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Domestic Violence
Domestic violence and sexual assault impacts women and their families and knows no boundary by race, age, income, or socioeconomic status.
Women's Fund provides grants to organizations providing emergency shelter, transitional housing, and counseling for victims of domestic violence. To date, we have awarded $859,000 to address domestic violence issues.
By The Numbers
13.7% of Indiana girls reported being hit, slapped or physically hurt on purpose by their girlfriend or boyfriend in a 12 month period, higher than the U.S. rate of 9.3% and an increase over the 2001 Indiana rate of 12%.
(source: 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey)
10.6% of U.S. women reported experiencing forced sex at some point in their lives; 60% of female victims were first raped before age 18.
(source: Still on Shaky Ground 2011)
Calls for help from people in domestic abuse situations have risen 616% in 10 years from almost 500 in 2000 to more than 3,500 in 2009.
(source: Still on Shaky Ground 2011)
In one year 6,701 adults and children were served by Indiana domestic violence emergency shelters. (source: Still on Shaky Ground 2011)
25% of women have experienced domestic violence in her lifetime.
Stories of Success
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The Julian Center - 2009 Amount awarded |
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For emergency funding to support the “Grants to Encourage Arrests” program – a program suffering funding cuts from the U.S. Department of Justice. The $30,000 grant funded the first month of support in order to prevent layoffs and give The Julian Center time to raise the additional funds needed to continue this program.
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Prevail, Inc. - 2009 Amount awarded |
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To fund Prevail's operations including domestic violence victim awareness and support services in Hamilton County.
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Ruth Lilly Health Education Center - 2006 Amount awarded |
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Providing healthy relationships programming to all 11,800 fifth and seventh grade students in Indianapolis Public Schools. The goal of the program is to promote healthy relationships, reduce the incidence of teen relationship violence and aid in long-term prevention of domestic violence. Post-test results indicate that students have increased knowledge of what constitutes healthy relationships.
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Turning Point Domestic Violence Services (Columbus Regional Shelter) - 2009 Amount awarded |
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Providing a matching grant for operating support for services to domestic violence victims in Johnson and Shelby counties.
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Girls Incorporated
of Greater Indianapolis
"While monetary support is always critical to any organization's success, we have been particularly appreciative of the thoughtfulness behind Women's Fund's support of Girls Inc. Jennifer and her staff ask timely questions to help them determine how support from Women's Fund might be best positioned at any given time. Sometimes their conversations lead them to direct their funding towards core operating support, or sustainable capacity building efforts so that we may become better positioned to serve girls in greater Indianapolis. We value this unique relationship with Women's Fund and are grateful for its strategic support of our mission to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold!"
Patricia Wachtel
President and CEO
