Dahlias Hope Non Profit Inc
Dahlias Hope Non Profit Inc
EIN: 84-1994403
as of September 2023
as of September 18, 2023
Mission
Dahlia’s Hope exists to provide critical aftercare services for survivors of sex trafficking to heal from their abuse by providing holistic, individualized care in safe residential and outpatient treatment environments that include: therapeutic services, medical services, life skills training, legal resources, transitional housing, housing assistance, and academic and vocational training to bridge the gap between institutionalized care and independent living and lead to a happy, fulfilled life.
Ruling year
2019
Chief Operating Officer
Amanda Meyer
Main address
PO Box 850
Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 USA
EIN
84-1994403
Educational management
Sexual assault victim services
Mental health counseling
Job counseling
Housing services
Population served
Children and youth
Adults
Women and girls
Men and boys
Victims of crime and abuse
NTEE code
Rape Victim Services (F42)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Tax forms
Communication
Programs and results
Reports and documents
Download annual reportsWhat we aim to solve
Human trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery and an estimated $150 billion dollar global business. According to the Department of Homeland Security, human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world. Victims of sex trafficking are subjected to force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of sexual exploitation or forced labor. Victims are young children, teenagers, men and women. Over 80% of victims in the US are recruited by a member of their own family or via a romantic relationship with a marriage proposition. 99% are never identified. 80% of survivors end up being re-victimized if they do not have a safe place to go. In stark contrast, there are currently less than 1500 spaces available, in the United States, dedicated solely to the rehabilitation and transition of trafficking survivors. There is a desperate need for services for the hundreds of thousands of victims of sex trafficking in the US, and recovery is a long and costly process.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Clinical Therapy for Survivors of Sex Trafficking
Clinical therapy programs involve the services of a licensed clinical therapist who use best practices for treating trauma, PTSD, dissociative disorders,borderline personality traits, and developing coping strategies. Some of the methods of therapy used include Eye Movement Desensitizationand Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Psychodynamic Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy and Group Therapy.
Recreational Trauma Therapy
Recreational Therapy is an effective means of trauma healing, and Dahlia's Hope provides garden therapy, animal therapy, and art therapy. We have our own therapeutic animal farm, complete with goats, rabbits, pigs, horses, chickens, a farm manager and a full-time recreational therapist. We also partner with Courage Reins (Equine Assisted Therapy) to provide equine therapy for survivors. Therapy animals, and equine therapy in particular, help foster social participation, promote animal education, increase safe sensory processing, rebuild trust in safe physical touch through daily grooming and care and teach consistent daily life task. We also provide self defense training, weekly yoga classes, and adventure outings.
Educational Services
Some survivors were trafficked while they were children and were not afforded the ability to attend school. As a result, we have survivors who need to first obtain a high school diploma/GED before they can pursue long-term career and educational goals. We assist survivors by paying for courses, tutoring, the GED test, and other costs associated with obtaining a high school diploma. We also help with driver education neesd. For higher educational needs, we currently partner with Western Governors University Academy. They sponsor our survivors with scholarships to the Program for Academic and Career Advancement (PACA),a 4 month program that prepares survivors to re-enter formal education and provides college credit. We are also able to offer survivors full scholarships to Southern Utah University (SUU) and tutoring assistance.
Transitional and Emergency Housing
Dahlia's Hope owns a beautiful home to help house survivors. Our transitional home has 4 survivor beds and we also offer emergency housing vouchers for survivors of sex trafficking. Our transitional home operates with clinical oversight and survivors are involved with two weekly groups.
Vocational Training and Life Skills
- Assistance linking with local Vocational Rehabilitation
- Connect with volunteers for additional mentoring/training in desired professions
- Interview Training/Coaching
- Resume Assistance
- Life Skills Training
- Financial Coaching and Budgeting
- Financial management course
Trauma-Informed Medical and Dental Resources
- Partnership with a trauma-informed physician’s assistant and dentist
who both offer primary care to survivors
- Partnership with Chiro Heroes for free chiropractic care for survivors
Case Management Services/Victim Advocacy
o Screening and referrals to ensure appropriate program placement
o Needs Assessment/Individualized service plan to meet needs
o Connection to community resources and services
o Link to Financial Assistance through Dahlia’s Hope
o Link to Trauma-Informed Legal Services
o Access to government assistance
o Accompanyment to medical or therapy appointments
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Clinical Therapy for Survivors of Sex Trafficking
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of therapy hours provided to clients
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Clinical Therapy for Survivors of Sex Trafficking
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total number of volunteer hours contributed to the organization
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of therapists or critical staff hired/retained annually
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Clinical Therapy for Survivors of Sex Trafficking
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Hiring critical and retaining critical staff is key to serving survivors!
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?
We aim to provide aftercare services to survivors of sex trafficking, including emergency housing, resources for medical or dental care, clinical therapy, educational or vocational training and life skills training- so that survivors may heal from their trauma and be able to succesfully re-enter society. Dahlia's Hope is the first organization in Utah that provides this kind of comprehensive aftercare for survivors, and one of the few in the United States.
