Sanctuary For Families

Legal name: Sanctuary for Families Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133193119
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, US
Phone
(212) 349-6009
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Family Violence Shelters

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$31,326,151
Expenses
$33,654,637
Assets
$39,809,291
Liabilities
$15,992,405

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

Leadership & pay

46 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANITA KAWATRA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DENIS J MCINERNEY (PRESIDENT (OUTGOING))
  • JAMILA ABSTON MAYFIELD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MICHELE O PENZER (PRESIDENT)
  • JUDY H KLUGER (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JUDY H KLUGER (CEO): $333,212 total reported compensation
  • ELIZABETH RADCLIFFE (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $268,391 total reported compensation
  • DORCHEN LEIDHOLDT (SR. DIRECTOR OF LEGAL CENTER): $257,267 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We believe that freedom from gender violence is a basic human right.

What it reported doing in 2024

The economic empowerment program (eep) is an intensive service-sector career training program offered in-house at our main office and one additional location. Its 4-month, full-day training program includes career readiness; office technology skills including ms word, excel and powerpoint; and english and math literacy. Eep served 454 clients including 127 in 4 months career training program, and 57 in abbreviated spanish language training program. The remaining clients engaged in internships, supplemental occupational training, job placement assistance, esol classes, and/or other ancillary programs. In addition, clients may be awarded direct financial grants for critical needs including rental assistance, childcare, food, education and transportation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.9%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 83.6%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • 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: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 38th 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -7.4%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 89.9% of revenue deployed · 83.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 31 of 31 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $28.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $333K · 46 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $552K reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 38 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 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: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.