6 Cities of Refuge Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 333724566
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Jericho, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5165815055
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $302,194
- Expenses
- $305,141
- Assets
- $74,306
- Liabilities
- $77,253
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Karina J Caputo (President)
People named in this filing
- Karina J Caputo (President)
- Sophia Santiago (Secretary)
- Bryan Matthew Vivona (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To walk with people and point them to Jesus Christ and the truth of His Word in a safe, welcoming space.
What it reported doing in 2025
One of the organization's missionary families serving overseas welcomed a child in August who experienced severe medical complications immediately after birth. Within minutes, the infant was transported by ambulance to another hospital and, shortly thereafter, transferred again to a larger medical facility for specialized care. Approximately eight days after birth, the parents were informed that the child required medical treatment beyond what was available in that country and would need t o leave t o receive life-saving care. In response, funds were raised through a GoFundMe campaign and additional fundraising efforts t o cover the cost o f an emergency medical transport via a specialized, medically equipped aircraft. The child and her family were subsequently transported to the United States, where she received critical, life-saving treatments and surgeries. Ongoing support has been necessary, as the child continues to require extensive medical care, including additional surgeries and treatments. Funds raised have also been used to assist the family with living, transition, and other essential expenses, enabling them to remain in the United States where teh child can access the necessary medical care.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 76.1%; rating input score 76; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.04; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 99% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $299K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 1 filing year from 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.