Hope Shores Alliance

Name

Hope Shores Alliance

Legal name

Hope Shores Alliance

Website

https://hopeshores.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Support Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Temporary Shelters (624221), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Other Community Housing Services (624229)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAEAD

Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYBPAGAEAB

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYBPAGACAD

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

Keywords

• Domestic violence services
• Sexual assault support
• Crisis intervention services
• Survivor advocacy programs
• Emergency shelter services

Headquarters

HQ city

Alpena

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Monetary donations from individuals supporting survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Donations are tax-deductible and go directly to supporting program services.
2. Thrift Store Proceeds: Revenue from two thrift stores (Seconds on Third in Rogers City and Revolve by Hope Shores in Oscoda). All sale proceeds go into unrestricted funds allowing flexibility to meet diverse survivor needs.
3. Endowment Fund: Long-term endowment fund established at Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan for sustainable organizational funding.
4. Volunteer Hours: Organization leverages volunteer workforce including help line advocates, thrift store workers, transportation assistants, and administrative support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hope Shores Alliance delivers free, confidential, trauma-informed services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, dating violence, and human trafficking across five northeastern Michigan counties (Alcona, Alpena, Iosco, Montmorency, and Presque Isle). Core offerings include a 24/7 crisis help line, emergency and transitional housing, counseling and support groups, individual advocacy, SART/DART crisis response, financial assistance, community prevention education, and two thrift stores (Seconds on Third and Revolve) that generate unrestricted funding while providing survivors access to goods at no cost.

Product overview

Hope Shores Alliance is a nonprofit service organization offering a coordinated suite of survivor-focused programs across five counties (Alcona, Alpena, Iosco, Montmorency, and Presque Isle) in northeastern Michigan. The core offerings include a 24/7 Help & Support Line, professional counseling and support groups, emergency and long-term housing (including transitional supportive housing), and financial assistance. Specialized response teams (SART and DART) provide 24/7 crisis advocacy. The organization operates two thrift stores (Seconds on Third and Revolve) that provide free clothing and household items to survivors while generating unrestricted funds. Education and prevention programs offer community training on violence dynamics, bystander intervention, and healthy relationships. Victim rights resources provide information on survivor legal protections.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Seconds on Third: Thrift store located in Rogers City, MI that sells clothing, accessories, shoes, household items, books, movies, games, and seasonal decorations. Sale proceeds support Hope Shores Alliance.
• Revolve by Hope Shores

Products and services

• 24/7 Help & Support Line A 24-hour, 7-day-per-week, 365-days-per-year confidential crisis hotline (1.800.396.9129) providing support, safety planning, and service referrals to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking, and dating violence across the five-county service area.
• Counseling & Support Groups Trauma-informed professional counseling and therapeutic, psycho-educational, and peer-based support groups for adult, teen, and child survivors and their support persons.
• Emergency & Long Term Housing Violence-free emergency shelter with motel-model fallback for capacity overflow, plus long-term housing programs to help survivors obtain and maintain safe, affordable, permanent housing across the five counties.
• Transitional Supportive Housing Long-term housing program offering both organization-owned units and voucher-based options to help survivors transition to permanent housing across the five-county service area.
• Financial Assistance Limited direct financial assistance providing gas cards, laundry vouchers, public transportation vouchers, emergency utility assistance, locks, and other necessities for survivors facing unexpected challenges.
• Individual Advocacy One-on-one advocacy providing emotional support, feelings exploration, safety planning, and information about options and resources across medical, legal, systems, administrative, and housing advocacy needs.
• SART Team (Sexual Assault Response Team) 24/7/365 crisis response team of advocates providing support and information to sexual assault survivors at hospitals, law enforcement offices, or other locations, in collaboration with community partners.
• DART Team (Domestic Assault Response Team) 24/7/365 residential advocates responding to domestic violence survivors at hospitals, law enforcement offices, Hope Shores Alliance locations, or other sites to provide support and information following incidents.
• Education & Prevention Programs Community education and prevention training covering sexual assault and domestic violence dynamics, gender-based violence, power and control, intersectionality, bystander intervention, and healthy relationships, delivered to schools, businesses, and organizations.
• Seconds on Third Thrift Store Thrift store in Rogers City, Michigan selling clothing, accessories, household items, books, movies, games, and seasonal decorations. Sale proceeds support Hope Shores Alliance's unrestricted funds; survivors access items at no cost.
• Revolve by Hope Shores Thrift store in Oscoda, Michigan selling clothing, accessories, shoes, household items, books, movies, games, and seasonal decorations. Sale proceeds support Hope Shores Alliance's unrestricted funds; survivors access items at no cost.
• Victim Rights Resources Educational resources and information about rights for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault, including eligibility for compensation or reimbursement, organized by county.

Quantifiable outcome

• 24/7/365 availability of trained advocates
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• StrongHearts Native HelplineminorOthersNative American domestic violence and sexual assault helpline for Indigenous survivors, referenced as a resource organization in land acknowledgement.
• Uniting Three Fires Against ViolenceminorOthersMichigan-based organization serving Indigenous communities, referenced as a resource in the land acknowledgement for survivors.
• Our Native DaughtersminorOthersIndigenous-led organization referenced in land acknowledgement as a resource for supporting Native communities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• First Step (Wayne County): Michigan domestic violence/sexual assault agency providing 24/7 helpline, emergency shelter, counseling, advocacy, and education. Comparable full-continuum survivor services model serving a county-based region, similar in scope to Hope Shores Alliance's five-county program.
• SafeHouse Center: A Michigan-based nonprofit serving Washtenaw County with 24-hour helpline, emergency shelter, counseling, advocacy, and prevention education. Direct domestic-violence service peer operating across a defined multi-county footprint with the same integrated service model as Hope Shores Alliance.
• SANE of Kent County: Kent County (Grand Rapids) sexual assault and DV services agency with 24/7 response, advocacy, and counseling. Comparable specialized response team and survivor services structure to Hope Shores' SART/DART programs.
• The Alice Paul House: Michigan-based nonprofit providing comprehensive domestic violence and sexual assault services including shelter, advocacy, counseling, and prevention education. Comparable full-service DV/SA nonprofit in the Michigan service ecosystem.
• Turning Point (Mt. Pleasant, MI): Central Michigan regional domestic violence and sexual assault services provider offering shelter, counseling, advocacy, SART response, and education across multiple counties — a direct functional peer to Hope Shores Alliance's regional model.

Emerging players

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: National 24/7 confidential helpline and resource referral service for DV survivors. Functionally comparable to Hope Shores' help line on the crisis-intervention and referral axis, and a thought-leadership peer in the DV services category.

Broad incumbents

• Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence (MCEDSV): Statewide coalition and policy/advocacy umbrella for Michigan's domestic violence and sexual assault service providers. Direct comparable only at the policy/training level, but constituents overlap and it represents the broader category peer for regional agencies like Hope Shores Alliance.
• YWCA Central Michigan: Regional YWCA offering domestic violence shelter and advocacy services. Broader-incumbent comparable because YWCA's scope across multiple mission areas (housing, racial justice, DV) overlaps with Hope Shores' multi-program survivor services approach.
• Safe Horizon (New York): Large-scale nonprofit offering domestic violence shelter, hotline, counseling, and advocacy across New York City. Comparable comprehensive DV service stack; broader-incumbent peer given its scale, but functionally similar to Hope Shores' integrated service delivery.

Others

• Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan: Regional community foundation that administers the Hope Shores Alliance Endowment Fund and partners on the capital campaign. Ecosystem peer representing the funding-infrastructure layer that sustain regional DV nonprofits like Hope Shores.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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Investments

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