North Carolina · Nonprofit
THE WINSTON-SALEM RESCUE MISSION INC
THE WINSTON-SALEM RESCUE MISSION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,813,424 to it, the largest being The Winston-Salem Foundation ($749,368). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $6.7M
What The Winston-Salem Rescue Mission Inc does
Mission
The winston-salem rescue mission, inc. Is a christian, non-denominational service ministry, existing to help our hurting neighbors find hope and healing through the transforming gospel of jesus christ.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Our life builders program is a 90-day men's residential program providing structure, discipline, accountability, recovery classes, ged and computer education, work therapy, integrated biblical counseling and spiritual guidance. This program has a 62-bed capacity at our winston-salem campus. During 2023-2024, 154 men were served through the program, with 47 graduating. Of those, 25 graduates went into our 1-year new life center transformers program. Additionally, 14 men went on to obtain outside employment and 8 men transferred from our program to permanent housing.
$1,781,830 spentof which $465,523 as grants$31,363 earned by the program56% of program spendingThe new life center transformers program is a one-year men's residential program providing structure, discipline, accountability, recovery classes, additional case management, work therapy, integrated biblical counseling and spiritual guidance services for selected graduates of our 90-day program. Life skills, career development, and other educational opportunities are also offered in this program, including classes towards ged completion, computer education and college courses. This program has a 32-bed capacity at our winston-salem campus. During 2023-2024, 25 men were served through this program, with 9 graduating. Additionally, 6 went on to obtain outside employment and 6 transferred from our program to permanent housing. 2 residents attending educational programs.
$1,081,825 spentof which $282,639 as grants$58,889 earned by the program34% of program spendingThe wsrm community outreach programs impact over 5,000 individuals per year by providing free services to those in need, including food pantry, clothing closet, meals, bag lunches for the homeless, and space for free medical and dental services. Wsrm also provides holiday food boxes for those needing help during the thanksgiving season. During 2023-2024, wsrm provided a total of 123,591 meals to the community, including: mission kitchen served 110,048 meals to program residents, and provided 4,991 meals (bag lunches) to homeless individuals; food pantry and emergency food boxes provided 8,552 meals/boxes. The wsrm clothing closet distributed over 519 pieces of clothing. Wsrm is the host site for the samaritan clinic, which provided free medical/dental services to 768 individuals without insurance.
$318,184 spentof which $83,129 as grants10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,181,839.
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 2019 to 2020, from $5.0M to $5.7M (+13%).
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.
97% of THE WINSTON-SALEM RESCUE MISSION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% 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
Lou Carrico
Executive director
Board chair
Chris Payne
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $21k → $238k.
13 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 WINSTON-SALEM RESCUE MISSION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 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 WINSTON-SALEM RESCUE MISSION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 59%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% 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 WINSTON-SALEM RESCUE MISSION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 75% · 2019 71% · 2020 74% · 2021 57% · 2022 42% · 2023 43% — 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
60% of THE WINSTON-SALEM RESCUE MISSION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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
69% of THE WINSTON-SALEM 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 $567k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 WINSTON-SALEM RESCUE MISSION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE WINSTON-SALEM 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WINSTON-SALEM RESCUE MISSION INC?
- THE WINSTON-SALEM RESCUE MISSION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,813,424 to it, the largest being The Winston-Salem Foundation ($749,368). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE WINSTON-SALEM RESCUE MISSION INC have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $1,813,424 in grants to THE WINSTON-SALEM RESCUE MISSION INC, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WINSTON-SALEM RESCUE MISSION INC?
- The Winston-Salem Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $749,368 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WINSTON-SALEM RESCUE MISSION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 43 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing