Columbus Alliance For Battered Women, Inc.

Columbus Alliance For Battered Women, Inc., doing business as Hope Harbour, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Columbus, Georgia, that receives federal grant funding to provide emergency shelter, crisis intervention, legal advocacy, case management, and transitional or permanent housing assistance to domestic violence survivors and homeless individuals and families. Hope Harbour operates as a grant recipient (47% of recent awards as prime recipient, 53% as sub-recipient) with no federal contracting presence; all federal funding flows through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) and related victim services and domestic violence grant programs.

Hope Harbour's primary customer is HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, which accounts for 18 awards under the CoC Program. The organization also receives grant funding from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime program (14 awards) and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (8 awards), with smaller engagement from the Department of the Army Installation Management Command Southeast Region. Recent named HUD CoC grants include a $378,234 Domestic Violence Bonus Grant (November 2025–October 2026) supporting permanent housing rapid rehousing, joint transitional housing, and supportive services for domestic violence survivors; a $287,748 CoC Project Grant (October 2025–September 2026) for permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing; and a $257,748 CoC Project Grant (October 2024–September 2025) focused on crisis intervention, legal advocacy, emergency shelter, and self-sufficiency assistance. Hope Harbour also operates as a sub-recipient on grant awards from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs and the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, providing information and referral, personal advocacy, emotional support, shelter and housing services, and criminal or civil justice system assistance to domestic violence victims, stalking survivors, and teen dating violence victims across Russell County and surrounding areas.

Activity has remained steady at seven to eleven awards annually over the past five years, with three awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The organization's combined potential value across all awards in the source data is $6 thousand, reflecting the reporting convention for grant-recipient entities where obligated dollars ($6.3 million) substantially exceed stated potential value. Hope Harbour's service footprint aligns with its NAICS categorization under Temporary Shelters and Emergency and Other Relief Services, with all work performed in Columbus, Georgia and surrounding counties in support of its core domestic violence shelter and victim services mission.