September 2023 Financial Transparency
Giving voice and protection to survivors, exposure and accountability of perpetrators, and justice to survivors.
Our only goal is to support victim-survivors and prevent further abuse. We are working with law enforcement, friends, workers, former members, and nonmembers to address this massive crisis.
Thank you to each of you who have reached out, donated, supported survivors, and begun the process of educating yourself on this life-saving work. We are in awe of each survivor and their bravery to begin and continue the healing journey.
During the month of September, Rick’s Leadville Trail 100 MTB Rally-up raised a total of $25,065.31, after donation fees via Rally-up. Thank you to Rick and each and every person who so generously donated and matched his miles.
Advocates For The Truth is funding our inaugural Healing with Horses camp. Two retreats are set to take place in September. One for men on September 15-17 and again for women on 17-19, 2023 on the East Coast. (Value of $1,300 + travel expense per person). Seven male and female survivors will benefit from this equine therapy with two trauma therapists. All expenses are being paid by donations received through AFTT.
In light of this, there is a strong need for incoming donations to cover the cost of travel expenses. If you are able to donate frequent flier miles or monetarily please do so knowing you are impacting the lives of these survivors in a profound way.
As of September 5, 2023, a total of 109 survivors have received counseling resources as a result of donations received. The need for additional funds is and will continue for many years to be constant. Many of these survivors are in need of inpatient care and as of now, Fund Recovery can only cover one to two survivors’ inpatient care. The amount of survivors is still coming in at a far greater rate than donations.
Little Hooves and Big Hearts current goal is $250,000 of which Little Hooves has received $17,657 to date. Additionally, LHBH has generously donated $9,000 to kick off a start to the fund in addition to legal and admin fees directly associated with adding our mission to their charity organization. They have donated an equine therapy camp for six survivors in October. The survivors are preparing for their October retreat.
Fund Recovery’s current goal is $250,000 of which Fund Recovery has received $99,216 to date. Through Fund Recovery we have assisted 56 survivors who have received therapy. There is an urgent need for a number of the survivors to receive in-patient care.
Advocates For The Truth's goal is $250,000. AFTT has received $101,800 to date. Those funds are being used to cover overhead of AFTT in addition to providing therapy to international survivors. We are currently providing ongoing trauma therapy to four survivors in Mexico and Brazil, and we are on track to provide trauma therapy to several more survivors in Central and South America in the next few weeks. In addition, we are launching the all-male and a separate all-female survivor camp discussed above.
Costs of overhead include but are not limited to:
Legal costs
Accounting costs
Investigative fees
Wages for one full-time employee and two part-time employees
Administrative fees
Travel for investigative work
Supplies
We understand that some may have trust issues regarding how finances are handled and know that transparency on finances is important.
Many people are not aware of the costs associated with therapy. Of course these costs vary due to service provider and location.
5-day inpatient: $4,000 - $10,000
Month of Inpatient $30,000 - $50,000
Month of Outpatient $12,000 - $15,000
Trauma Therapy $250 - $450 per session
Regular therapy $150 - $250 per session
The need for help for these survivors is immense and every donation counts. No donation is too small, so please donate as much as you can. If everyone were to donate their minimum, the results would be astounding. The survivors and Advocates For The Truth need your help and support.
Together we are making a difference: raising awareness, creating exposure and healing lives!
