DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

409 S MONROE ST, AMARILLO, TX 79101-1345

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

JACK HILTON, 409 S MONROE, AMARILLO, TX 79101

Signed the 990

DIANN GILMORE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Phone

(806) 372-3625

Website

WWW.DWCENTER.ORG

Return prepared by

WILSON HAAG PLLC

Mission

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

Program accomplishments

• 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.
  Expenses $158,109 · revenue $6,710
• 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.
  Expenses $114,627 · revenue $71,522
• 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.
  Expenses $434,272 · revenue $15,352
• 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.
  Expenses $1,309,310

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

20-0296282

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2004

Accounting year ends

August

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Assets (IRS master file)

$4,995,807

Income (IRS master file)

$3,909,004

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 20-0296282).

Questions about DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER

What is the EIN of DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER?

The employer identification number (EIN) of DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER is 20-0296282.

Is DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2004.

Are donations to DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.

Who is the principal officer of DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER?

The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names JACK HILTON.

Who are the officers and directors of DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER?

The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 18 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.

How much revenue does DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER have?

On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,755,844, expenses of $2,394,995 and total assets of $4,995,807 at year end.

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