2025 Impact Report
SPEAK YOUR TRUTH TODAY
CELEBRATED IT’S 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
Despite a difficult year in fundraising for nonprofits nationwide, we continued deepening relationships with local partners and developed new, meaningful collaborations.
Join us as we take a look back on 2025 and all we accomplished...
January…
In January, we were awarded a $5,000 grant from the Stanley W. Ekstrom Foundation - providing critical support towards volunteer training and our DV Ambassador’s Program.
February…
On February 14th, we celebrated our 6 year anniversary - welcoming 7 new Monarchs to our monthly donor program and sharing quotes and photos from the past 6 years of unforgettable events, notable growth, and meaningful impact.
Additionally, we joined OC United for the 4th annual Galentine’s Day event, celebrating survivors within their in-person support group - providing make-up and skin care products through our ThriveCausemetics partnership to 40+ women.
March…
In March, our Board Chair, Hannah GS, joined our partners Our Wave and NO MORE to lead a panel at the 69th Annual United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York.
April…
In April, we celebrated Sexual Assault Awareness Month and joined our local partner Radiant Futures at our first Hip HOPE Cardio event collaboration with Mix Academy, providing movement that uplifts and inspires families within Orange County. We got groovy and moved our bodies alongside 30+ parents and kids!
May…
In May, we hosted a 2nd annual Mother’s Day Celebration in collaboration with OC United, honoring the women and moms in their local support group. Madero 1899 donated hundreds of flowers, Chick-Fil-A Fullerton provided delicious catering, and Brooke of Brooke Bloom Co. led a wonderful bouquet making class for the women.
SYTT staff are joined by Brooke (middle, left) of Brooke Bloom Co., and Donna (middle) of OC United for our 2nd annual Mother’s Day Celebration in Fullerton, CA.
A handful of our volunteer team, board members, and staff at our annual virtual SYTT Holiday Party
“I’m SO thankful for
this group, and the healing I’ve found here.”
— Support Group Member
June…
In June, Janell, our Marketing and Events Associate, grew local partnerships by participating in Casa De La Familia’s resource fair, connecting with financial advisors to offer financial literacy workshops, and coordinating more CorePower Yoga donation classes.
July…
In July, we hosted 5 volunteers and 3 staff members at our 4-day, 3-night Rest, Reflect, and Rise Retreat in Las Vegas! It was a beautiful time together, reaffirming the importance of in-person collaboration and training. Our previous Board Chair, Megan Choe, led a 5-hour Trauma-Informed Care Training, and Hannah’s aunts, Ginger & Laurie, provided nourishing home-made meals throughout the weekend.
As a small, virtual organization, in-person togetherness is rare and vital. We maximized our time by including a team brainstorming session (to discuss areas of improvement in team management, onboarding, and support group moderation), a yoga & sound bowl meditation focused on rest and relaxation, an award ceremony to celebrate all the individuals (present and online) who have dedicated countless hours towards supporting survivors, and time for self-care and journaling throughout the weekend. As front-line advocates witnessing vicarious second-hand trauma, the weekend honored and valued them, showing the importance of rest, self-reflection and healing.
Rest, Reflect, and Rise Retreat in Las Vegas.
August…
Janell attended the 2025 National Sexual Assault Conference in Anaheim, CA, representing SYTT, meeting up with our Our Wave partners, and learning of more helpful resources for our support group members and team.
Janell represents Speak Your Truth Today at the 2025 National Sexual Assault Conference.
September…
As we prepared for our annual DVAM campaign, we celebrated our dear staff member Taylor, who moved on from her role as Marketing & Events Manager after 4+ years with us. Taylor wore many hats for SYTT over the years, but was pivotal in forming our partnerships with Our Wave & No More, and developing our NO MORE Silence, Speak Your Truth platform. If you have enjoyed reading our email newsletters or seeing social posts over the years, then you likely have her to thank for the nuggets of goodness and uplifting energy she radiated through her words.
Hannah (middle) and Janell (right) are joined by Eddy (left) of Radiant Futures at the 3rd annual Open Mic Night in collaboration with the Night Owl in Fullerton, CA.
Taylor (left) is sent off with love and celebration after 4 years of service.
October…
We revamped our annual October campaign and launched Get Active 4 DVAM - a fun and interactive way to support survivors through community activism all month long. Together we played virtual BINGO and raised $6,022.74. We collaborated with Radiant Futures to launch a new Share Your Truth LIVE podcast episode, partnered with CorePower Yoga to host 5 donation classes, and joined Tiffany Elise, an SYTT Volunteer to offer a virtual Move with Love dance class.
In addition to highlighting a survivor’s story every single day throughout October, we honored survivor voices during the 3rd annual Open Mic Night collaboration with Radiant Futures and The Night Owl. While we quite didn’t reach our fundraising goal, we were greatly encouraged by the widespread community support and activism, and increased our local event collaborations by 233% from 2024. It was a beautiful and full month of events and awareness!
November…
We collaborated with Boxing For Grief and hosted a table at their Punching Our Pain Into Purpose event.
December…
Our Holiday Assistance Program provided 15 survivors and their 32 children Amazon wishlist items and SYTT Care Packages that included hand written cards, food gift cards, cellular devices, tablets, skin-care and make-up items during a difficult and financially straining season for them.
Hannah (middle) is joined by Janell (right), and SYTT board members (middle) at SYTT’s kickoff DVAM event collaboration with CorePower Yoga.
In addition to the above, this year we also…
Welcomed 540+ new members, supported over 868+ posts, and reviewed over 5,403+ comments within our Facebook Support Group - that’s about 2-3 posts and 15 comments daily.
Shipped 16 packages through our Care Package Program, assisting survivors in the midst of their transitions from abuse.
Graduated 2 volunteers from our DV Ambassador’s Program.
Welcomed 4 new volunteers and 3 new interns to our growing team.
Celebrated 3 volunteers surpassing their 5 years of volunteering! Congrats to Laura, Paul, and Gail!
Received over 17,000 site visits to our survivor support website www.speakyourtruth.today.
Educated 913 people about abuse through our Relationship Quiz (with a conversion rate of 10.1%, meaning nearly 9,000 individuals viewed the online quiz throughout the year.)
Increased our Monthly Monarch program by 71%, adding over $1,000 to our income each month.
Increased email subscribers by 7%, maintaining our average open rate of 16%.
Collaborated with CorePower Yoga to host 8 donation classes, raising a total of $1,247.
Attended 2 community resource fairs.
Our NO MORE Silence: Speak Your Truth platform has allowed visitors to share & read stories 41,400+ times.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO 2026!
To our donors, volunteers, members & supporters - thank you. Despite this year’s difficulties, I am filled with deep gratitude for our community and have hope for all that is to come in 2026. Cheers to a year filled with meaningful collaborations and countless survivor voices uplifted!
— Hannah Hollander | SYTT Founder & Executive Director