For the first time, MinistryWatch has created a list of the 50 largest rescue missions and homeless shelters by total revenue in the MinistryWatch 1000 database.
Photo via Rescue Mission Alliance social media
There are 143 ministries in this category with revenue totaling over $1.6 billion.
The total revenue is generally taken from the Internal Revenue Service Form 990. A few ministries, designated by an asterisk, don’t file a Form 990, so MinistryWatch looked at their own financial statements or their Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) profile for their current revenue.
The largest is Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission in Mission Hills, California. It has revenue exceeding $119 million, more than twice as much as the next largest group, Denver Rescue Mission, which has about $51 million in revenue.
Recently, MinistryWatch added a feature showing how much each group received in government grants based on its Form 990 for the most recent fiscal year. Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission received $102 million in government grants, almost 86% of its total revenue.
The list features the MinistryWatch scores for each organization: its transparency grade, financial efficiency rating, and donor confidence score.
A few of the ministries in the top 50 stand out with the highest achievable score in each of the three categories.
Rescue Mission Alliance in Southern California, Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Springs Rescue Mission in Colorado Springs each earn an “A” transparency grade, a five-star financial efficiency rating, and a donor confidence score of 100.
Rescue Mission Alliance has been a persistent MinistryWatch “shining light” award winner since 2021.
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