Charity profile · Historical source record

Union Rescue Mission, Los Angeles

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

The way home
Union Rescue Mission (URM) is dedicated to serving people experiencing homelessness. Established in 1891, URM is one of the largest rescue missions of its kind in the United States and the oldest in Los Angeles. We provide a comprehensive array of emergency and long-term services to our guests, including: food, shelter, clothing, medical and dental care, recovery (life transformation) programs, transitional housing, legal assistance, education, counseling, and job training to men, women, children, and families. We embrace people experiencing homelessness with the compassion of Christ, giving hope and healing for a changed life, helping them to find their way home.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.47Overall score
out of 100
82.28Financial score
out of 100
100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$30,359,000
Total expenses · USD$24,302,000

Program expenses

$18,712,540.00 recorded amount
77.0%

Fundraising expenses

$3,572,394.00 recorded amount
14.7%

Administrative expenses

$1,968,462.00 recorded amount
8.1%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.13 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader
Andrew Bales
Recorded compensation
$79,583.00
Recorded compensation percentage
0.32%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Union Rescue Mission, Los Angeles
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
100.0
category
Category
Human Services
description
Mission & description
Union Rescue Mission (URM) is dedicated to serving people experiencing homelessness. Established in 1891, URM is one of the largest rescue missions of its kind in the United States and the oldest in Los Angeles. We provide a comprehensive array of emergency and long-term services to our guests, including: food, shelter, clothing, medical and dental care, recovery (life transformation) programs, transitional housing, legal assistance, education, counseling, and job training to men, women, children, and families. We embrace people experiencing homelessness with the compassion of Christ, giving hope and healing for a changed life, helping them to find their way home.
ein
EIN
95-1709293
tot_exp
Total expenses
24302000.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.081
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.13
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.147
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.77
fscore
Financial score
82.28
leader
Recorded leader
Andrew Bales
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
79583.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0032
motto
Tagline
The way home
name
Charity name
Union Rescue Mission, Los Angeles
tot_rev
Total revenue
30359000.0
score
Overall score
87.47
state
State code
CA
subcategory
Subcategory
Homeless Services
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
18712540.0
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
3572394.0
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
1968462.0

Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.