Battered Women's Justice Project

What Battered Women's Justice Project does

The Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1993 and headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, that delivers technical assistance, training, and policy advocacy to professionals serving survivors of domestic and gender-based violence. Its core products are national policy and practice centers covering protection orders, firearms and intimate-partner violence, criminalized survivors, and related domains, plus a curated library of statutory matrices and jurisdictional resources used by advocates, attorneys, judges, and law-enforcement personnel across 30+ communities. The organization is led by CEO Amy J. Sánchez and Board Chair Jason Engelhart, with a staff in the 11-50 range, and it filed as a subject-matter voice in the FY2024 U.S. v. Rahimi federal proceedings.

BWJP operates a non-fee-based, donor-funded business model: training, technical assistance, and resources are provided at no cost to survivors, advocates, and justice-system professionals, while the operating budget is sustained through grants, institutional donors, and philanthropic contributions. In July 2025 BWJP merged with Global Rights for Women, creating an integrated Center on Global Rights for Women and signaling a transition from a strictly domestic scope to a dual domestic-international mandate. The organization continues to scale the MOSAIC initiative and to extend partnerships with courts, law-enforcement, and advocacy networks nationally. There is no disclosed revenue, no fee-based product line, and no AI/ML capabilities indicated in the source material.

Name

Battered Women's Justice Project

Legal name

Battered Women's Justice Project

Website

https://bwjp.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Battered Women's Justice Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1993 in St. Paul, Minnesota that provides technical assistance, training, and policy advocacy through seven-plus national centers to advocates, attorneys, judges, and law-enforcement professionals serving survivors of domestic and gender-based violence.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Domestic Violence Intervention Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Legal Aid) (BPADADAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Protection, Child Protection & Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Response (BPAGAAAG)

Keywords

• Domestic violence intervention
• Gender-based violence resources
• Protection order assistance
• Coordinated community response
• Violence survivor advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: BWJP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (EIN 46-3584341) that operates primarily through donations from individuals, foundations, and supporters. The organization invites monthly ally program donations and accepts various giving methods including donor advised funds, cash/check, and employer matching gifts.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

BWJP provides technical assistance, training, and consultations to professionals and organizations working at the intersection of gender-based violence and legal systems. The organization operates a portfolio of national centers delivering statutory matrices, policy guidance, and educational resources on protection orders, firearms, criminalized survivors, custody, and coercive control, complemented by The Learning Community online training platform and the MOSAIC national strategy initiative. Services are provided at no cost to survivors, advocates, attorneys, courts, and policymakers.

Product overview

BWJP operates as a collective of national policy and practice centers focused on gender-based violence and legal systems. The organization offers a portfolio of specialized centers addressing different aspects of violence against women, including protection orders, gun violence, children and domestic violence, coercive control, criminalized survivors, and global rights. Key offerings include MOSAIC (a comprehensive national strategy for local response), The Learning Community, Technical Assistance services, research resources, and training materials. The organization recently expanded through a merger with Global Rights for Women.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MOSAIC: A national strategy, a local response - helps states and local communities strengthen their efforts to prevent and respond to intimate partner violence, sexual assault, stalking, trafficking, and other interconnected forms of violence against women.
• Center on Global Rights for Women
• National Center for Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit
• Defense Center for Criminalized Survivors
• National Center on Gun Violence in Relationships
• The Learning Community

Products and services

• MOSAIC A national strategy with local implementation approach that helps states and communities strengthen efforts to prevent and respond to intimate partner violence, sexual assault, stalking, trafficking, and other interconnected forms of violence against women.
• National Center on Gun Violence in Relationships A center providing expertise on the intersection of gun violence and intimate partner violence, offering resources, training, and technical assistance to address lethal risks faced by survivors when abusers have access to firearms.
• National Center for Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit A resource center focused on protection orders and full faith and credit across jurisdictions, providing statutory compilations, matrices, and guidance for practitioners handling domestic violence cases.
• National Defense Center for Criminalized Survivors A defense center providing support and resources for survivors who have been criminalized, offering legal guidance and advocacy on behalf of survivors facing criminal charges related to their abuse.
• Children and Domestic Violence Program focused on the intersection of domestic violence and child custody, providing resources and guidance for navigating custody cases involving intimate partner violence.
• Coercive Control Program addressing coercive control as a pattern of abuse, providing policy guidance and resources for advocates and coalitions working with survivors.
• Center on Global Rights for Women A center dedicated to global policy and advocacy for ending gender-based violence internationally, formed from the July 2025 merger with Global Rights for Women, supporting advocates, legal professionals, and grassroots organizations globally.
• The Learning Community An online learning platform providing collaborative tools, expertise, and data resources for communities working to end violence against women, hosted at lms.thelearningcommunitytoendviolence.org.
• Technical Assistance Technical assistance services providing consultation, training, and support to systems, communities, advocates, and legal professionals addressing gender-based violence, delivered at no cost to recipients.
• Matrices Policy resources including statutory compilations, matrices, guides, and research on protection orders, firearms law, custody, and domestic violence statutes across all U.S. states and territories.

Quantifiable outcome

• Expanded Board of Directors with expertise in human resources, marketing, and business strategy in FY2024 to support organizational growth
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Global Rights for Women (GRW)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Global Rights for Women merged with BWJP effective July 1, 2025, forming the Center on Global Rights for Women. This merger combines BWJP's national leadership in gender-based violence intervention with GRW's international expertise (since 2014) to expand impact both domestically and globally. Cheryl Thomas continues leadership in global policy and advocacy within the new center.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• AEquitas: AEquitas is a nonprofit focused on prosecution of gender-based violence, providing legal resources, training, and case consultation to prosecutors — a narrower, prosecution-side parallel to BWJP's broader legal-systems work.
• National Indigenous Women's Resource Center: NIWRC is a national resource center dedicated to ending violence against Native women, providing training and technical assistance to tribes and advocates — comparable TA/coordinated-response model applied to a specific population.

Direct peers

• National Center for Victims of Crime: The National Center for Victims of Crime advocates for victims' rights and provides training, technical assistance, and resources across multiple crime categories — comparable to BWJP's role as a national training and resource provider.
• Futures Without Violence: Futures Without Violence is a national health and social justice organization that works to end violence against women and children through public policy, training, and educational resources — overlapping with BWJP on policy advocacy and professional training.
• National Resource Center on Domestic Violence: NRCDV provides training, technical assistance, and resources to domestic violence advocates and programs nationwide — overlapping closely with BWJP's TA, training, and resource-distribution model.
• National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV): NNEDV is a national social-change organization dedicated to ending domestic violence, providing training, public policy advocacy, and technical assistance to state coalitions and member programs — directly comparable to BWJP's advocacy and TA model.

Regional players

• Sanctuary for Families: Sanctuary for Families provides direct services, legal representation, and advocacy for domestic violence survivors in the New York region — operationally comparable to BWJP's advocacy orientation but geographically narrower.
• Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE): WAVE is a European network working to end violence against women and children through advocacy, training, and policy — directly comparable to BWJP's mission and now increasingly relevant given the post-merger global footprint.

Broad incumbents

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: The National Domestic Violence Hotline operates the largest 24/7 crisis line for domestic violence victims in the U.S. and serves as a central, broader-scoped resource hub compared to BWJP's systems-focused model.

Others

• Jewish Women International (JWI): JWI advocates for women's safety, health, and economic security including work on domestic violence — an adjacent advocacy organization with comparable training and systems-change orientation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BatteredWomensJusticeProject
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/battered-women's-justice-project
• Instagraminstagram.com/batteredwomensjusticeproject
• Xx.com/BatteredWomenJP

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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