Illinois · Nonprofit
ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES
ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES (Illinois) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,476,658 to it, the largest being NKC FAMILY FOUNDATION ($633,000). 58 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.0M
- Funders on record
- 79
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $25M
What Rockford Rescue Mission Ministries does
Mission
Rockford rescue mission shares hope and help in jesus' name to move people from homelessness and despair toward personal and spiritual wholeness.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Food service program - a hot, nutritious breakfast, lunch and dinner are served free of charge every day for any hungry man, woman, or child in the community. Our food service program provided 120,876 meals in fiscal year 2025. Chapel is provided three times weekly as part of the evening meal program.
$2,088,121 spent28% of program spendingLife recovery program - the life recovery program offers comprehensive help and hope for men, women and women with children who are in desperate circumstances such as chemical dependency, domestic violence, or destructive lifestyles. Spiritual guidance along with faith-based counseling and classes are foundational during the 9 months to 2-year commitment. The program enrolled 47 men and women in fiscal year 2025.
$1,295,224 spent17% of program spendingHomeless services - the crisis centers for men, women and women with children provide safe shelter, clothing, advocacy, community resource referrals, and medical services. Evangelism and bible studies are offered for spiritual outreach and connection. Our homeless services provided care for 479 men, 475 women, and 218 children in fiscal year 2025.
$1,041,818 spent14% of program spendingOther activities relate to education including vocational, basic life skills, ged preparation, higher education exposure, and adult literacy. Additional activities include medical, dental, and chiropractic clinic onsite providing appointments. Thrift store - thrift store offers gently used items including clothing, household goods, furniture, and accessories, which both meet the needs of the guests as well as provide a low-cost shopping option for the community.
$3,165,045 spentof which $66,871 as grants42% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,590,208.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2023 to 2024, from $23M to $25M (+12%).
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 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
Cheryl Pitney
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Ann Dittmar
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 43 funders, grant income rose $161k → $415k.
16 of 79 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 79 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
ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% 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
51% 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 ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 34% · 2019 20% · 2020 19% · 2021 18% · 2022 19% · 2023 17% — 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
64% of ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
50% of ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES'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 $1.7M that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES?
- ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES (Illinois) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,476,658 to it, the largest being NKC FAMILY FOUNDATION ($633,000). 58 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES have?
- IRS filings report 79 organizations giving $3,476,658 in grants to ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES, 58 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES?
- NKC FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $633,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 79 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