Refuge for Women
Donations deductibleRevenue
$5.7m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$5.2m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$5.6m
$1.1m liabilities
Net assets
$4.4m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
3.6 years on average
Staff
108
251 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
8
named in Part VII
Refuge for Women's network
6 people7 organisationsi6 people and 7 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (7) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Smith Chair | Chair | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Karen Schultz | Treasurer | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Marty Lamb | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Richard Harris | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Tammy McCord | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Todd Veirs | Company secretary | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
8 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Abby Germer | President | since 2023 |
| Bud Simon | Company secretary | 2020 |
| David Diers | Chairman | 2020 |
| Duncan Gardiner | Treasurer | 2020 |
| Jade Cook | Financial Manager | 2020 |
| KED Frank | President | 2020 |
| Leslie Nikki Instone | Vice President | since 2022 |
| Nicole Webb | Chief Operations Officer | 2020 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abby Germer | President | 30 | $111k | $15k | |
| Steve Oglesby | Treasurer | 6 | $0 | ||
| Todd Viers | Secretary | 6 | $0 | ||
| Marty Lamb | Director | 3 | $0 | ||
| Karen Schultz | Chair | 6 | $0 | ||
| Megan Nicholson | Director | 3 | $0 | ||
| Richard Harris | Director | 0 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Refuge for Women
- EIN
- 264388243
- Address
- 608 E Hickory St Ste 128, Denton, TX, 76205-4311
- State
- Texas
- Mission
- Refuge for women inc is a faith-based organization that provides housing, counseling, and life and work skills training for women who desire to leave the adult sex and entertainment industry. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- L24 Housing and shelter
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Housing & Shelter
- Size band
- 7 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2009
- Principal officer
- Abby Germer (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 January 2010
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 4, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsMarty Lamb
≥4years on the filingsTammy McCord
≥3years on the filingsKaren Schultz
≥2years on the filingsPat Smith
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $5.6m
- Total liabilities
- $1.1m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $4.4m
- Contributions and grants received
- $5.7m
- Program service revenue
- $20k
- Grants and similar paid out
- $751k
- Employees
- 108
- Volunteers
- 251
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.4m | $4.6m | Deficit $202k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
2 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Refuge for Women Emer Housing LLC | Emergency housing support | $174k |
| Her Safe Haven | Safe house support | $0 |
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Refuge For Women, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Texas
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 16 July 2020
- Registered agent
- Not stated
This register does not publish officers or directors.