Missouri · Nonprofit
City Union Mission
City Union Mission (Missouri) receives grants from 154 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,235,607 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($5,814,128). 107 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $23M
- Funders on record
- 154
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $42M
What City Union Mission does
Mission
City Union Mission is an evangelical christian ministry committed to sharing the gospel and meeting the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of men, women, and children who are poor and/or homeless in kansas city.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Men's emergency shelter: the mission offers food, shelter, warm showers, basic medical care and assistance for men. The men's emergency shelter has 85 beds in 7 rooms a clean and substance-free environment, with overflow capabilities as needed during extreme (hot and cold) weather conditions. The mission provides their guests with a safe place to stay, nutritious meals, spiritual counsel, and case management to address and resolve many of the traumatic issues they face. In fiscal year 2025, the men's emergency shelter provided our guests with 26,840 nights of shelter; 61,490 meals served; 1,255 health screenings performed; and distributed 215 pieces of clothing to our guests.
$4,909,583 spentof which $40,860 as grants$70,075 earned by the program25% of program spendingWomen's & family emergency shelter: the mission offers food, shelter, warm showers, basic medical care and assistance for women and families. The women's & family emergency shelter has 117 beds in 28 rooms, in a clean and substance-free environment, equipped for single or family occupancy, with overflow capabilities as needed during extreme (hot and cold) weather conditions. The mission provides their guests with a safe place to stay, nutritious meals, spiritual counsel, and case management to address and resolve many of the traumatic issues they face. In fiscal year 2025 the women's & family emergency shelter provided our guests with 32,169 bed nights; 52,388 meals served; 2,970 health screenings; and distributed 4,468 pieces of clothing. The mission also provides transitional living housing for men, women and families.
$4,909,583 spentof which $67,662 as grants$70,075 earned by the program25% of program spendingLorraine minor care center (lmcc): the mission offers a separate shelter with specialized services in a secure environment for men with mental, emotional or physical disabilities. The mission coordinates guest care with local social, medical and mental health service providers to help stabilize our guests' immediate physical and emotional conditions, while working to find longer term solutions, such as independent living or appropriate alternatives. In fiscal year 2025 159 men were admitted into the care facility; a total of 172 men participated in the program; and, 103 were placed into community housing. Lmcc provided 5,444 bed nights; and served 23,751 meals.
$1,571,066 spentof which $3,073 as grants$22,424 earned by the program8% of program spendingMen's recovery christian life program (clp): the mission offers a christ-centered program for men dedicated to recovery from addiction, trauma and other destructive challenges. The christian life program is a twelve to eighteen month residential program which takes a holistic and personalized approach to rebuilding lives physically, mentally, socially and spiritually through individualized case management, counseling, work therapy, adult education (in our learning center), career development and job placement. Clients are required to work toward earning their ged. There were 43 intakes, 80 total program and 23 graduates. The clp provided 12,022 bed nights; served 10,731 meals; and delivered 3,042 hours in the learning center. Women & children recovery new life program (nlp): the mission offers a christ-centered program for women and families dedicated to recovery from addiction, trauma and other destructive challenges. The new life program is a nine month residential program which takes a holistic and personalized approach to rebuilding lives physically, mentally, socially and spiritually through individualized case management, counseling, work therapy, adult education (in our…
$8,248,099 spent$117,725 earned by the program42% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,638,331.
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 $39M to $46M (+19%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 5% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of City Union Mission’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 27 funders to 73 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $1.7M.
29 of 154 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 City Union Mission’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 154 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
City Union Mission leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
73% 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 City Union Mission.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 69% · 2019 40% · 2020 30% · 2021 24% · 2022 40% · 2023 41% — 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
48% of City Union Mission's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
71% of City Union 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 $4.7M that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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
City Union Mission's revenue grew 61% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 488 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like City Union 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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for City Union Mission: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds City Union Mission?
- City Union Mission (Missouri) receives grants from 154 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,235,607 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($5,814,128). 107 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does City Union Mission have?
- IRS filings report 154 organizations giving $16,235,607 in grants to City Union Mission, 107 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of City Union Mission?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,814,128 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like City Union Mission find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 154 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