Union Gospel Mission

Analysis

Union Gospel Mission is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Union Gospel Mission reported income of $5.4m and spending of $4.6m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $4.3m to $5.4m (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Union Gospel Mission sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alameda Point Collaborative Inc ($5.4m), Kulturecity ($5.4m) and Hospice of North Iowa ($5.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $8.5m against liabilities of $126k, net assets of $8.4m. It reported 25 employees.