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  • $30K of Grants Awarded at 2023 Purple Ribbon Awards Event

    posted May 30, 2023

    DomesticShelters.org, the leading online resource for domestic violence victims, professionals and allies and Alliance for HOPE International hosted the third annual 2023 Purple Ribbon Awards Celebration on ...

  • DomesticShelters.org Merges With Alliance for HOPE Intl.

    posted May 10, 2023

    Today, at the 23rd Annual International Family Justice Center Conference in San Diego, the founders of Alliance for HOPE International, Casey Gwinn and Gael Strack, announced a merger with the largest online...

  • “Hidden Horrors” Campaign Reveals Abuse Behind Closed Doors

    posted Apr 01, 2023

    For perpetrators of domestic violence, every day is April Fool’s Day as they work to maintain a perfect facade to masque the monster that lies beneath. From the outside looking in, an abusive relationship ma...

  • Life-Saving App Supports Millions Affected by DV

    posted Mar 09, 2023

    DomesticShelters.org is proud to partner with Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh and Vodafone Americas Foundation on the launch of the U.S. version of Bright Sky. The free, safe, and easy-to-...

  • RedRover Partnership Highlights Pet-Friendly Shelters

    posted Jan 11, 2023

    RedRover and DomesticShelters.org have formed a data-sharing partnership to help domestic violence victims, survivors, and advocates easily find domestic violence shelters and programs that accommodate survi...

  • “Feeling Small” PSA Spotlights Emotional Abuse

    posted Nov 18, 2022

    As tensions rise during political debates at the Thanksgiving dinner table or other holiday season gatherings with family, so do incidents of domestic violence, research shows. The societal expectation to be...

  • OhanaLink Technologies™ and DomesticShelters.org Join Forces

    posted Nov 08, 2022

    Western Pennsylvania-based technology development company, OhanaLink Technologies™, announced a new strategic partnership with DomesticShelters.org that will bring centralized resources to domestic violence ...

  • Hit Band Partners with Leading DV Resource for New Single

    posted Oct 23, 2022

    NEW YORK, NY - Billboard Charts-topping band The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (RJA) released a new symphonic version of their RIAA certified 4x Platinum hit Face Down on all streaming platforms today (Friday, Octo...

  • DomesticShelters.org Launches New, Redesigned Website

    posted Oct 21, 2022

    After helping millions of victims and survivors of domestic abuse, as well as the advocates and professionals who support them, DomesticShelters.org has released a brand-new, updated website design. The n...

  • $35,000 in Grants Awarded During Purple Ribbon Awards Event

    posted Sep 27, 2022

    A broad cross-section of inspiring stories from seven outstanding domestic violence programs were shared during the 2022 Purple Ribbon Awards Celebration, held on September 21st. The Purple Ribbon Awards (P...

  • DomesticShelters.org selected as a beneficiary of new NFTs

    posted Apr 08, 2022

    With NFTs continuing to gain ground as popular collectibles and online art, wellbeing entrepreneurs Amelia Strzepek and Adam Schuster are excited to drop a line of 10,000 unique NFTs to build the Happy Natio...

  • DomesticShelters.org Honored for Humanitarian Innovation

    posted Feb 22, 2022

    After 2,500 entries from 36 countries were reviewed by the Anthem Award Academy -- which honors the purpose and mission-driven work of people, companies, and organizations worldwide -- DomesticShetlers.org w...

  • Partnership with Aura to Protect Against Technology Abuse

    posted Feb 08, 2022

    Aura, the leader in intelligent safety for consumers, today announced a strategic partnership with non-profit Theresa's Fund and DomesticShelters.org, a digital resource for victims and survivors of domestic...

  • PSA in Times Square Targets Isolated Victims of Abuse

    posted Feb 01, 2022

    Domestic violence nonprofits Safe in Harm’s Way Foundation Inc. and DomesticShelters.org, a service of Theresa’s Fund are partnering with Neon, an IPG Health company and the Out of Home Advertising Associati...

  • New Executive Director Named

    posted Nov 12, 2021

    The Board of Directors of Theresa's Fund, which operates DomesticShelters.org, has promoted Ashley Rumschlag from Vice President of Digital Services to President/CEO and Executive Director of Theresa's Fun...

