California · Nonprofit
SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC
SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC (California) receives grants from 198 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,232,315 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,861,143). 124 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $28M
- Funders on record
- 198
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $14M
What San Diego Rescue Mission Inc does
Mission
The san diego rescue mission, inc.'s (the organization") mission is to lovingly address the needs of men, women, and children experiencing homelessness, by sharing the good news of salvation and providing a holistic approach to rehabilitation and recovery. The organization operates a donation processing center s dedicated to the rehabilitation of men and women in the work place. They are trained at pricing, sorting, receiving and distributing donated materials.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Men, women and children's sevices:four programs within the men, women and children services:mission academy: the residential program is a holistic year long program. It serves single men, women and single parents. Those in the program are referred to as students. It is structured around three semesters and five goals. Semester one is focused on wellness. Semester two is focused on job training and placement and semester three is designed for the student to find housing and prepare to transition to a life of stability. The five goals are to encounter god, experience recovery, engage in job training, establish housing and enlist a support network. Upon graduation they are invited to participate in an alumni program where they are invited to volunteer and serve in the community.nueva vida haven: nueva vida haven provides emergency shelter services for homeless families. Each night, up to 60 women and children use nueva vida haven facility for a warm, safe place to sleep, a place to shower and obtain clean clothes and a nutritious breakfast. Residents also have access to therapists and social workers to help them to determine the best course of action for life improvement. This often…
$13,856,662 spent58% of program spendingPartners for hunger relief: partners for hunger relief is a program of sdrm which was formed to bolster food recovery efforts in san diego and serve a broad base of agencies and people. Sdrm has developed a successful system of locating, recovering, and distributing donated food. This food is not only used by sdrm program members, but a large percentage of this food is shared at no cost with a network of nonprofit feeding programs and food pantries throughout san diego county.
$3,237,673 spent14% of program spendingThe south county lighthouse (scl) provides emergency shelter services for people experiencing homelessness. The san diego rescue mission funds the day-to-day operations through donations and grants. Scl is designed to serve single men, single women and families. Those being served are referred to as guests. Each night, up to 125 men, women and children use the facility for a warm, safe place to sleep, a place to shower and obtain clean clothes and a place to receive nutritious meals. Residents also have access to case managers to help them determine the best course of action for life improvement. The scl partners with other agencies and government entities such as the county of san diego to provide access to additional resources for the guests. This includes entry into the organization's mission academy.
$3,182,474 spent13% of program spendingOceanside navigation centerthe oceanside navigation center (onc) provides emergency shelter services for people experiencing homelessness. This is a partnership with the city of oceanside. The san diego rescue mission funds the day-to-day operations through donations and grants while the city owns the building. Onc is designed to serve single men, single women and families. Those being served are referred to as guests. Each night, up to 50 men, women and children use the facility for a warm, safe place to sleep, a place to shower and obtain clean clothes and a place to receive nutritious meals. Residents also have access to case managers to help them determine the best course of action for life improvement. The onc partners with other agencies and government entities such as the county of san diego to provide access to additional resources for the guests. This includes entry into the organization's mission academy. Bread of life was relocated and restructured to be part of the onc.church partnership:the church partnerships department engages with hundreds of churches to carry out a vision to unite the local church around healing our region from homelessness. Churches give…
$3,578,323 spent15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,855,132.
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 2021 to 2022, from $30M to $42M (+40%).
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.
93% of SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC’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. 5 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
Donald Dee
President & CEO
Board chair
Kevin Brown
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 37 funders to 89 funders, grant income rose $590k → $4.0M.
33 of 198 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 198 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
SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
67% 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 SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 16% · 2019 29% · 2020 20% · 2021 14% · 2022 19% · 2023 25% — broadly stable.
“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
53% of SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
51% of SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC'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 $11M that is directly attributable, 89% of it comes from California 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
SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC's revenue grew 44% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 488 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC
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
78% 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 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Partners for Hunger Relief LLC · disregarded
- San Diego Rescue Mission Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC?
- SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC (California) receives grants from 198 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,232,315 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,861,143). 124 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC have?
- IRS filings report 198 organizations giving $23,232,315 in grants to SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC, 124 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,861,143 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC 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.
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 198 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