Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission 
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Summary
Founded in 1878, we have reached out to the homeless in Philadelphia for more than 140 years. Originally named the Sunday Breakfast Association, our name was changed a few years ago to reflect our expanded services as a Rescue Mission. Rescue Missions are similar to a traditional homeless shelter, but focus on caring for the spiritual needs in addition to the practical needs of people.
Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission serves those experiencing homelessness in Philadelphia. The Mission offers an array of homeless day services and clinics to men and women. Additionally, the Mission has a 30- day men's emergency shelter, offers a 12 month transitional housing program to men, and a permanent supportive housing program for men 65 years of age and older. The Mission relies on the generous contributions of caring individuals, families, churches and businesses.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission
PO Box 297
Philadelphia, PA 19105-0297
Website: sundaybreakfast.org
Phone: 215-922-6400
Email: info@sundaybreakfast.org
Organization details
EIN: 231352558
CEO/President: Rev. Jeremy Montgomery, MBA
Chairman: Jeffrey Harvey
Board size: 9
Founder: 4 businessmen
Ruling year: 1942
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 06/30
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 1988
Purpose
We advance our mission of transforming lives by the power of God and seek to activate God-given potential by serving homeless, hungry, and hurting adults in Philadelphia through loving, compassion-based programs and services. Emphasizing our competitive advances of an authentic Christian community experience, lowest-barrier entry, and safe space focused on excellent programs and partnerships, we are sustainable by the faithful stewardship of resources provided by the generosity of God's people through our donors.
Mission statement
Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission exists to minister in the name of Jesus Christ to the spiritual and practical needs of homeless and disadvantaged people in the Philadelphia area.
Statement of faith
Based on our adherence to the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess with the Christian Church throughout time for over 1,700 years and around the world, the faith expressed in the Nicene Creed.
Donor confidence score
Transparency grade
A
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Rescue Missions/Homeless Shelters
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 601 of 1022 | 89 of 160 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 673 of 1024 | 108 of 160 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 713 of 1024 | 108 of 160 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 307 of 1022 | 52 of 160 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 10% | 13% | 21% | 18% | 22% | 23% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 8% | 13% | 17% | 17% | 21% | 23% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 91% | 99% | 83% | 97% | 96% | 97% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 10% | 16% | 16% | 17% | 18% | 18% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 9% | 1% | 17% | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 79% | 75% | 68% | 73% | 72% | 72% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 89% | 79% | 108% | 101% | 116% | 126% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 70% | 59% | 73% | 74% | 83% | 90% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 11% | 21% | -8% | -1% | -16% | -26% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 8% | 19% | -7% | -1% | -14% | -19% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 9% | 9% | 16% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.55 | 0.70 | 0.89 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.73 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 3.27 | 3.30 | 13.19 | 10.04 | 8.67 | 5.07 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.85 | 2.31 | 11.75 | 7.90 | 6.86 | 3.69 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 12.95 | 10.24 | 3.02 | 2.75 | 2.81 | 5.98 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.17 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.53 | 4.68 | 0.68 | 0.97 | 1.13 | 2.71 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 10% | 3% | 12% | 19% | 21% | 21% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 1% | 0% | 9% | 15% | 17% | 17% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 150% | 138% | 99% | 104% | 99% | 109% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Cash | $879,473 | $223,788 | $35,316 | $132,610 | $274,583 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $163,851 | $4,783 | $124,378 | $135,177 | $193,693 |
| Short-term investments | $6,642 | $7,423 | $201,669 | $171,717 | $380,043 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $1,049,966 | $235,994 | $361,363 | $439,504 | $848,319 |
| Long-term investments | $514,124 | $540,328 | $550,502 | $553,439 | $520,774 |
| Fixed assets | $1,892,526 | $2,327,832 | $2,715,668 | $2,814,947 | $2,924,481 |
| Other long-term assets | $8,225 | $8,225 | $2,093 | $2,368 | $5,421 |
| Total long-term assets | $2,414,875 | $2,876,385 | $3,268,263 | $3,370,754 | $3,450,676 |
| Total assets | $3,464,841 | $3,112,379 | $3,629,626 | $3,810,258 | $4,298,995 |
| Liabilities | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $102,580 | $78,181 | $131,435 | $156,332 | $141,876 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $102,580 | $78,181 | $131,435 | $156,332 | $141,876 |