  • Pop Star Patrick Barnett Partners with Theresa’s Fund

    posted Oct 29, 2021

    Rising Pop Star Patrick Barnett has released nationally the new single Shine Through as part of his debut album, and through a partnership arranged by Nashville-based Round Room Productions, hoping to raise ...

  • Two Members Added to Theresa’s Fund Board of Directors

    posted Sep 24, 2021

    Twenty-five-year veteran of the domestic violence field and former CEO/Executive Director of a domestic violence program and shelter, Jenny Davidson, and award-winning entertainer Angela Shelton have been na...

  • NO MORE and DomesticShelters.org Partner on Global Directory

    posted Sep 16, 2021

    The NO MORE Foundation launched a directory of global resources for victims of domestic violence this past March and partnered with the leader in providing similar resources in the U.S. and Canada, DomesticS...

  • Recipients of $30,000 Grant Revealed at Purple Ribbon Awards

    posted Sep 15, 2021

    A broad cross-section of inspiring stories from six outstanding domestic violence programs were shared during the 2021 Purple Ribbon Awards Celebration held on September 15th. These programs were named by th...

  • Purple Ribbon Award Winners Announced

    posted Aug 12, 2021

    Theresa’s Fund announced the winners of the 2021 Purple Ribbon Awards across 28 categories, as judged by a national panel of respected professionals from the domestic violence field. The Purple Ribbon Awards...

  • Experts Partner to Raise Awareness for Pet-Friendly Shelters

    posted Feb 04, 2021

    DomesticShelters.org and RedRover have formed a data-sharing partnership to help domestic violence victims and advocates more easily find domestic violence shelters and programs in the U.S. and Canada that a...

  • DomesticShelters.org Leader Earns Lifetime Achievement Award

    posted Dec 12, 2020

    This evening as part of its annual Chords of Hope 2020 fundraiser, The Michael Bolton Charities selected Rita Smith, VP/External Relations for DomesticShelters.org, as the recipient of its annual Lifetime Ac...

  • First Comprehensive Awards Program for DV Movement

    posted Sep 29, 2020

    Theresa’s Fund through its popular website DomesticShelters.org announced today that it is launching the new, annual Purple Ribbon Awards, the first comprehensive awards program honoring the countless heroes...

  • Theresa’s Fund Founder Creates New Scholarship at Ohio State

    posted Aug 10, 2020

    Preston V. McMurry Jr., the founder of Theresa’s Fund which operates the vital and popular resource DomesticShelters.org, has established the Theresa and Preston V McMurry Jr. Scholarship Fund at his alma ma...

  • DomesticShelters.org Helps 10 Millionth Visitor

    posted Jan 07, 2020

    After being launched about 5 years ago in late 2014, DomesticShelters.org helped its 10,000,000th visitor on January 8, 2020. During that same period, more than 23.5 million pages on the website have been vi...

  • DomesticShelters.org Turns Five Years Old

    posted Dec 19, 2019

    Five years ago the team at non-profit Theresa’s Fund had an idea. After 20-plus years of successfully building domestic violence shelter capacity in Arizona through grantmaking and fundraising, why not devel...

  • Wish List Donations Top $50,000

    posted Feb 15, 2019

    DomesticShelters.org announced that the online giving platform it launched 25 months ago has resulted in more than $50,000 in donations of wish list items to participating domestic violence programs. The wis...

  • DomesticShelters.org Traffic Continues Rapid Growth

    posted Aug 02, 2018

    During the last 12 months, 2,347,520 people representing every country in the world have visited DomesticShelters.org, making it one of the most visited websites anywhere on the topic of domestic violence. ...

  • Leading Domestic Violence Events in One Place, One Calender

    posted Oct 01, 2017

    To kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Month this October, leading domestic violence website DomesticShelters.org has launched the most comprehensive calendar of domestic violence events in North America. T...

  • DomesticShelters.org Launches New Home Page

    posted Aug 15, 2017

    Based on data gathered from millions of visitors since DomesticShelters.org launched in 2014, the website recently reorganized its home page to cater to the most popular types of content sought by people exp...

