Buffalo City Mission

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Summary

With the strengths of our brand new Community Center, The Alfiero Center of Hope and Promise, and our shelter for women and children, Cornerstone Manor, Buffalo City Mission provides comprehensive recovery programs to help homeless men, women and children rebuild stable, healthy, productive lives.

We believe Jesus calls us to open our arms wide as the need grows. We will continue to expand our services and develop innovative programs as the complexities of homelessness change.


Contact information

Mailing address:
Buffalo City Mission
100 East Tupper St
Buffalo, NY 14203

Website: buffalocitymission.org

Phone: (716) 854-8181

Email: buffalocitymission.org/contact-us/


Organization details

EIN: 160743965

CEO/President: Aubrey Calhoun

Chairman: Dr. Grace Huff

Board size: 9

Founder: Billy Sunday, Rev. and Mrs. Edward Clark

Ruling year: 1947

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end: 09/30

Member of ECFA: Yes

Member of ECFA since: 1988


Purpose

Our purpose is to proclaim and demonstrate the life-changing Gospel of Jesus Christ, caring for the spiritual, physical and emotional needs of men, women and children in need of hope.

Buffalo City Mission's vision is to restore hope to the homeless and hurting of Western New York. We provide emergency shelter and nourishing meals to thousands of homeless men, women and children. But we don't believe that's enough.


Mission statement

The Buffalo City Mission exists to restore hope and dignity to the hurting and homeless through the transforming grace and mercy of Jesus Christ.


Statement of faith

Buffalo City Mission is a non-denominational Christian organization. We are committed to the following essential truths of biblical Christianity.

We believe that the Bible is the Word of God and therefore our only authority.
We believe in the Trinity of the Godhead.
We believe in the creation of man by the direct act of God.
We believe in the fall of man and his need for redemption.
We believe in the Deity, incarnation and virgin birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
We believe in Christ's vicarious atonement for the sins of mankind by the shedding of His blood on the cross.
We believe in Christ's bodily resurrection from the tomb and His Ascension into Heaven.
We believe in Jesus Christ's personal, imminent return.
We believe in the Personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit.
We believe in the justification of the believer by grace through faith.
We believe in a literal Satan who is our adversary.
We believe in a literal Heaven for the redeemed and a literal hell for the lost.

(Adopted in 1917, from the Statement of Christian Faith by the founding committee and used by the Board of Directors as the foundation for work.)

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: Rescue Missions/Homeless Shelters

CategoryRatingOverall rankSector rank
Overall efficiency rating1026 of 1077140 of 144
Fund acquisition rating877 of 1078134 of 144
Resource allocation rating984 of 1078133 of 144
Asset utilization rating852 of 1077123 of 144

Financial ratios

Funding ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts =
Fundraising expense /
Total contributions
10%18%23%22%18%25%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total revenue
8%17%23%20%16%23%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance =
Total contributions /
Total revenue
93%94%98%92%92%93%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total expenses
10%19%24%23%24%25%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance =
Total other revenue /
Total revenue
7%6%2%8%8%7%
 
Operating ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio =
Program services /
Total expenses
80%69%69%69%69%69%
Spending ratio Spending ratio =
Total expenses /
Total revenue
84%87%95%84%67%94%
Program output ratio Program output ratio =
Program services /
Total revenue
67%60%65%58%47%65%
Savings ratio Savings ratio =
Surplus (deficit) /
Total revenue
16%13%5%16%33%6%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate =
Surplus (deficit) /
Net assets
13%10%3%12%36%7%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio =
Management and general expense /
Total expenses
9%12%8%8%6%7%
 
Investing ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total assets
0.560.410.400.470.690.99
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment =
Total assets /
Total current assets
2.644.813.792.331.311.55
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total current assets
1.591.971.511.100.911.54
 
Liquidity ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Current ratio Current ratio =
Total current assets /
Total current liabilities
13.9321.117.684.5821.3416.30
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio =
Total current liabilities /
Total current assets
0.070.050.130.220.050.06
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level =
(Total current assets -
Total current liabilities) /
(Total expenses / 12)
6.375.796.918.5012.627.32
 
Solvency ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio =
Total liabilities /
Total assets
7%36%44%30%7%10%
Debt ratio Debt ratio =
Debt /
Total assets
1%34%39%20%4%6%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio =
Net assets /
Total expenses
153%155%142%148%133%90%

Financials

Balance sheet
 
Assets20212020201920182017
Cash$2,299,152$2,802,933$5,377,232$4,941,817$3,731,339
Receivables, inventories, prepaids$2,026,533$3,046,180$2,978,546$5,112,487$1,790,660
Short-term investments$933,417$717,858$180,888$195,516$134,027
Other current assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total current assets$5,259,102$6,566,971$8,536,666$10,249,820$5,656,026
Long-term investments$0$0$0$0$0
Fixed assets$19,952,642$17,693,942$9,796,765$1,446,976$1,369,501
Other long-term assets$84,073$635,993$1,563,186$1,701,312$1,731,430
Total long-term assets$20,036,715$18,329,935$11,359,951$3,148,288$3,100,931
Total assets$25,295,817$24,896,906$19,896,617$13,398,108$8,756,957
 
