Respect Together
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 232067636
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Harrisburg, PA, USA
- Phone
- 1-800-692-7445
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Sexual Abuse, Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $24,098,572
- Expenses
- $23,214,464
- Assets
- $9,561,652
- Liabilities
- $3,792,826
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARY ONAMA (PRESIDENT)
- YOLANDA EDRINGTON (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- YOLANDA EDRINGTON (CEO): $183,019 total reported compensation
- HEATHER PACHKOSKI (CFO): $134,005 total reported compensation
- JOYCE LUKIMA (COO, COALITION): $124,683 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
United to end sexual abuse, assault, and harassment.
What it reported doing in 2024
Respect together through our divisions of the national sexual violence resource center (nsvrc) and the pennyslvani coalition to advance respect (pcar), works to create lasting change by mobilizing advocates, service providers, leaders, and communities to support survivors, advance victims' rights and prevent sexual abuse, assault and harassment. Pcar funds and supports a network of rape crisis centers that provide primary provention programs and counseling to victims of all ages in Pennsylvania's 67 counties. The nsvrc provides sexual assuault prevention programs, resources, consultation, systrems advocacy and trainings on sexual assault-related issues across the country. Services are funded through the pa dept. Of human services, pa dept. Of health, pa commission on crime & delinquency and the centers for disease control and prevention.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 89% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 78% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.9%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: $194.52 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.7%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 87.9% of revenue deployed · 91.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $21.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $183K · 21 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $172K reported
- Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 64 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 61 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.