National Organization for the Prevention of Rape and Assault, Inc.
. . . . striving to help keep families safe for over 40 years ©
NOPRA ®
About NOPRA
NOPRA stands for the National Organization for the Prevention of Rape and Assault, Inc., and was re-named from the National Rape and Assault Prevention Center, which was founded in the summer of 1964 by Frederic Storaska, after he broke up the brutal gang rape of an eleven-year- old girl. Thus, began the anti-rape, sexual assault awareness movement.
NOPRA is a half-century old non-profit organization helping people understand and prevent rape and assault. It is exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (c) (3) [classified as public charity under Sections 509 (a)(1) and 170 (b)(A)(vi), whose contributions are deductible under section 170 of the Code, NOPRA is qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under section 2055, 2106 or 2522] of the Internal Revenue Code. NOPRA is involved in the research and education of the prevention of rape and assault, primarily to children between the ages of 4 and 14, which represents about 70% of all rapes, and usually involves someone the child knows or recognizes.
The most urgent single premise of NOPRA is to have an immediate impact on the lives of children that have the highest chance of being a victim of sexual assault. We need to discover, hire, educate and train caring, intelligent, diligent, and charismatic individuals capable of giving a live presentation to seventh and eighth grades students, and wherever possible to the third grade through sixth grade students, all to effectuate the beginning of an understanding of rape and assault prevention. Additionally, an administrative and promotional relations staff will be required to contact by phone and in person, actually traveling to as many grade and junior high schools throughout the United States to educate first the administration, then the teachers, followed by the parents – just to be able to set up the presentations to the students – then returning to show the film and provide personal presentations to the students. Further, NOPRA offers this service free as too many schools have endless red tape if there is any cost to introduce new programs.
