California · Nonprofit
THE MIDNIGHT MISSION
THE MIDNIGHT MISSION (California) receives grants from 263 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,283,858 to it, the largest being CHUCK LORRE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,881,000). 145 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 263
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $48M
What The Midnight Mission does
Mission
The Midnight Mission seeks to offer a bridge to self sufficiency for people experiencing homelessness through interim shelter, advocacy, education, training and job placement, make available the necessities of life, offer the 12-step approach to recovery and provide for the homeless as an independent social service agency.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The mission: since The Midnight Mission's inception in 1914, the cornerstone of our services has been providing basic safety-net services to those who are homeless or in need in the los angeles area. Our courtyard shelter and service programs provide access and referral services, clothing and public restrooms with showers and meals as well as nightly shelter in a service rich environment. On-site services for our residential clients include interim housing, case management, 12 step recovery services, an employment and education center, a medical and dental clinic in partnership with jwch institute (wesley health centers), including access to mental health services. In addition, both residential and non-residential participants have access to a u.s. Mail service station, clothing, a salon for haircuts and shaves, on-site case management, reunification services, rental assistance, and homeless prevention,provided through the use of a trauma informed service model. During the day, our facility is a place to connect with and receive needed services; at night it becomes a safe place to sleep away from the violence of the streets. In addition to our access center, our free meals program…
$13,067,296 spentof which $151,474 as grants$150,854 earned by the program95% of program spendingFamily living: The Midnight Mission's homelight family living program provides a path for families experiencing homelessness and in crisis to reunify and rebuild their lives with the tools needed to be self-sufficient and stably housed. In the past 12 months, homelight provided individually tailored services and transitional housing to 20 families comprised of 27 adults and 36 children. Homelight services focus on restoring the whole family in a safe, stable and service rich environment. Services include assessments, case management, individual and family therapy, employment development, financial literacy and debt reduction, household budgeting, financial planning, life skills and on-site groups designed to increase family stability and empowerment. The program achieves a high rate of success for more than 80% of the families served successfully transitioning to appropriate housing for their unique needs. In addition to the services noted above, adults receive services designed to enhance their skills and earning potential, as well as access to vocational training. Children receive mental health services as needed, connections with schools, resources, and tutoring to maintain…
$623,428 spent$3,103 earned by the program5% of program spendingHealthy living: our healthy living program is open to anyone struggling with substance abuse disorders (sud). The Midnight Mission's holistic approach to recovery is based on the abstinence social model of 12-step recovery in a congregate living setting. We combine social model abstinence with education, medical and mental health services, community volunteer therapy, and participation in an abstinence-based 12-step community. Services are provided in a structured environment that is person-centered, trauma informed, and includes goal planning, education, accountability, and the development of a positive sober support network. Case management is designed to build on personal strengths, identify potential challenges, and work toward changing negative patterns of thinking and behavior. Education groups include relapse prevention, health education, life skills and recovery planning. Personal accountability and self-sufficiency are key components of this service-rich program. During fiscal year 2024 - 2025, 187 participants were served in the healthy living program. During this period, 24% successfully transitioned out of the program with the tools needed to stay sober.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,690,724.
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 $47M to $56M (+18%).
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 26% · 2019 29% · 2020 39% · 2021 36% · 2022 30% · 2023 37% · 2024 26% · 2025 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of THE MIDNIGHT MISSION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
David L Prentice
President & CEO
Board chair
William B Noonan
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 55 funders to 104 funders, grant income rose $783k → $3.6M.
29 of 263 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 THE MIDNIGHT MISSION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 263 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
THE MIDNIGHT MISSION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 10% of grant income, and it takes 12 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 12 funders to its left
38% 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 THE MIDNIGHT MISSION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 13% · 2018 12% · 2019 12% · 2020 13% · 2021 15% · 2022 9% · 2023 25% — 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
46% of THE MIDNIGHT MISSION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
79% of THE MIDNIGHT MISSION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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
THE MIDNIGHT MISSION is better cushioned than half 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 THE MIDNIGHT 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 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
95%
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 1 related entity
- Nina Cleaver Trust · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE MIDNIGHT MISSION?
- THE MIDNIGHT MISSION (California) receives grants from 263 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,283,858 to it, the largest being CHUCK LORRE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,881,000). 145 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MIDNIGHT MISSION have?
- IRS filings report 263 organizations giving $18,283,858 in grants to THE MIDNIGHT MISSION, 145 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MIDNIGHT MISSION?
- CHUCK LORRE FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,881,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MIDNIGHT MISSION 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 263 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