Safe Refuge
Donations deductibleRevenue
$12.6m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$9.4m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$17.8m
$2.5m liabilities
Net assets
$15.3m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
9
6.5 years on average
Staff
105
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
Safe Refuge's network
9 people6 organisationsi9 people and 6 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Violet dotted lines (6) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
9 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caren Baker | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jennifer Lundahl | Clinical Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Joannie Jorczak | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Joe Avelino | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| John Santos | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Kathy Romo | Executive Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Kevin Doyle | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Mike Lee | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Tamara Hectus | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Lundahl | Clinical Director | 2018 |
| Kathy Romo | Executive Director | 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy Romo | Executive Director | 40 | $174k | ||
| Jennifer Lundahl | Clinical Director | 40 | $150k | ||
| Mike Lee | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joe Avelino | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joannie Jorczak | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| John Santos | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Caren Baker | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tamara Hectus | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kevin Doyle | President | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Safe Refuge
- EIN
- 330355130
- Address
- 4510 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach, CA, 90804-3279
- State
- California
- Mission
- Substance abuse rehabilitation. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- F34Z Mental health and crisis intervention
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1988
- Principal officer
- Kevin Doyle (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 1993
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 8, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsJoannie Jorczak
≥8years on the filingsJoe Avelino
≥8years on the filingsKevin Doyle
≥8years on the filingsTamara Hectus
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $17.8m
- Total liabilities
- $2.5m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $15.3m
- Contributions and grants received
- $12m
- Program service revenue
- $453k
- Employees
- 105
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $11.7m | $8.8m | $2.9m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.