Colorado · Nonprofit
DENVER RESCUE MISSION
DENVER RESCUE MISSION (Colorado) receives grants from 384 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,806,236 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($6,486,763). 229 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $53M
- Funders on record
- 384
- Grants received
- $33M
- Net assets
- $61M
What Denver Rescue Mission does
Mission
The Denver Rescue Mission is changing lives in the name of christ by meeting people at their physical and spiritual points of need with the goal of returning them to society as productive, self-sufficient citizens.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
For people experiencing homelessness and poverty, basic needs like food, shelter, water, clean restrooms, showers, and laundry services can be difficult to access. The mission provides these services in order to build trust and develop relationships with the people we serve, encouraging them to consider long-term solutions. Emergency services include the following programs: 48th street center, fort collins rescue mission, holly center, lawrence street shelter, lawrence street community center, and next step services.
$17,889,297 spentof which $2,782,735 as grants$10,108,328 earned by the program42% of program spendingThe mission's community outreach programs help better lives of vulnerable neighbors in low-income households while strengthening the whole community. The mission provides groceries, clothing, furniture, referrals to social services, and more. The following services are included in community outreach: ministry outreach center, vehicle donation program, and volunteers.
$10,166,415 spentof which $6,743,526 as grants24% of program spendingThe mission's transitional programs help people who are experiencing homelessness despite having a job or steady income, transition into a sustainable, self-sufficient life. From an on-site living program to mentoring and assistance with the first month's rent and deposit on a long-term housing solution, the mission's transitional programs meet the unique needs of working families, the elderly and those with disabilities. The transitional programs include the following: bridge transitional program at the crossing and bridge transitional program youth. Pathway home program serves individuals and families as they transition from homelessness to housing by connecting them with need supports that may be financial or community based.
$8,114,248 spentof which $204,266 as grants$1,744,838 earned by the program19% of program spendingIn the new life program (education), the mission equips men to overcome various challenges such as broken relationships, job loss, lack of education, and drug and alcohol abuse and develop a renewed sense of hope and identity. The mission offers the new life program at two locations: new life program at the crossing and new life program at harvest farm.
$6,194,076 spentof which $993,560 as grants$38,887 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $42,364,036.
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 2020 to 2021, from $45M to $55M (+21%).
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: 2020 5% · 2021 0% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of DENVER RESCUE MISSION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Cathy Goss
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 75 funders to 164 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $4.3M.
46 of 384 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 DENVER RESCUE MISSION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 384 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
DENVER RESCUE MISSION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
79% 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 DENVER RESCUE MISSION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 34% · 2019 31% · 2020 27% · 2021 24% · 2022 18% · 2023 19% — 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
42% of DENVER RESCUE MISSION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
70% of DENVER 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 $9.7M that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23M arriving through sponsors registered in 23 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
DENVER RESCUE MISSION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like DENVER 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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 21 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DENVER RESCUE 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 DENVER RESCUE MISSION?
- DENVER RESCUE MISSION (Colorado) receives grants from 384 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,806,236 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($6,486,763). 229 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DENVER RESCUE MISSION have?
- IRS filings report 384 organizations giving $32,806,236 in grants to DENVER RESCUE MISSION, 229 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DENVER RESCUE MISSION?
- COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,486,763 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DENVER RESCUE MISSION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 384 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