Public Charity

REFUGE FOUNDATION

REFUGE FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in BATON ROUGE, LA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $12.4M revenue, $216K expenses, $14.2M total assets. 1 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $285K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 464299583 BATON ROUGE, LA Community Foundations NTEE: T31 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$12.4M
Total Expenses$216K
Total Assets$14.2M
Grant Records1
Funding Total$285K
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

THE REFUGE FOUNDATION IS A GRANT MAKING ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHRISTIAN RETREAT CENTERS COMMITTED TO THE PRACTICE OF SILENCE, SOLITUDE AND SIMPLICITY IN A NATURAL SETTING OF GOD'S CREATION WHERE THE PARTICIPANT COMMITS THEMSELVES TO PRACTICE THESE SPIRITUAL DISCIPLES DURING THEIR STAY, IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST, HEAR HIS VOICE AND REALIGN AND RE-ENERGIZE THEIR PERSPECTIVES TO HIS WILL FOR THEIR LIVES.

Where $100 goes at Refuge Foundation

How Refuge Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$100 Programs the work itself
<$1 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $100 for programs

$78
Supports national christian foundation by making grants that supports non-denominational christian retreat centers committed to the practice of silence, solitude and simplicity in a natural setting of god's…
78% of program spending
$21
Viewpoint at palmer is a property currently being used for housing christian missionaries as they come back to the united states, giving them time to rest, recover, and…
21% of program spending
$1
Judson mission view is a property that is currently being developed
1% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR April Shaffer
DIRECTOR & VICE-PRESIDENT Billie W Brian
SECRETARY & TREASURER Henry J Mills Ii
DIRECTOR Kelly Shepard
DIRECTOR Kristen M Lewis
DIRECTOR Marye E Lord

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Top Grant Purposes

Unspecified
$285,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $12.4M $216K $14.2M
2023 $65K $142K $2.0M
2022 $94K $195K $2.1M
2021 $162K $273K $2.2M
2020 $15K $53K $2.3M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $15K to $12.4M (+84860%), with total assets most recently reported at $14.2M.

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