The City Tutors Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851392309
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Rego Park, NY, USA
Phone
3478710166
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$259,859
Expenses
$255,839
Assets
$63,463
Liabilities
$8,685

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Garri Rivkin (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Garri Rivkin (Executive Director): $63,237 total reported compensation
  • Michael Chin (Chief Program Success Manager): $43,237 total reported compensation
  • Kevin Brown (Program Success Manager): $33,237 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The City Tutors (CT) is NYC's educational subway-a free, citywide learning and career center open to everyone, centering first-gen, immigrant, and historically low-resourced communities. We operate through a select network of partner "Stops" that run year-round: some offer on-site 1:1 tutoring; mentorship appears on-site through career-pathway events and workshops. Learners can also "hop on" virtually for individualized tutoring and mentoring at a time and pace that works for them. CT is powered by volunteers and sustained by project-based and yearlong sponsorships. We're a 501(c)(3) that began as a CUNY program, founded by Garri Rivkin, an educator and CUNY alum who immigrated to NYC as a refugee.

What it reported doing in 2024

The City Mentors Program blends self-paced 1:1 support (virtual by default) with hybrid events; people move between them as needed-some gather facts about industries and roles, others explore multiple interests, and those ready to move quickly focus on document development and interview practice. More than 1,000 volunteer mentors across industries provide this support. Since 2020, we've facilitated 12,000+ mentorship sessions and 250 events; about 60% of learners arrive without individualized professional-development access. After two sessions, over 50% of learners identify a target field or role and 65% set concrete next steps; after three sessions, 35% of job seekers report securing at least one interview. Mentorship engagements average about two sessions, with re-entry as needs evolve.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.8%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 77%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.5%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 54.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -26.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.8% of revenue deployed · 77% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $197K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $63K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.