National Women's Coalition Against Violence & Exploitation
We Have a DREAM...a World Without Violence!
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
We have been able to raise the important funds to keep the programs and services running but the grants and donations we receive do not allow for operations and staffing. In a decade of service, we would like to be able to hire one or two people in the future. We also travel thousands of miles a year for the programs and services we continue to provide to the communities we serve. We have been aiming to find an auto dealer to donate a vehicle that can help divisions like our Gift of Lift bra program, WA Says No More Campaign, our Missing Children's Division and our National Training & Education department.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
SWCAT/NWCAT
Our National Women's Conferences Against Trafficking (NWCAT) have been hosted in Washington, California and Oregon over the years.
Missing Children's Division
The National Women’s Coalition Against Violence & Exploitation, under the direction of our Missing Persons Support Services Team continues to provide services that help families and law enforcement in search, rescue and recovery efforts in missing person cases.
Spotlight For Justice
Spotlight For Justice (formally, Voices for Justice) is a show of the National Women’s Coalition Against Violence & Exploitation (NWCAVE). The show highlights Law, Order, and Justice. The show was created by Michelle Bart, NWCAVE Founder and is co-hosted with Dr. Kathie Mathis. Get ready for raw candid conversations with our main objective, being a voice for justice as we spotlight the injustices of the world!!
The show explores the news, cases, causes and life happenings that are making the headlines around the world.
Gift of Lift Bra Program
Gift of Lift's mission is to collect bras to benefit women and girls locally and throughout the world who normally would not have access to these undergarments. Since the inception, over 25,000 new and gently used bras have been collected and distributed.
No More Summit
Our national No More Summit takes has taken place in Vancouver, Washington since 2015.
The Summit is an ant-violence conference that brings together law enforcement, social workers, families of missing children, educators, the media and the public to learn on how we can prevent violence in our communities.
National Journalism Impact Award
Our National Journalism Award recognizes excellence in coverage of news of local, national, and international significance, with a single award for either a print or broadcast journalist who uses the power of media and his/her position to highlight the ongoing violence against women and girls, whether domestic violence, human trafficking, kidnapping and abductions, hate crimes, or other despicable crimes and violence against women and girls without re-victimizing and re-exploiting the victim(s).
The award is presented at our conferences. To nominate a reporter go to www.nwcave.org
Rita Corbin Burns Humanitarian Award
The Rita Corbin Burns Award, named after retired educator and NCWAVE co-founding advisor Rita Burns, recognizes someone who has overcome his/her own challenges to improve the lives of others through action and/or education. The honoree of this award will be recognized for his/her ability to positively impact and influence the lives of others, regardless of their own personal struggles and/or challenges. The recipient does not have to be a licensed educator, but teachers are encouraged to apply!
The award has been presented at the No More Summit in January 2015 and 2017 but will be presented at our Women's Festival moving forward.
WA Says No More
WA Says No More is a collaborative program/campaign organized by the National Women’s Coalition Against Violence & Exploitation (NWCAVE) in partnership with the No More Campaign and WSU - Vancouver to bring more awareness, education and prevention to communities throughout Washington State in order to end domestic and sexual violence. In 2019 we began the effort to End the Backlog of Rape Kits. In 2020 we begin a clothing campaign to provide new clothes to rape victims seen in the emergency rooms.
International Women's Festival
The International Women's Festival is an official special event of the National Women's Coalition Against Violence & Exploitation (NWCAVE) to help raise awareness and funds for all of our programs.
The International Women's Festival was to take place August 1, 2020. Due to COVID had to be rescheduled for 2021. www.womensfestivalnw.org
Dignity Clothing Program
Our Dignity Clothing Program began in March 2020 just before the pandemic. It has provided free clean and gently used clothing, socks, shoes, undergarments and warm clothing to underprivilege members of the community. The clothing program has clothed over 10,000 people who are homeless, sexually assaulted, low-income and who needed clean clothing in their time of need.