  • Video Learning Added to DomesticShelters.org

    posted Jun 01, 2017

    With countless studies showing that people learn best in different ways, DomesticShelters.org has begun to supplement its substantial database of textual learning tools -- like articles on the many aspects ...

  • DomesticShelters.org Starts Helping Shelters Fulfill Wish Lists

    posted Nov 16, 2016

    DomesticShelters.org has extended its track record of employing technology to help domestic violence survivors and the programs that serve them with the roll out today of a new fundraising platform that make...

  • Report Looks at National Impact of DomesticShelters.org

    posted Aug 08, 2016

    Theresa’s Fund issued the first-ever impact report on its online service DomesticShelters.org, shedding new light on the effect and role that the dynamic and ambitious project is having within its two primar...

  • Experts Join Rapidly Growing Domestic Violence Website

    posted Jul 11, 2016

    A group comprised of authors, academics, researchers, program operators and nationally-recognized domestic violence experts has joined DomesticShelters.org, as the online service continues to expand its reac...

  • DomesticShelters.org Experiences 1,000,000th Visitor

    posted Apr 07, 2016

    DomesticShelters.org was launched in late August, 2014 to fulfill a missing and needed resource for domestic violence survivors: making it faster and easier to get help online and on mobile devices. Now just...

  • Weekly Domestic Violence Surveys Go Live

    posted Nov 22, 2015

    What happened when you obtained a protection order? How long after experiencing and escaping abuse did you begin dating again? Which area of legislation do you think is most important? These questions and ma...

  • Most Popular Articles on DomesticShelters.org

    posted Oct 18, 2015

    Among the benefits the fastest growing website in the domestic violence space has brought to the marketplace are insights into what topics victims of domestic violence and people focused on the topic are mos...

  • DomesticShelters.org Assists 400,000+ People in Year One

    posted Aug 16, 2015

    What began as an idea that finding help for domestic violence could be made faster and easier, one year later has become the fastest growing website in the domestic violence space. DomesticShelters.org celeb...

  • Best Domestic Violence Books

    posted Aug 12, 2015

    When someone wants to learn more about domestic violence, they typically do one of a few things: go online, talk to friends and family, call a hotline, join a group or read books. That’s why DomesticShelters...

  • What's In a Name?

    posted Jul 19, 2015

    We’ve all seen lists of the most common given names and last names for people, or trending baby names. But, you’ve probably never seen a list identifying the most common words used in the given name for dom...

  • New Widgets Allow Anyone to Add Content to a Website

    posted May 07, 2015

    If you’re someone who runs or influences a website, and you care about ending domestic violence and helping victims and survivors, the new widgets powered by domesticshelters.org offer a super easy way to ad...

  • Website Provides Domestic Violence Help in Canada

    posted Mar 09, 2015

    With such positive outcomes during the six months since DomesticShelters.org first launched, the organizers of the first-ever online and mobile searchable database of domestic violence programs in the U.S. ...

  • Domestic Violence Services Now Tracked in All 50 States

    posted Jan 16, 2015

    Most people know DomesticShelters.org for its ability to help people experiencing domestic violence find help faster and easier than ever before. Since the site was launched 4 months ago it has helped more t...

  • What Services Do Domestic Violence Programs Provide?

    posted Jan 13, 2015

    The website DomesticShelters.org has collected data on 15 different legal and financial services provided by domestic violence programs in the U.S. and found that the most commonly provided service is court ...

  • Site Revealing Insights into Domestic Violence Services

    posted Nov 05, 2014

    Of the ten most commonly provided services by domestic violence programs in the U.S., half fall within the category of emergency services, according to data compiled by and powering DomesticShetlers.org, th...

  • Site Launches, Millions of Abuse Victims Find Help Easier

    posted Aug 26, 2014

    Online you’ll find plenty of information about domestic violence. That’s not a problem. What is a challenge is trying to find the right help quickly and easily. Search results often reveal disparate shelter ...

  • First Online Database of Domestic Violence Programs Launches

    posted Jul 24, 2014

    The Arizona-based non-profit Theresa's Fund has announced plans to launch DomesticShelters.org, a new website that will provide abuse victims, their friends and family, and agencies, with the most comprehens...