVES PEOPLE WHO DO NOT 'FIT' THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY OTHER AVAILABLE SOCIAL SERVICE ASSISTANCE. THE EMERGENCY NEEDS MAY INCLUDE FOOD, HYGIENE PRODUCTS, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UTILITY ASSISTANCE, BUS TICKETS, GASOLINE, ETC. IN ADDITION, DWC IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH UNITED WAY'S 211 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO SERVE THOSE WHO ARE JUSTICE INVOLVED WITH THE GOAL TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM.
- EXEMPT ACHIEVEMENT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM AFTER GRADUATING FROM DWC'S RECOVERY PROGRAM, WOMEN WITH AND WITHOUT CHILDREN MAY ENTER DWC'S TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM AND CONTINUE LIVING IN THE SAME APARTMENT AT GRATITUDE HOUSE WHILE RECEIVING SERVICES AND PURSUING A HIGHER EDUCATION. MERIDIAN APARTMENTS THIS 35-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX PROVIDES QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS. MERIDIAN APARTMENTS IS A POSITIVE LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR MANY ELDERLY, DISABLED, THOSE WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND SINGLE ADULTS. FOR FYE 2024, MERIDIAN APARTMENTS HOUSED 39 INDIVIDUALS. RETAIL STORES DWC OPERATES TWO RETAIL THRIFT STORES. DWC RECEIVED ABOUT 228,854 IN NET PROFIT FROM THE RETAIL STORES. THE STORES HAVE THREE PURPOSES: TO PROVIDE JOBS FOR HOMELESS WOMEN IN OUR RECOVERY PROGRAM AND OTHERS WHO ARE DEEMED 'UNEMPLOYABLE,' TO ENABLE DWC TO TITHE OUT OF IN-KIND DONATIONS TO THOSE IN NEED, AND TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAMS AND ADMINISTRATION OF DWC. THE RETAIL STORES WORK CLOSELY WITH OVER EIGHTY AMARILLO AREA SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, SCHOOLS, AND CHURCHES BY DONATING CLOTHING, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, FURNITURE, AND APPLIANCES TO THOSE IN NEED. FOR FYE 2024, THE STORES HELPED 4758 PEOPLE THROUGH THIS VOUCHER PROGRAM. DENTAL CARE DENTAL NEEDS AMONG THE HOMELESS ARE GREAT. DENTAL ISSUES CAN INTERFERE WITH REGULAR ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE AT WORK OR SCHOOL. HOMELESS CHILDREN, WHO EXPERIENCE HIGHER LEVELS OF DENTAL DISEASE THAN OTHER CHILDREN, OFTEN DO POORLY IN SCHOOL. THANKS TO SEVERAL LOCAL DENTISTS, EMERGENCY DENTAL CARE IS PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTS IN OUR RECOVERY PROGRAM AND TO OTHERS OUTSIDE OF DWC WITH DENTAL PAIN WHEN FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE. SERVICE TO COMMUNITY A SPECIAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND IS UTILIZED TO MEET SOME OF THE NEEDS FOR THE APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 PEOPLE EACH MONTH WHO CONTACT DWC FOR HELP; DWC SERVES PEOPLE WHO DO NOT 'FIT' THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY OTHER AVAILABLE SOCIAL SERVICE ASSISTANCE. THE EMERGENCY NEEDS MAY INCLUDE FOOD, HYGIENE PRODUCTS, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UTILITY ASSISTANCE, BUS TICKETS, GASOLINE, ETC. IN ADDITION, DWC IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH UNITED WAY'S 211 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO SERVE THOSE WHO ARE JUSTICE INVOLVED WITH THE GOAL TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending August 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 2004.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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