Redeemer City to City

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383773431
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2023
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
New York, NY, United States
Phone
212-871-1815
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$31,911,233
Expenses
$24,344,067
Assets
$53,411,681
Liabilities
$1,939,374

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Steve Shackelford (President, Chief Executive Officer)
  • Mai Hariu-Powell (Executive Director, NY Project)

Highest reported compensation

  • Steve Shackelford (President, Chief Executive Officer): $302,469 total reported compensation
  • Erika Gerena (VP, Advancement): $229,950 total reported compensation
  • Douglas Thorson (Sr. Director, Advancement): $229,268 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Redeemer City to City (RCTC) is a non-profit based in New York City that recruits, trains, coaches, and resources leaders who cultivate gospel movements in global cities primarily through church planting. By using this website, you agree to our use of cookies. We use cookies to provide you with a great experience and to help our website run effectively. Redeemer City to City is a leadership development organization founded by Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Learn more about our vision for ministry in Center Church. Our mission is to prayerfully help leaders start and strengthen churches to advance the gospel together in their city. Our vision is to see the gospel of Jesus Christ transform lives and impact cities.

What it reported doing in 2023

Gospel in Life (GIL) became part of Redeemer City to City (RCTC) in January 2023. GIL stewards and distributes Tim Keller's sermons, conference talks, articles and group studies, and works closely with the Resource team to develop strategies to translate and distribute those materials through the CTC networks in ways that enhance their local content development efforts. This represents an incredible opportunity to reach new people and get more resources into the hands of CTC leaders across the globe. In April 2023, a dream of Tim and Kathy Keller and the GIL team was finally realized when we were able to make all sermons and talks on the GIL website free. During this fiscal year, the GIL podcast averaged more than 2.25 million downloads a month, and more than 212,000 people subscribed to receive regular emails, new content and updates. The gospel message shared by Tim Keller in print or audio form was heard over 48 million times, and in all, there were over 27.5 million downloads of the GIL podcast.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 62% for direct work, and 38% for 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.1%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 78.7%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.99 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Pass
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.2%; rating input score 99; 33rd 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; 66th 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: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.7%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.19; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.7%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 63.1% of revenue deployed · 78.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $19.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $302K · 16 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $990K reported
  • Consistency: 43 of 44 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 57 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 50 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.