Shelter KC: A Kansas City Rescue Mission 
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Summary
The Kansas City Rescue Mission is a Christ-centered organization providing food, clothing, medical care, case management, emergency shelter and recovery programs for up to 120 men and 20 women each night. We welcome the poor, hungry, hopeless and hurting and offer them help through the process of relief, recovery, and re-entry.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Shelter KC: A Kansas City Rescue Mission
1520 Cherry Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
Website: shelterkc.org
Phone: 816-421-7643
Email: social@shelterkc.org
Organization details
EIN: 431287029
CEO/President: Eric Burger
Chairman: Jeran Rowell
Board size: 9
Founder: Jarrette Aycock
Ruling year: 1963
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 06/30
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 2013
Purpose
Shelter KC is a Kansas City Rescue Mission helping Kansas City's homeless men and women experience freedom from the past and hope for the future. We believe the love of Jesus Christ changes lives.
Mission statement
The Kansas City Rescue Mission is a Christ-centered community offering freedom and hope to the poor and homeless; empowering them to reach their full potential.
Statement of faith
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 | | 150 of 1022 | 31 of 160 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 498 of 1024 | 78 of 160 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 154 of 1024 | 31 of 160 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 208 of 1022 | 37 of 160 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 10% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 12% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 11% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 91% | 99% | 98% | 98% | 98% | 98% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 10% | 8% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 11% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 9% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 79% | 85% | 86% | 82% | 83% | 81% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 89% | 113% | 108% | 96% | 105% | 108% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 70% | 97% | 93% | 79% | 87% | 88% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 11% | -13% | -8% | 4% | -5% | -8% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 8% | -9% | -5% | 3% | -3% | -5% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 9% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.55 | 0.78 | 0.68 | 0.61 | 0.63 | 0.62 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 3.27 | 4.80 | 4.39 | 3.43 | 4.40 | 4.19 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.85 | 3.74 | 2.99 | 2.10 | 2.78 | 2.60 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 12.95 | 9.35 | 14.46 | 21.89 | 17.75 | 15.01 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.53 | 2.86 | 3.73 | 5.46 | 4.07 | 4.30 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 10% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 150% | 124% | 144% | 161% | 156% | 158% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Cash | $469,690 | $787,111 | $1,187,305 | $903,032 | $1,052,913 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $147,613 | $126,365 | $144,179 | $129,442 | $128,105 |
| Short-term investments | $339,133 | $193,129 | $154,383 | $92,784 | $40,854 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $956,436 | $1,106,605 | $1,485,867 | $1,125,258 | $1,221,872 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $3,633,640 | $3,753,805 | $3,613,057 | $3,829,129 | $3,895,161 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $3,633,640 | $3,753,805 | $3,613,057 | $3,829,129 | $3,895,161 |
| Total assets | $4,590,076 | $4,860,410 | $5,098,924 | $4,954,387 | $5,117,033 |
| Liabilities | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $102,320 | $76,530 | $67,886 | $63,412 | $81,390 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $102,320 | $76,530 | $67,886 | $63,412 | $81,390 |
| Debt | $42,913 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $42,913 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total liabilities | $145,233 | $76,530 | $67,886 | $63,412 | $81,390 |
| Net assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Without donor restrictions | $3,735,959 | $4,305,543 | $4,447,178 | $4,602,268 | $4,915,431 |
| With donor restrictions | $708,884 | $478,337 | $583,860 | $288,707 | $120,212 |
| Net assets | $4,444,843 | $4,783,880 | $5,031,038 | $4,890,975 | $5,035,643 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Total contributions | $3,113,283 | $3,021,040 | $3,189,810 | $2,902,293 | $2,896,263 |
| Program service revenue | $23,758 | $31,896 | $53,198 | $41,798 | $37,767 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $18,865 | $9,800 | $9,154 | $9,719 | $7,705 |
| Other revenue | $2,656 | $8,787 | ($668) | $20,656 | $3,364 |
| Total other revenue | $45,279 | $50,483 | $61,684 | $72,173 | $48,836 |
| Total revenue | $3,158,562 | $3,071,523 | $3,251,494 | $2,974,466 | $2,945,099 |
| Expenses | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Program services | $3,048,285 | $2,857,201 | $2,572,032 | $2,596,812 | $2,580,074 |
| Management and general | $232,129 | $209,660 | $256,748 | $248,944 | $263,714 |
| Fundraising | $299,251 | $247,014 | $288,934 | $284,737 | $337,682 |
| Total expenses | $3,579,665 | $3,313,875 | $3,117,714 | $3,130,493 | $3,181,470 |
| Change in net assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($421,103) | ($242,352) | $133,780 | ($156,027) | ($236,371) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | ($421,103) | ($242,352) | $133,780 | ($156,027) | ($236,371) |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Joseph Colaizzi | Executive Director | $115,276 |
| Steve Riddle | Director of Finance | $83,435 |
Compensation data as of: 6/30/2019
Response from ministry
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The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 1/12/2022. To update the information below, please email: info@ministrywatch.com
History
Shelter KC was founded in 1950 by Dr. Jarrette Aycock, a man who knew the heartache and shame of alcoholism and homelessness because he had experienced them himself! After many years of drinking and drifting, Aycock's life was transformed when he accepted Christ as his Savior during a chapel service at Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles.
For the next 32 years, Aycock served as an evangelist. In 1942, he became superintendent of the Kansas City District Church of the Nazarene and eight years later, founded Kansas City Rescue Mission (KCRM). Establishing KCRM wasn't easy - in fact, the Mission moved three times in its first five years before finally purchasing a three-story building at 523 Walnut Street which became its home for almost three decades.
Rev. Joe Colaizzi became executive director of KCRM in 1985, just in time to lead the struggling ministry through its greatest challenge yet. In the late 1980s, city leaders implemented a plan to redevelop the blighted "River Quay" area, forcing the Mission to find a new location. The City of Kansas City purchased the Mission's property on Walnut and, in 1991, KCRM used the money to buy a four-building complex that continues to house the Main Administrative Offices and Men's Center today.
From 1991 to 2001, hundreds of individuals, churches, businesses and private foundations contributed expertise, labor and materials to complete renovations to the sprawling four-building complex. During those years and up until 2010, the Mission focused on providing quality relief and recovery programs for homeless, often addicted, men. But challenges and changes were coming!
Around 2010, three studies were commissioned to identify gaps in services for those who were homeless in Kansas City. By August 2010, KCRM confirmed that single homeless women, many with co-occurring disorders, were the most underserved population in Kansas City.
Determined to stand in that gap, the Mission established the Women's Center, a 20-bed residential facility offering homeless women a secure environment where they could heal, learn and grow. On July 15, 2013, the Women's Center opened its doors and welcomed its first clients.
In 2019, after extensive research and surveying, the board of directors voted to rename Kansas City Rescue Mission to Shelter KC to distinguish itself and reflect the "new things" God is doing as the Mission nears its 70th anniversary. Eric Burger was named as the new Executive Director to succeed Joe Colaizzi in February 2020, following his retirement after 35 years of service to the Mission.
Today, Shelter KC serves 240 meals and ministers to an average 150 men and women every day to offer freedom from the past and hope for the future!