irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2024
What they reported doing
- #1 primary $105KPROGRAM SERVICE - YOUNG WOMENS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY The Young Womens Empowerment Academy is our effort to prevent Human Trafficking and other crimes against girls in grades 3th-12th. We work with populations who are classified as being more vulnerable and susceptible to this crime and give them education, skills, entrepreneurship training and a community they can always depend on. We have created our own Empowerment Girl Curriculum and we see lives changed daily. IN 2024, WE HAD 53 GRADUATES. WE TOOK OVER 100 GIRLS AND MOMS TO ATLANTA AND CONDUCTED THE NATIONAL COLLEGE AND CULTURE TOUR.
- #2 $104KPROGRAM SERVICE - FREETHEM CENTER The FreeTHEM Center is a Drop-In Center for survivors of human trafficking as well as at-risk women and children to learn, grow, and heal. Our goal is to provide a brave space for women to learn, heal, and grow. Our curriculum is designed to guide women to be the overcomers they were destined to be. The FreeTHEM Center provides a holistic form of coaching that is coupled with life skills classes, workshops, and seminars to help its participants live successful lives and maximize their full potential. The FreeTHEM center allows us to expand the reach of Monas House to benefit more women and children in the WNY area. We aim to remove barriers to make treatment easily accessible to those we serve. FOR 2024, WE TOOK ON 28 FREETHEM CENTER MEMBERS
named programs · 4 · from sources
What they call their work
FreeTHEM Center
Drop-in center offering trauma-informed coaching, life skills classes, workforce development, entrepreneurship training, and mental health support for survivors and at-risk women and children in Western New York.
Mona's House
12-24 month residential program for women 18+ who are survivors of human trafficking, exploitation, or familial trafficking, providing holistic restoration including therapy, life skills, financial literacy, job preparation, and spiritual support.
Mona's Outreach
Community education initiative using webinars, in-person sessions, and the film "Sold Next Door" to raise awareness about human trafficking and promote prevention.
Young Women's Empowerment Academy
Prevention program for girls in grades 3-12 at high risk of trafficking, delivering the Empowerment Girl Curriculum with education, skills training, mentorship, and community building to build self-worth and prevent exploitation.
activities · 5 groups
What they do
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Girls' Mentorship and Leadership Development 1 activity
- Deliver Young Women's Empowerment Academy for vulnerable girlsOperates an education and empowerment program for girls in grades 3–12 from vulnerable populations at higher risk of human trafficking, delivering the proprietary Empowerment Girl Curriculum that includes academic support, life skills, entrepreneurship training, mentorship, and real-world safety education; resulted in 53 graduates and a national college and culture tour for over 100 girls and mothers in 2024.
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Documentary Film Production 1 activity
- Produce and distribute educational film to raise awareness about human traffickingCreates and distributes the film *Sold Next Door*, featuring survivor testimonies, to educate communities and increase public understanding of human trafficking in the United States.
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Trauma-Informed Community Resilience Initiatives 1 activity
- Run drop-in center providing trauma-informed support for survivors and at-risk women and childrenOperates The FreeTHEM Center as a drop-in center in the WNY area offering trauma-competent coaching, life skills classes, empowering workshops, group therapy, addiction recovery support groups, mental health support, entrepreneurship training, and wellness education; enrolled 28 members in 2024.
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Human Rights Advocacy & Accountability 1 activity
- Support incarcerated victims of double victimization through advocacy and care initiativesWrites letters of encouragement, raises funds for care packages and legal support, and conducts research to identify individuals who have experienced double victimization, defined as being criminalized after surviving human trafficking.
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Uncategorized 2 activities
- Engage in public advocacy campaigns to combat human traffickingMobilizes the public through awareness efforts, dissemination of data (e.g., highlighting that ~20,000 children go missing annually from U.S. foster care), and promotion of petitions to support policy change and justice for victims of double victimization.
- Operate long-term residential restoration program for women survivors of human traffickingProvides a 12-24 month holistic restoration program offering safe housing, therapy, life skills training, financial literacy, job preparation, spiritual support, and workforce development to women recovering from human trafficking, exploitation, or familial trafficking, with the goal of achieving financial independence and healing of mind, body, and soul.
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financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$536K
Contributions & grants$536K100%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$447K
Program expenses77%
Admin / overhead9%
Fundraising14%
Salaries & benefits$63K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineProfessional Fees
balance sheet
Total assets$193K
Cash$11K
Investments$0
Liabilities$71K
Net assets$122K
Liquid reserves0.3 mo
2 years on record · 2023–2024 · YoY revenue +324.3%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024
Who runs it
board members · 1
- KELLY D GALLOWAY — EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
relationships · 6
Who they work with
- A21 Partner — Collaborated with A21, a global anti-trafficking organization, in identifying and referring trafficking survivors to services.
- United States Foster Care System Government — Foster care system from which children go missing and are at risk of trafficking.
- WNY area Partner — Provides services to women and children in the WNY area through the FreeTHEM Center.
- Young Women's Empowerment Academy Partner — Collaborative program serving at-risk girls through empowerment curriculum and mentorship.
- info@projectmonashouse.com Government — Email contact for general inquiries related to the organization's operations.
- yweacademy.com Partner — Partner website linked for the Young Women's Empowerment Academy, indicating collaboration or shared programming.
strategies · 5
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Faith-Based Restoration and Preventionmethodology: faith-based restoration and restorationBy integrating Christian faith into both prevention and recovery efforts, the organization fosters hope, identity reformation, and systemic advocacy because spiritual grounding is believed to provide essential emotional resilience and moral clarity for survivors and communities.
- Holistic Restoration Modelmethodology: holistic_restorationBy providing long-term residential support that integrates emotional, financial, vocational, and spiritual development, the organization enables survivors of human trafficking to transition to independent, empowered lives because comprehensive care addresses root causes of vulnerability and supports sustained personal transformation.
- Prevention Through Education and Awarenessmethodology: prevention-through-educationBy equipping communities, families, and youth with knowledge about trafficking risks and protective strategies, the organization reduces vulnerability because informed individuals and systems are more likely to recognize, prevent, and interrupt trafficking patterns.
- Systemic Advocacy Through Economic and Legal Framingmethodology: systemic-advocacyBy reframing labor trafficking as an exploitative underground economy and challenging the criminalization of victims, the organization drives policy change and public awareness because market-based analysis and double-victimization narratives expose systemic failures and mobilize institutional reform.
- Trauma-Informed Creative Healingmethodology: creative_expression_for_healingBy using creative expression and trauma-competent coaching, the organization helps survivors rebuild identity and agency because empathetic, expressive engagement restores self-perception damaged by exploitation.