CityTeam

Legal name: Cityteam Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
941501265
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Phone
408.232.5600
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$39,380,254
Expenses
$35,813,247
Assets
$86,007,274
Liabilities
$11,440,544

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GLEN PETERSON (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • GLEN PETERSON (PRESIDENT): $271,706 total reported compensation
  • JILL AUFRICHT (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $207,605 total reported compensation
  • MELANIE DAVIS (VP OF MARKETING AND DEVELO): $142,389 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Love your neighbor We desire to share Christ’s unconditional and redemptive love by caring for immediate needs and enabling lasting solutions. We give people access to education and job skills training that helps them find a living wage job and stable housing. We empower individuals to support themselves and their families. Community Building. Our Vision Leading people We are restoring lives and rebuilding communities through innovative programs which provide food, shelter, clothing, training, and spiritual transformation. We are restoring lives and rebuilding communities through innovative programs which provide food, shelter, clothing, training, and spiritual transformation.

What it reported doing in 2024

Economic empowerment (cityteam @ work) - education, training, and certification programs to help men and women in our residential programs find living-wage jobs, affordable housing, and budget for financial sustainability. The level of education for each student varies widely, with some participants who never completed high school, while others hold college degrees. Each student has an individualized learning plan to master skills in writing, math, reading, comprehension, and computer literacy. Life skills are an important element of the learning and career center, which ensure students know how to make and keep a budget, write a resume, and interview for a job. We also provide business clothes for interviews.bridge housing (cityteam forward) - affordable living to help graduates move forward as active members of the community and create a strong foundation for bringing families back together.youth housing (cityteam youth collective) - residential supportive housing program helping to prevent homelessness by providing a loving community for at-risk youth. Aproximately 2,400 nights of housing provided.cityteam ministries also offers family and youth camping, and other essential services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 60% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 89
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.6%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 82.4%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.1%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.4; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 75.6% of revenue deployed · 82.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $29.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $272K · 13 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.8M reported
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.