Our organizational goals to accomplish this are to:
1) Increase organizational capacity to serve survivors
2) Increase the breadth and quality of services provided
3) Be good financial stewards of the funds we receive
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
1) We will increase organizational capacity by identifying and hiring critical administrative and clinical therapy staff for all of our programs to be fully staffed and available.
2) We will increase the breadth and quality of services by expanding the type of program and resources avaialble to survivors, and setting and tracking milestones of survivor progress in our programs.
3) We will be good financial stewards by keeping our administrative costs to under 20% of our annual budget, and by encouraging volunteerism by tracking and reporting on number of volunteers and volunteer hours annually.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
In 2021 we were able to hire critical staff to scale Dahlia's Hope to a full time operation, including a full time Chief Operations Officer, a new case manager, and an additional trauma therapist to add to our clinical team. With clinical therapist, recreational therapist, theraputic animal services, resources for vocational and educational services, emergency housing and ability to provide access to medical and dental services, Dahlia's Hope has been successful in being a full-service aftercare provider for survivors. We also have a full-time volunteer coordinator to help with service hours, a full time clinical program director to oversee the work of 5 clinical therapists, and a farm manager to oversee the therapy animals, and an administrative and volunteer staff to manage events, website, fundraising, finances and social media/marketing.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Across 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 we increased our capacity to serve survivors by ten fold. We started with just 3 survivors in 2019 but served 33 survivors in our intensive therapy programs just in 2022
Our services began as emergency housing in 2019. They have expanded to comprehensive aftercare, including case management, access to trauma-informed medical and dental services, vocational and job training, educational programs, and most central to our programming, our clinical trauma offerings- individual, group and recreational trauma therapy.
Our volunteer hours have been over 10,000 hours the last 2 years, with over 500 volunteers each year.
From the time we've been collecting financial data, our overhead costs have remained under 13% of our total budget.
Our first 4 years of existence have been critical growth and capacity building years. Now in our 5th year, we are equipped to deepen and maintain the growth we've seen.
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 identify bright spots and enhance positive 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, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, 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 look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
Revenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2021 info
0.59
Months of cash in 2021 info
7.8
Fringe rate in 2021 info
0%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
Dahlias Hope Non Profit Inc
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
This snapshot of Dahlias Hope Non Profit Inc’s financial trends applies Nonprofit Finance Fund® analysis to data hosted by GuideStar. While it highlights the data that matter most, remember that context is key – numbers only tell part of any story.
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Business model indicators
| Profitability info | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | $162,240 |
| As % of expenses | 32.3% |
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | $162,240 |
| As % of expenses | 32.3% |
| Revenue composition info | |
|---|---|
| Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $736,324 |
| Total revenue, % change over prior year | 0.0% |
| Program services revenue | 0.0% |
| Membership dues | 0.0% |
| Investment income | 0.0% |
| Government grants | 0.0% |
| All other grants and contributions | 99.3% |
| Other revenue | 0.7% |
| Expense composition info | |
|---|---|
| Total expenses before depreciation | $502,079 |
| Total expenses, % change over prior year | 0.0% |
| Personnel | 12.2% |
| Professional fees | 0.1% |
| Occupancy | 14.3% |
| Interest | 0.0% |
| Pass-through | 37.2% |
| All other expenses | 36.2% |
| Full cost components (estimated) info | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Total expenses (after depreciation) | $502,079 |
| One month of savings | $41,840 |
| Debt principal payment | $0 |
| Fixed asset additions | $0 |
| Total full costs (estimated) | $543,919 |
Capital structure indicators
| Liquidity info | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Months of cash | 7.8 |
| Months of cash and investments | 7.8 |
| Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 8.4 |
| Balance sheet composition info | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Cash | $326,144 |
| Investments | $0 |
| Receivables | $0 |
| Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $555,000 |
| Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 0.0% |
| Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 60.8% |
| Unrestricted net assets | $0 |
| Temporarily restricted net assets | N/A |
| Permanently restricted net assets | N/A |
| Total restricted net assets | $0 |
| Total net assets | $356,045 |
Key data checks
| Key data checks info | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Material data errors | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Chief Operating Officer
Amanda Meyer
Prior to joining Daliah’s Hope, Amanda oversaw the daily operations, human resources, and financial compliance at State Policy Network. She also led a nation-wide network of senior operations leaders where she facilitated educational, professional development, and networking opportunities.
Amanda Meyer is a graduate of the College of Fine Arts and Communications at Brigham Young University and holds a Master of Public Administration from the University’s Romney Institute of Public Management. She is also a Certified Professional in Human Resource Management through the Society for Human Resource Management.
In her free time, you can find Amanda at getting her hands dirty in the garden, snacking on buttery popcorn at the local Cinemark, or cheering for her three eye-rolling athletes as a proud mom.
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
Dahlias Hope Non Profit Inc
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
Dahlias Hope Non Profit Inc
Board of directorsas of 08/10/2023
Board of directors data
Steve Lindsay
Chris Anderson
Soulence Tax and Wealth Advisors
Ann Anderson
Matt Stockwell
Cherstyn Stockwell
Steve Lindsay
Caroline Marriott
Jacob Rogers
Layne Thompson
Sarah Shelden
Tessa White
Erik Schwobe
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- 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 help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- 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.
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