Nonprofits for Children
1 in 10 children
become victims of sexual abuse before they turn 18, according to national statistics.
SACRED raises awareness of child sexual abuse while providing critical financial relief to families in crisis.
MiSSION: SACRED provides immediate financial assistance to families in need due to the sexual abuse of a child or children.
Children who suffer sexual abuse face financial hardships when their offenders no longer contribute to the household funds. Once that income is gone, the worries begin. Rent, a house payment, utilities, food, clothing—where will that money come from?
VISION: Our vision is that every family facing hardship due to child sexual abuse receives the temporary financial support needed to cover daily living necessities, allowing them to focus on healing without the added burden of financial stress.
Sexually Abused Children’s Relief Endeavor (SACRED) provides immediate financial assistance to sexually abused kids and their families suffering financial trauma.
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Who We Are
Dedication to helping sexually abused children drives every member of SACRED.
There’s no nonprofit organizations for children like ours, which stands strong against the financial crises affected families face.
Sarah’s Story
The sexual abuse of the founders’ granddaughter brought to light the difficulty of maintaining financial stability after the loss of income. Since 2009, we’ve been supporting families as they heal from childhood sexual abuse, encouraging other affected families to take action against offenders.
The bravery of our founders’ granddaughter continues to be an inspiration to us after she came forward with her sexual abuse at the hands of her father. The financial struggles she and her mother faced exposed the lack of monetary support for sexually abused children.
In 2006, Sarah revealed to her mother all the horrible things her father had been doing to her for the last year. This led to his 12-year minimum imprisonment and, as a result, the loss of his income. Without his financial support, our founders saw their daughter and granddaughter struggle to stay afloat.
Throughout the healing process, they realized that cases like their granddaughter’s were more common than they thought—1 in 10 children experience sexual abuse before they turn 18. This led our founders to establish SACRED in 2009, where they vowed to support other families affected by childhood sexual abuse. Thanks to Sarah’s strength, SACRED now works to encourage other families to step forward with their stories.
As Read to Sarah’s 9th Grade Class
“So I’ve been waiting to get this out for a while, and now I’m going to. Judge me all you want, but this is a major part of who I am, and I’m done keeping it inside. I learned early in my childhood that there are very few people in this world that you can trust. I believed the same thing every 4-year-old believed. ‘Mommy and Daddy are good people and everything they do is right.’ But unfortunately, that isn’t always true.
It became almost an everyday thing. I came home from school, and my mom was still at work, so that meant that my dad had me all to himself. I knew what was happening was wrong, and I often thought about telling someone, but I never did in fear of being beaten. It was really hard, and not just being abused. It was the pretending that was hard too. Pretending to be happy, pretending that everything at home was fine, constantly lying to my mom. I remember thinking, “Is this how it’s going to be for the rest of my life?”
‘Good morning baby,’ my mom said as I walked into my little sister’s room. The window was open and it was bright.
‘I’m tired,’ I replied with a yawn.
‘Why? You were in bed an hour earlier than usual last night, there’s no reason to be tired.’
I didn’t say anything. I knew why I was tired; dad has come into my room late last night and woken me up. But I couldn’t tell her that. ‘I don’t know, I’m just tired.’
‘No, that’s not the answer I want Sarah. You’re not going to school until you tell me why you woke up so tired this morning.’
I had no choice. I had to tell her. I looked around to make sure my dad wasn’t anywhere near, then I told her quickly and quietly what had been happening for the past year.
The look on her face was devastating. She looked as if someone had taken every ounce of happiness and drained it from her body. She was upset for a minute, but then she became very angry. She got up to find my dad, and after a few seconds, the house was filled with ear shattering screams and horrid threats. The only thing I could think was, “What have I done?”
After what felt like forever, my dad said he needed to go to work, and since the conversation wasn’t over, that meant we had to go with him. He’s a truck driver, so all he pretty much did was transport things from different stores. We got into the truck and I sat as far away from my dad as I could. He kept accusing me of lying and telling my mom I was only 5.
‘Little kids make things up all the time.’
But I knew I was telling the truth, and so did he. Every time that my dad would get out of the truck, my mom would ask me a bunch of questions and try to explain to me what was happening and it was very important that I was telling the truth. I answered them all and repeated over and over, ‘I promise mommy, I’m telling the truth.’ The cycle went on for a while: Drive, stop, talk. Drive, stop, talk. Then suddenly it changed.
‘Stop the truck we’re getting out!’ yelled my mom.
The conversation had escalated and she had finally realized who was telling the truth. He wouldn’t stop for a while, and he drove to an old, abandoned parking lot. When he finally stopped, we were out of the car before he could say anything else. I remember walking for a while. We were completely lost and I don’t think my mom had any idea where we were going. She was just walking, lost in her own thoughts. After a few minutes, a lady pulled over next to us and rolled down her window. One look at my mom’s tear stained face and she knew we needed help. She told us she would give us a ride to wherever we needed to go and that she would do anything she could to help. We called the police and had the lady drive us to Toys ‘R’ Us, where we met one of my mom’s good friends, who drove us home.
We got home and a few minutes later there were police cars outside my house and officers inside. Somewhere in the mix my dad showed up, and once that happened my mom immediately took me down the street to a family friend’s house. I’m not exactly sure what happened after that, but I do know that my dad was gone. The police had taken him to jail and I no longer had to live within my own mini version of hell.
The next time I saw him was in court. I had to stand in front of a big crowd of important people and tell them exactly what had happened. It was hard, mainly because I didn’t understand half of what he’d done to me. But it was also hard with him standing there listening to every word I was saying. I’ll never forget the feeling I had that day. It was a feeling of sadness and betrayal, but also had a hint of victory. I had won, and I would never have to live my life like I had again. In a way, I felt like it was a new beginning.
It’s been about 9 years now and my life has changed drastically. My mom is now a single mother of 4 kids, we’ve moved 6 times, and we even had to live with my grandparents for about a year until my mom could get back on her feet with bills. Honestly, I’m mostly over what happened. I don’t really cry about it as much as I used to, and nobody really talks about it anymore. But for some reason, I just can’t seem to shake the thought of why. Why me? When then? Why doesn’t he even care? Just, why?
This incident has not only affected the way I think, but also the way I am. It’s altered my personality and made me afraid of things that to a normal person would sound stupid and pointless. For example, I get scared anytime I’m alone with a grown man. I get nervous and turn the other way if I see someone who looks or has facial hair like dad did. It’s those little things that set me apart from everyone else. I’m also afraid of what will happen when he gets released. ‘Am I going to have to face him again?’ ‘What if he finds me?’ ‘What if he tries to hurt me or my family?’ Those thoughts, they scare me.
If you looked at me for the first time, you would never guess that I’ve been through what I have. I’m an outgoing person with a crazy personality and lots of friends. I keep everything bottled up inside, and I’ve tried to move on. My father may have ruined my childhood, but that doesn’t mean that I need to let it affect my future. If there’s one thing I’ve learned throughout this whole thing, it’s that our past and our mistakes DO NOT define us.”
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SACRED Receives $30,000 Grant from Sky Ranch Foundation to Support Sexually Abused Children
Why We Do What We Do
Healing from childhood sexual abuse is a long, difficult journey. We want to remove financial stressors from that process.
Imagine learning that your child, or a child of someone close to you, has been sexually abused. Anger, concern, fear, misbelief, guilt, and many other emotions fill your heart and head.
Our Founders don’t have to imagine those feelings because they have experienced them.
After their granddaughter suffered childhood sexual abuse, they created SACRED, once they realized that there weren’t many nonprofits for children that helped ease the financial burdens of similarly affected families.
SACRED’s mission is to help families support their children as they begin the long process of healing. By providing financial assistance, we help families navigate the economic hardship that often follows child sexual abuse, particularly when the abuser was a contributing source of income.
Our goal is to help families to focus on what matters most: their child’s recovery.
Why We Do What We Do
Healing from childhood sexual abuse is a long, difficult journey. We want to remove financial stressors from that process.
Imagine learning that your child, or a child of someone close to you, has been sexually abused. Anger, concern, fear, misbelief, guilt, and many other emotions fill your heart and head.
Our Founders don’t have to imagine those feelings because they have experienced them.
After their granddaughter suffered childhood sexual abuse, they created SACRED, once they realized that there weren’t many nonprofits for children that helped ease the financial burdens of similarly affected families.
SACRED’s mission is to help families support their children as they begin the long process of healing. By providing financial assistance, we help families navigate the economic hardship that often follows child sexual abuse, particularly when the abuser was a contributing source of income.
Our goal is to help families to focus on what matters most: their child’s recovery.
A Widespread Concern
Sexually abused children are often hiding in plain sight. In fact, 1 in 10 children will experience sexual abuse before the age of 18. Far too often, families don’t report the offender because that person is a key contributor to the household’s finances.
With your support, SACRED steps in to provide immediate financial relief so families can prioritize healing and safety over dependence on the abuser. By spreading awareness and offering this critical support, we hope to empower children and their families to come forward and begin their own journey toward recovery.
Like many other nonprofits for children, SACRED provides relief to those who apply for monetary aid. Unlike other organizations, SACRED’s relief can reach applicants within just 24 hours. This allows families affected by sexual abuse to meet their daily needs immediately, giving them more opportunities to focus on helping their children heal.
The process begins with our executive director, who speaks with CAC advocates by phone about an applicants’ financial needs. Together with the CAC advocate, it is determined whether the family meets SACRED’s referral guidelines for support.
Once that step is complete, the executive director gives the application a final review and sends it to SACRED’s board of directors. Within 8 hours, the board provides its response for additional questions, approval, or denial.
When an application has been approved, SACRED immediately releases the approved funds directly to the CAC. The CAC then makes payments on behalf of the family and submits receipts to SACRED within 30 days as verification of the grant’s final disbursement.
Our Annual Gala
Every year, SACRED hosts a major Gala event that provides a major sum of our annual funding. Our goal is to help affected families take the broken pieces created by childhood sexual abuse and begin their journeys toward hope and recovery. It’s the generosity of people like you that allows nonprofits for children like ours to supply victims in need and their caretakers with financial support.
Proceeds from the Gala go directly to SACRED’s critical financial assistance program, “Because All Kids Are SACRED,” ensuring that families receive the urgent support they need in the crucial 30-60 days following a report. These funds help cover rent, utilities, food, transportation, and emergency aid, offering stability during a time of uncertainty.
By attending, sponsoring, or donating to the Gala, you become part of a movement—one that shatters silence, ignites hope, and ensures no child faces the effects of sexual abuse alone. Together, we can change lives—one child, one family, one night at a time.
