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US nonprofit · EIN 830588689 · Austin, INiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 830588689) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2018.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Refuge for Children Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$692k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$641k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$975k
$2k liabilities
Net assets
$973k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
6.7 years on average
Staff
18
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Steve Gwaltney
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
How am I connected?

Refuge for Children Inc's network

8 people1 organisationi8 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (1) 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

8 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 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Steve Gwaltney ChairChairman2019
7 yrs
Berley GoodinTreasurer2019
7 yrs
Chris RouttDirector2019
7 yrs
Cindy WattsDirector2019
7 yrs
Felicia BridgeDirector2025
1 yr
Marc SlatonVice-Preside2019
7 yrs
PAM GwaltneyCompany secretary2019
7 yrs
Rick BurnsDirector2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Felicia BridgeDirector$0
Rick BurnsDirector$0
Berley GoodinTreasurer$0
Pam GwaltneySecretary$0
Steve GwaltneyChairman$0
Chris RouttDirector$0
Marc SlatonVice-Preside$0
Cindy WattsDirector$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Refuge for Children Inc
EIN
830588689
Address
50 S 1st St, Austin, IN, 47102-1502
State
Indiana
Mission
To provide a safe haven and a stable, loving environment for abused, neglected and displaced children. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
P72 Human services
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Human Services
Size band
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2018
Principal officer
Steve Gwaltney (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 February 2019
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsSteve Gwaltney
≥7years on the filingsBerley Goodin
≥7years on the filingsChris Routt
≥7years on the filingsCindy Watts

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$975k
Total liabilities
$2k
Net assets or fund balances
$973k
Contributions and grants received
$41k
Program service revenue
$651k
Employees
18