Where we work
Awards
Certificate of Support Fight Against Human Trafficking 2014
Crittenton Services for Children and Families
Human Trafficking Proclamation 2014
City of Pomona, California
Certificate of Appreciation and Partnership 2013
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
National Missing Children's Awareness Day 2014
City of Vancouver, WA
Val Joshua Racial Justice Award 2014
YWCA Clark County
2014 Top-Rated Nonprofit 2014
Great Nonprofits
National Human Trafficking Awareness & Prevention Month 2015
City of Vancouver, WA
No More Summit Proclamation 2015
City of Vancouver, WA
All Star Award 2015
Constant Contact
Top Nonprofit 2016
Great Nonprofits
Grassroot Impact Award - Gift of Lift Bra Program 2016
Nonprofit Excellence Awards
All Star Award 2017
Constant Contact
Top Nonprofit 2017
Great Nonprofits
Women of Distinction Nomination 2018
Washington State University-Vancouver
Top Nonprofit 2018
Great Nonprofits
All Star Award 2018
Constant Contact
Top Nonprofit 2019
Great Nonprofits
Top Nonprofit 2020
Great Nonprofits
Top Nonprofit 2021
Great Nonprofits
Collaboration Award - Dignity Clothing Program 2021
Nonprofit Excellence Awards
Purple Ribbon Award - Domestic Violence Programs Award 2022
DomesticShelters.org
Shine a Light (Top Award) - Nat. Runaway Awareness Month Campaign 2022
National Runaway Safeline
Top-Rated Nonprofit 2022
Great Nonprofits
External reviews

Photos
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of media partnerships developed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Gender and sexual identity, Social and economic status, Family relationships, Sex workers, Health
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
NWCAVE specializes in media relations and partnerships in order to help locate missing children and advocate against violence. Since 2012 media partnerships have grown locally and nationally.
Number of stories successfully placed in the media
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Since 2012, NWCAVE has been highlighted in many media markets locally, nationally and internationally. To see some coverage go to http://nwcave.org and click Press Room or Google our name.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Goals of 2020-2021(visions have changed due to COVID19).
+ To bring together the public wanting to be informed, educated, and inspired by experts and survivors in order to take action in their communities, now via Zoom and other online alternatives.
+ To update our branding including our logos and websites.
+ To bring together experts, law enforcement agencies and others together to discuss successful models used to combat and prevent violence in society in order to keep our communities safe. We will do this in March 2022 (was to be held in 2021 but due to COVID, we had to change the date) at our No More Summit.
+ To hire a grant writer to help increase program funding for our Missing Children's Division and other services and to help establish a 3-5 year plan to hire our first staff/executive director position.
+ To educate and inform the public about the tools and resources available in order to prevent violence and exploitation to future generations. We will produce the 4th Women's Festival in July 2021 (we had to change the date due to COVID)
+ To introduce survivors and families of missing children in order to understand their stories and learn how we could have done better and/or enhance successful tactics used to solve, rescue, and restore the victims and their families.
+ To educate members of the media how to research and report stories surrounding violence, exploitation and trafficking cases without re-victimizing victims and their families.
+ To form productive collaborations between agencies, nonprofits and others in order to combat violence throughout the United States and beyond via our written MOU's.
+ To continue and build on our partnerships with other agencies in order to prevent violence, rescue the missing and engage the conversation on living in a world free of all forms of violence.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
NWCAVE helps to inform, educate and prevent violence and exploitation against women and children nationally and internationally.
Whether human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual violence, stalking, bullying, hate crimes and all other forms of violence and exploitation against women and children, NWCAVE strives to keep the public informed and educated on how we can live in a more civilized society free of violence.
In order to achieve our mission and objectives we collaborate with other organizations, businesses, the public and media to continue to inform, educate and help prevent violence and exploitation in our local communities and throughout the world.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We are capable of reaching our goals by strategically partnering with other organizations, the media, businesses and the public who's objectives align with NWCAVE's.
National partnerships include: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, NOMORE Campaign, WSU-Vancouver, Clark College, Crittenton Services Southern California, San Bernardino Coalition Against Sexual Exploitation, YWCA Clark County and Free the Girls to name a few.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since 2009 when like-minded folks came together to create a program that in 2012 turned into a nonprofit, the progress we're making keeps us striving for better outcomes. We know we are making a difference in the lives of those we are fighting for but sadly the issues we strive to combat are greater than one organization can fix and so we continue to do our part and each year we hope our programs, services and efforts make a dent against all forms of violence in our society.
We have made great progress on our successful conferences, trainings and even helping to bring home our client's missing children, but our work is long from over especially since three of our cases of missing children are still active so we continue doing our part and hopefully we can live in a society free of all the harm in the world.
We Have a DREAM...a World Without Violence, do you? Come join us and together with your help we can do more! www.NWCAVE.org
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
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The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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National Women's Coalition Against Violence & Exploitation
Board of directorsas of 08/19/2023
Ms. Michelle Bart
National Women's Coalition Against Violence & Exploitation
Term: 2012 -
Leslie Ramsey
Secretary/Treasurer
Michelle Bart
President
Sydnee Scofield
Director of Communications
Dr. Kathie Mathis
Director of Training & Education
Sgt. Tanya Wollstein
Director of WA Says No More
Carmen McKibben
Director
Board leadership practices
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CEO oversight
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Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.