City of Refuge

Analysis

City of Refuge is a registered charity in United States, based in Gardnerville, NV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, City of Refuge reported income of $236k and spending of $237k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $216k to $236k (+9.0%), an average of +2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, City of Refuge sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within NV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stepping Stone Shelter Inc ($235k), Kanesville Heights Inc ($236k) and Eastside Community Development Fund ($235k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $72k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $4,841, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 6 employees.