CITY OF REFUGE INC
Light. Hope. Transformation.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Health & Wellness
180° Kitchen – Prepares and serves three hot and healthy meals per day, every day, for residents, employees, and guests.
Mercy Care Clinic – Our on-site partner providing medical, dental, vision, and mental health services.
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of participants who gain employment
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of low-income families housed in affordable, well-maintained units as a result of the nonprofit's efforts
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of applications for housing received from targeted population
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of homeless participants engaged in housing services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of children served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of meals served or provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planLearn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our goal is to provide access to and information about the best possible opportunities for success to those who are willing to work hard for positive change. The goal for clients in any of our programs is to address their employment, housing, educational, physical and mental health, and child-related needs. Once these are appropriately and comprehensively addressed, we aim to provide everything they need to reach self-sufficiency and maintain a higher standard of living.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
With an 8-acre campus and 210,000 square feet of renovated warehouse space, City of Refuge has the capacity to offer a “one-stop-shop" in the middle of one of the most under-served and under-resourced community in the state of Georgia. Our services span multiple areas of need – from food, clothing and shelter to job training, placement, housing, healthcare and education. This holistic approach is made possible through strategic partnerships with organizations who are leaders in the non-profit community, including Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services (healthcare), Bright Futures-Atlanta (education), Feed My Lambs (childcare), the United Way of Greater Atlanta and many others. Through partnering with exemplary organizations that have well-established themselves in the area that they serve, we ensure that we can provide the best services for our clients.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
City of Refuge is headed by our founder and CEO, Pastor Bruce Deel. Since 1982, Bruce has been bold, relentless and unyielding in the fight against poverty through ministerial work. Bruce founded the organization in 1997 with a mission to help the broken, assist the at-risk, and build a better future for people experiencing poverty. For the past 19 years, his mission has been to serve families in Atlanta's inner-city with passion and excellence and lead others to do the same with integrity and dignity. City of Refuge itself cannot be the best at providing everything our clients need to become completely self-sufficient so we strategically partner with excellent organizations to aid in the transformation process.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since our foundation 25 years ago, City of Refuge has built rooms for 250 women and children, served over 2,000,000 meals to the community, added home a home for teen moms, partnered with Bright Futures Atlanta to vastly improve graduation rates in our community, added two homes for women rescued from trafficking, partnered with several other organizations to give even more resources like healthcare and childcare to our clients, provided job training for 25 classes of student-chefs, built an employment center to offer even more vocational training classes to our residents, partnered with NAPA Auto Parts to hold 15 classes of students who are thoroughly trained to be auto mechanics, and joined a collective effort called the Freedom Coalition to end global human trafficking. As we look to the future, we are planning on engaging the community beyond our campus, developing the community in partnership with other organizations in Atlanta, and providing even more resources for our residents to achieve self-sufficiency. We have a lot of work ahead of us and more specific groups of people we would like to serve including men and the elderly. The future is exciting and we only see more growth on the horizon for City of Refuge and our community.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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CITY OF REFUGE INC
Board of directorsas of 01/22/2024
Mr. Jon Bridges
Chick-fil-A
Term: 2012 -
Chris Gabriel
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Michael Haynes
National Football League
Mark Toro
Atlanta North American Properties
Bob Patton
EY (Retired)
Quincy Springs
Chick-fil-A
Mark Pighini
Deloitte
Jon Bridges
Chick-fil-A
Amy Reavis
EY
Kevin Herron
NAPA (Retired)
Kelly Janzen
Blue Linx
Brent Layton
Sharecare
Brittany Hartnett
Merrill Lynch
Organizational demographics
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