California · Nonprofit
BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION
BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION (California) receives grants from 121 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,624,137 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($40,345,600). 70 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 121
- Grants received
- $50M
- Net assets
- $9.2M
What Bay Area Rescue Mission does
Mission
The organization's mission is to share the gospel of jesus christ with the homeless and needy and empower them to change their world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
See description on schedule ofood and shelter program:the Bay Area Rescue Mission provides shelter and care for homeless men, women and children in the san francisco bay area. The shelter has capacity to provide 48,585 bed nights of shelter during the course of the year. The food service program serves and distributes meals to the resident homeless, non-resident homeless and near-homeless guests. 98,550 meals were served during the year.long-term residential recovery program: this program provides men, women and children with the following services: education, job skills training, life skills training, job placement, family reconciliation, assistance with overcoming financial and legal issues, transitional living, medical assistance, spiritual programs and counseling. These services meet the physical and spiritual needs of the residents by educating and equipping them through the gospel of jesus christ so they re-enter society as contributing citizens.
$5,780,283 spentof which $2,069,924 as grants58% of program spendingSee description on schedule ocommunity distribution program:the Bay Area Rescue Mission distributes food, clothing, furniture and miscellaneous items to all who have need in our shelters and in the community. Distributions go to other non-profit organizations,families, individuals and residents. 1,819,472 meals were distributed during the year.community programs:the organization conducts several special programs in august/september (back to school), november (thanksgiving outreach) and december (christmas outreach) to provide for needy families in the community, especially children. Without these programs many would go without school supplies, a thanksgiving dinner and gifts at christmas. The organization also educates the larger community about homelessness and encourages them to partner with the organization to help reduce the number of those who are unable to get assistance.
$4,149,864 spentof which $3,672,930 as grants42% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,930,147.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $4.8M to $8.8M (+82%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
98% of BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Bramwell Begonia
President/CEO
Board chair
Jeffrey Wright
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 29 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose $266k → $1.2M.
26 of 121 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 121 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 47% · 2019 33% · 2020 23% · 2021 97% · 2022 18% · 2023 29% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
49% of BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
95% of BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2.7M that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $47M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION's revenue grew 32% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Life Bridge Properties LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION?
- BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION (California) receives grants from 121 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,624,137 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($40,345,600). 70 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION have?
- IRS filings report 121 organizations giving $49,624,137 in grants to BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION, 70 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $40,345,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 121 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing