Nevada · Nonprofit
LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION
LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION (Nevada) receives grants from 95 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,162,290 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,223,105). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.9M
- Funders on record
- 95
- Grants received
- $7.2M
- Net assets
- $13M
What Las Vegas Rescue Mission does
Mission
Through feeding the hungry, support, and care, we provide redemption, recovery, and re-entry to the homeless, addicted, and those in need.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The outreach program was added in fiscal year 2025.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Our residential recovery program is for men and women with life-controlling addictions who want to make a positive life change. The program is free and is a way to get off the streets into a safe environment. Residents have all physical needs met during the program, so they can focus on recovery. The recovery program is up to a one-year commitment and can serve approximately 120 participants. Residents are required to actively pursue recovery, including attending required treatment programming and meeting regularly with a counselor. The program also includes providing a resident with the necessary tools for successful integration back into society. For more information about entering the program, come to the mission between the hours of 8am and 2pm, monday through friday and fill out an application or call 702-382-1766.
$2,276,333 spent$1,058,872 earned by the program47% of program spendingOur thrift store is an important link between the community & our homeless & hurting neighbors. Donated items are given to those in need, or sold, with 100% of sales reinvested into our critical programs. The thrift store carries a wide variety of items, including microwaves, tv sets, couches, chairs, other furniture, clothes, kitchenware & more. Inventory is constantly changing, so visit often
$538,660 spent$251,742 earned by the program11% of program spendingWe have emergency overnight housing for individuals, families, single mothers with children, & we are the only local shelter able to accommodate single fathers with children. Our facilities provide temporary housing for nearly 200 men, women and children daily. The overnight shelter guests can stay up to 7 nights if they request only emergency shelter, should they request case management services their stay can be extended on an individualized basis. These single men, women and families are provided with overnight shelter, hot meals, clothing, assistance with transportation, parenting classes and additional programming to assist them in finding jobs, stable housing and ongoing support to prevent them from sliding back into homelessness.
$1,756,059 spent36% of program spendingThe outreach team is a partnership program with the city of las vegas and lvrm. The outreach team members are lvrm employees while they work under the guidelines and with the city of las vegas staff during their shifts. They conduct outreach services within the city of las vegas city limits . They do not conduct outreach services in tunnels or washes. Dispatches are handled through the city of las vegas and can come from a plethora of ways from business owners to the mayor. Once a dispatch is issued it is up to the team to deploy and attempt to engage. The goal is always to get a person into services or decrease barriers. This may include obtaining important documents (birth certificates, identifications) or a ticket to home . If services are refused, the team will continue to build rapport.
$266,145 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,837,197.
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 2024 to 2025, from $13M to $15M (+17%).
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: 2017 15% · 2018 6% · 2020 2% · 2021 14% · 2022 7% · 2023 8% · 2024 11% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% 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
Heather Engle
CEO
Board chair
David Callahan
Chairman/tre
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 43 funders, grant income rose $333k → $944k.
16 of 95 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 95 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
LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
84% 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 LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 22% · 2019 21% · 2020 22% · 2021 20% · 2022 27% · 2023 49% — growing more concentrated.
“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
43% of LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
72% of LAS VEGAS 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 $2.0M that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from Nevada funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LAS VEGAS 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 Nevada
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
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION?
- LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION (Nevada) receives grants from 95 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,162,290 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,223,105). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION have?
- IRS filings report 95 organizations giving $7,162,290 in grants to LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION, 50 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,223,105 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nevada. 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 95 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