Liabilities20212020201920182017
Payables and accrued expenses$249,164$855,014$1,864,201$480,255$347,016
Other current liabilities$0$0$0$0$0
Total current liabilities$249,164$855,014$1,864,201$480,255$347,016
Debt$8,580,347$9,613,607$4,042,754$523,600$555,956
Due to (from) affiliates$0$0$0$0$0
Other long-term liabilities$353,741$380,311$23,772$158$7,955
Total long-term liabilities$8,934,088$9,993,918$4,066,526$523,758$563,911
Total liabilities$9,183,252$10,848,932$5,930,727$1,004,013$910,927
 
Net assets20212020201920182017
Without donor restrictions$15,178,266$4,550,011$5,750,586$6,725,930$5,437,168
With donor restrictions$934,299$9,497,963$8,215,304$5,668,165$2,408,862
Net assets$16,112,565$14,047,974$13,965,890$12,394,095$7,846,030
 
Revenues and expenses
 
Revenue20212020201920182017
Total contributions$11,254,383$10,207,313$10,219,481$12,727,530$8,581,044
Program service revenue$702,590$401,898$615,907$595,939$527,119
Membership dues$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income$18,028($215,731)$137,541$80,482$120,581
Other revenue$0$10,727$180,998$374,505$10,260
Total other revenue$720,618$196,894$934,446$1,050,926$657,960
Total revenue$11,975,001$10,404,207$11,153,927$13,778,456$9,239,004
 
Expenses20212020201920182017
Program services$7,137,267$6,811,542$6,462,276$6,445,792$5,974,511
Management and general$1,243,021$760,144$752,318$603,700$591,059
Fundraising$2,000,440$2,348,525$2,203,025$2,241,878$2,143,663
Total expenses$10,380,728$9,920,211$9,417,619$9,291,370$8,709,233
 
Change in net assets20212020201920182017
Surplus (deficit)$1,594,273$483,996$1,736,308$4,487,086$529,771
Other changes in net assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total change in net assets$1,594,273$483,996$1,736,308$4,487,086$529,771

Compensation

NameTitleCompensation
Stuart HarperExecutive Director$173,740
Amy ThewChief Financial Officer$57,000

Compensation data as of: 9/30/2020


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The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 2/6/2023. To update the information below, please email: [email protected]


History

June 29, 1917

Baseball hero-turned-evangelist Billy Sunday makes a contribution of $8,400 to the Buffalo Evangelistic Association, directing them to open a rescue mission. Rev. and Mrs. Edward Clark initiated City Mission Society that fall.

1922

City Mission Society's board of directors purchase Fenton's Pekin Cabaret, a former nightclub, using Billy Sunday's gift as down payment. The Mission opens its doors June 11 to provide chapel services and meals for the homeless.

1922-1940

City Mission Society expands its services to include clothing and sheltering the homeless.

1940-1970

Women from 20 Western New York churches form a women's auxiliary to raise funds, improve housekeeping, formalize clothing distribution and coordinate holiday events. In addition to cash, donations during this time include gifts of milk, farm produce, meat and other foods for the Mission's dining tables and community food pantry.

1970-1984

With drug use and domestic violence on the rise, family homelessness becomes a nationwide concern. In 1981, the Mission opens a shelter and safe house in a Victorian house on Linwood for families victimized by fire, violence and other crises.

1984

City Mission Society (now known as Buffalo City Mission) moves into a new facility at 100 E. Tupper, where administrative offices and the Men's Community Center are located.

1990-2001

The Mission would go on to raise $1.3 million to build the initial Cornerstone Manor Women and Children's Shelter located at 45 Carlton Street. This facility opened in October 1990 and provided emergency shelter, recovery programs and an on-site school satellite for homeless children.

2001-2005

In 2001, a campaign to build a new and larger facility for Cornerstone Manor begins in response to the growing number of homeless women and children in Western New York.

2006

August 18, 2006, the new building opens its doors for its first year. Foundations, corporations, churches and individuals provided the means to raise $15 million dollars to build Buffalo City Mission's new Cornerstone Manor for Women and Children.

2017

The Buffalo City Mission celebrates it's 100 Year Anniversary serving those in need in the Western New York area.

2018

The Buffalo City Mission holds it's Groundbreaking Ceremony on September 19th to officially begin the construction of the new Men's Community Center.

2019

The Mission holds it's Topping Out Ceremony on April 16th, where the Board, Staff, Dignitaries and Guests were invited to sign a ceremonial white beam that was then hoisted into place to complete the steel structure of the new Community Center.

2021

The Buffalo City Mission opens it's new Community Center, the Alfiero Family Center of Hope and Promise. March - The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony is held on March 26th to officially open the doors of the brand new facility, offering many more programs and services to Buffalo's most vulnerable neighbors.


Program accomplishments

This past year:
120,462 nourishing meals served
66,242 nights of safe shelter


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