Safe options in Spokane are limited. We know. Call 211 for options.
Spokane's domestic violence rate is double the state average. 84% of survivors get no help.
Over 3,500 nonprofits operate in this county. Something isn't working.
Sexess was built because the answer to a broken system isn't another version of the same system. It's something genuinely different.
About Sexess
This didn't start with a grant. It started with a gap.
Sexess was built by someone who lived the system's failures firsthand — who needed help, found the cracks, and decided that if the right thing didn't exist yet, someone was going to have to build it.
That someone had 25+ certifications in relationship education, trauma-informed practice, sexology, and nonprofit management. And a very clear idea of what wasn't working.
Why Sexess Exists
Spokane has over 3,500 nonprofits. People are still homeless, still hungry, still being turned away from shelters — or worse, being harmed inside them. Millions of dollars flow through this system every year, and the outcomes don't match the funding.
Something isn't working. And adding another version of the same thing wasn't going to fix it.
Sexess was built on a different premise entirely:
You cannot motivate your way out of a 20-year pattern. Real change requires structure, time, and a framework built for it.
So we built the framework.
What Makes Us Different
Most nonprofits depend on buildings, grants, and goodwill. When the building is full, survivors wait. When the grant runs out, services stop. When goodwill fades, the mission stalls.
Sexess is structurally different:
No building. No waitlist. No fixed capacity. 60% of every dollar goes directly to a person in need — not overhead, not property, not a waiting list that never gets shorter.
And we fund ourselves through Intimology — our relationship education platform — so survivor services don't depend on a single grant cycle surviving the year.
What We're Committed To
Not because a funder requires it. Because it's the right way to operate.
— Full financial transparency. Ask us anything. — Trauma-informed practice in everything we do. — Honest measurement of what's working and what isn't. — Responsible education that doesn't cause harm in the process of trying to prevent it.
Founded by a DV/SA survivor with 25+ certifications and lived experience. Built for everyone that the system forgot.