Washington · Nonprofit
THE RESCUE MISSION
THE RESCUE MISSION (Washington) receives grants from 111 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,089,926 to it, the largest being GARY E MILGARD FAMILY FOUNDATION-CARI ($1,630,000). 73 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 111
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $17M
What The Rescue Mission does
Mission
Sharing god's love, hope, and support with our neighbors in need to uplift communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The men's emergency shelter served 1,337 unaccompanied men experiencing homelessness. It provided 36,517 bednights, a safe place to sleep, showers, personal hygiene items, clothing, bus passes and three nutritious meals every day. Case managers worked with men in reducing their barriers to acheive permanent housing placement. The veterans room provided targeted care for veterans in partnership with the veterans administration and other local resources.the women's emergency shelter served 593 unaccompanied adult women experiencing homelessness. It provided 17,957 bednights, a safe place to sleep, showers, personal hygiene items, clothing, bus passes and three nutritious meals every day. Case managers worked with women in reducing their barriers to acheive permanent housing placement. The outreach and search and rescue program goes beyond the walls of The Rescue Mission and services people experienceing homelessness in pierce county. They served provided individuals with items of clothing, food, case management, referrals and transportation to services, etc.the good neighbor cafe supported the community serving an average of 22,624 meals per month to men, women, and families…
$6,300,737 spentof which $12,330 as grants$754,319 earned by the program51% of program spendingThe family emergency shelter provided 37,237 bednights of emergency shelter to families and single women experiencing homelessness. The program served 673 unduplicated women, men, and children experiencing homelessness. The program provided three meals per day, hygiene products, clothing, case management, and other resources. The career development services helped in excess of 221 men and women to work on their basic employment skills and resumes. The program supports people enrolled in the shelter and new life programs. The program has been successful placing people with high barriers back in the workforce.the counseling program provided 1,246 hours of service by licensed mental health professionals to clients in the recovery program. The program supported over 59 individuals in achieving their treatment goals during their recovery.
$2,441,977 spent$61,157 earned by the program20% of program spendingJefferson apartments provided safe affordable housing for 48 individuals. The program provides a safe, secure and case managed space for residents to build community and relationships. Tyler family housing provided safe and affordable housing for 81 unduplicated men, women and children. The program provides a safe, secure and case managed space for residents to build community and relationships.
$885,181 spent$4,153 earned by the program7% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$2,619,426 spent$53,528 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,247,321.
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 $31M to $41M (+32%).
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 14% · 2018 15% · 2019 25% · 2020 30% · 2021 43% · 2022 18% · 2023 43% · 2024 37% · 2025 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of THE RESCUE MISSION’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. 4 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
Duke Paulson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 30 funders to 50 funders, grant income rose $753k → $1.4M.
24 of 111 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 RESCUE MISSION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 111 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 RESCUE MISSION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
31% 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 RESCUE MISSION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 20% · 2018 24% · 2019 21% · 2020 14% · 2021 15% · 2022 20% · 2023 22% — 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
51% of THE RESCUE MISSION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
87% of THE RESCUE MISSION's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.7M 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 RESCUE MISSION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 488 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 488 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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
- Mission Thrift LLC · disregarded
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE 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 THE RESCUE MISSION?
- THE RESCUE MISSION (Washington) receives grants from 111 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,089,926 to it, the largest being GARY E MILGARD FAMILY FOUNDATION-CARI ($1,630,000). 73 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE RESCUE MISSION have?
- IRS filings report 111 organizations giving $13,089,926 in grants to THE RESCUE MISSION, 73 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE RESCUE MISSION?
- GARY E MILGARD FAMILY FOUNDATION-CARI is the largest funder on record, with $1,630,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE RESCUE MISSION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 111 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