City Union Mission Inc

Analysis

City Union Mission Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Kansas City, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1946, 80 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, City Union Mission Inc reported income of $24.2m and spending of $26.9m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $18.8m to $24.2m (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, City Union Mission Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Allied Services Personal Care Inc ($24.1m), Affordable Housing and Services Collaborative Inc ($24.2m) and Orange County Rescue Mission Inc ($24.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $225k (0.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $12.6m. It paid $1.4m in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $50.6m against liabilities of $5.8m, net assets of $44.8m. It reported 224 employees.