Refuge City Minstries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274809601
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2019
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Englewood, CO, USA
Phone
3035176767
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$80,077
Expenses
$102,586
Assets
$20,444
Liabilities
$1,725

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FRANK O STARR III (CEO/CHAIRMAN)

People named in this filing

  • FRANK O STARR III (CEO/CHAIRMAN)
  • TINA HAYHURST (Director)
  • CHARLES T FREDERICK (Director EX OFF)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Refuge city ministries was founded to serve the lost and forgotten individuals of denver, the homeless youth; men and women as they are released from prison; and families as they are suffering in these difficult times. We assist those in need by bringing them the word of god through bible studies and worship, by building relationships based on love and trust, by providing christian counselling, employment opportunities, free meals and clothing for their basic spirtual and material needs.this ministry conducted an average of 45 ministry programs per month touching the lives of 300+ homeless youth; 250+ women, men and youth in halfway houses and over 50 ex-offenders living in approved housing. These programs included 33 worship/bible study services per month, high adventure mountain trips, christian counselling services, job placement opportunities, reintegration with families and society and transportation to religious services. These programs are all funded through private gifts, without

What it reported doing in 2019

Community center for homeless youth-provide clothing, shelter, food, counselling, mountain adventure trips, transportation to needed events/classes 325 youth in program

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -28.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -22.7% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -75.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $99K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2018 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

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  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.