| Debt | $0 | $283,159 | $540,868 | $655,102 | $741,966 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $394 | $13,085 | $150 | $4,089 | $12,417 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $394 | $296,244 | $541,018 | $659,191 | $754,383 |
| Total liabilities | $102,974 | $374,425 | $672,453 | $815,523 | $896,259 |
| Net assets | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Without donor restrictions | $2,650,021 | $2,159,904 | $2,128,587 | $2,158,391 | $2,512,692 |
| With donor restrictions | $711,846 | $578,050 | $828,586 | $836,344 | $890,044 |
| Net assets | $3,361,867 | $2,737,954 | $2,957,173 | $2,994,735 | $3,402,736 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Total contributions | $3,037,406 | $2,138,533 | $2,735,091 | $2,498,875 | $2,420,940 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $9,883 | $384,393 | $36,755 | $79,868 | $31,328 |
| Other revenue | $31,532 | $55,626 | $47,629 | $27,153 | $36,367 |
| Total other revenue | $41,415 | $440,019 | $84,384 | $107,021 | $67,695 |
| Total revenue | $3,078,821 | $2,578,552 | $2,819,475 | $2,605,896 | $2,488,635 |
| Expenses | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Program services | $1,824,310 | $1,888,239 | $2,075,287 | $2,158,574 | $2,250,497 |
| Management and general | $212,554 | $437,869 | $295,445 | $316,313 | $315,143 |
| Fundraising | $391,840 | $447,433 | $483,368 | $542,270 | $566,211 |
| Total expenses | $2,428,704 | $2,773,541 | $2,854,100 | $3,017,157 | $3,131,851 |
| Change in net assets | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $650,117 | ($194,989) | ($34,625) | ($411,261) | ($643,216) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $650,117 | ($194,989) | ($34,625) | ($411,261) | ($643,216) |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Jeremy Montgomery | President/CEO | $124,638 |
Compensation data as of: 6/30/2020
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The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 2/9/2022. To update the information below, please email: info@ministrywatch.com
History
Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission was established with a simple goal in mind: to serve breakfast every Sunday to Philadelphia's poor and homeless while sharing with them the love of Jesus Christ. Since the Mission's founding in 1878, Sunday Breakfast has grown to be the largest emergency homeless shelter in Philadelphia, and the only provider of the three free meals a day, 365 days a year to homeless men, women, and children. Sunday Breakfast has become a safe haven for the homeless community by ministering to the mind, body, and spirit of anyone who walks through our doors.
1878
Well-known businessmen John Wanamaker (Wanamaker's Department Store); John B. Stetson (Stetson Hat Co.); W. Atlee Burpee (Burpee Seed Co.); and former Gov. James Pollock established the Sunday Breakfast Association. More than 250 men attended the first meeting at 11th and Wood streets, where they were served a hot cup of coffee and a roll before church.
1908
The Sunday Breakfast Association hosts The New Year's Dinner with 1,200 guests.
1929
The radio ministry begins, and each Sunday a service is broadcasted on WPEN.
1930's
To accommodate the victims of The Great Depression, the board purchases a building at 1120 Vine Street to house more people in need.
1942
The Mission moved to 6th and Vine streets. This building contained 800 beds, and became the largest gospel rescue mission on the East Coast. Other features included a chapel, an industrial work area, a playground for neighborhood children, and a thrift store for families.
1950s-1960s
Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission continues to welcome guests of all ethnic backgrounds, despite racial tensions running high in America.
1973
The building at 6th and Vine streets closed to make way for city improvements and the construction of the Vine Street Expressway. At that time, the Mission moved to its current location at 302 N. 13th Street.
1991
The long-term Overcomer Program, a recovery program for homeless men, is established. The goal of the program is to encourage men in their walk with the Lord, while equipping them with the practical life skills they need to be self-sufficient individuals.
1992
Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission opens Wayne Hall - a safe house for women and children living in poverty.
1996
The BeeHive and BeeHive Too Thrift Stores open in the North East region of the city.
2009
Penndel Thrift Store opens in Bucks County, making this the third thrift store owned by Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission.
2015
In partnership with The Asian Arts Initiative, Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission builds an urban farm at its emergency shelter at 13th and Vine streets. The farm helps provide fresh fruits and vegetables for meals served at the Mission.
2019
Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission commits to becoming a 21-Century, 5-Star Ministry serving the Philadelphia's hungry, homeless, and hurting.
The Mission closes its thrift stores because they were no longer profitable, and resources needed to be invested in the Mission's programs. The Overcomer Program is redesigned to better meet the needs of the Mission's guests and relaunched as the NEXT Level Transitional Housing Program
2020
In response to COVID-19 the Mission launches the SENIOR Level permanent supportive housing program for seniors.
The Mission is named a Best Christian Workplace