California · Nonprofit
UNION GOSPEL MISSION
UNION GOSPEL MISSION (California) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,148,488 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($303,992). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $9.9M
What Union Gospel Mission does
Mission
The Union Gospel Mission helps transform the lives of men, women and children who are the poor and homeless of our city. We are dedicated to relieving the hunger and hopelessness of all who seek refuge at our door. Our staff works to help people find new beginnings, restore dignity to broken lives, and to provide hope. Our goal is to break the grip of addiction, provide vocational training, and return men as productive members of society through the teaching of god's word.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Food and care program provides food, shelter, and clothing to the homeless. Men have access to showers twice a day, for a 2 hour period, to take care of their personal hygiene needs. In 2024, 7,860 showers were provided and we gave out 33,950 hygiene items. We served approximately 8,916 meals a month and twice a week we distribute food boxes to help families within our community. In 2024, we gave out 1,548 food boxes. We typically have 60 beds filled 365 days of the year, providing a safe overnight environment off the streets.
$2,466,621 spent69% of program spendingRehabilitation program is a 10-month residential program for men suffering from alcohol abuse, substance abuse, and other addictions. The program provides men with daily chores, twice daily classroom teachings, and biblical counseling with our chaplains. The program involves physical, mental, and spiritual support to help the men find the real, lasting answer to their problems and a support community to help them restart their lives that involves 54 local churches. Our recovery program has the capacity to house 24 men and in 2024 were at 79% capacity with 3 graduates.
$816,870 spent23% of program spendingThe women's clothing closet displays racks of fashionable clothing, shoes, purses, socks, undergarments, as well as toiletries. It also has children's clothing, shoes, and toys. Women have access to showers each time the clothing closet is open and when a hair stylist is available, haircuts are available as well. The women's clothing closet is typically open twice a week serving approximately 20 to 30 women a week.
$175,188 spent5% of program spendingOutreach program is to inform and seek out those who could benefit from our various programs and services. We have a quarterly newsletter that goes out to our donors. We advertise through a local newspaper explaining our programs and services to help those who may need them. We also host a weekly radio spot on a local station where we interview recovery graduates and staff to share their personal experiences with various programs and services.grace haven program is a residential home occupied by graduates of the rehabilitation program while they are seeking employment and transitioning to society.
$138,089 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,596,768.
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 $5.0M to $6.3M (+26%).
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.
95% of UNION GOSPEL MISSION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Robert Briggs
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $39k → $136k.
12 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 UNION GOSPEL MISSION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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
UNION GOSPEL MISSION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 26% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
57% 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 UNION GOSPEL MISSION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 56% · 2019 41% · 2020 39% · 2021 45% · 2022 21% · 2023 29% — 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
61% of UNION GOSPEL 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
54% of UNION GOSPEL MISSION'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 $529k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $620k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
UNION GOSPEL MISSION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNION GOSPEL 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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNION GOSPEL 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 UNION GOSPEL MISSION?
- UNION GOSPEL MISSION (California) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,148,488 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($303,992). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNION GOSPEL MISSION have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $1,148,488 in grants to UNION GOSPEL MISSION, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNION GOSPEL MISSION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $303,992 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNION GOSPEL 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.
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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 38 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