City Union Mission 
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Summary
For nearly 100 years, City Union Mission has provided warm beds, nutritious food and a place of safety for thousands of men, women and children looking to overcome poverty and homelessness.
Contact information
Mailing address:
City Union Mission
1100 East 11th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
Website: cityunionmission.org
Phone: (816) 474-9380
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 446005481
CEO/President: Dr. Terry Megli
Chairman: Sheri Blauwiekel
Board size: 16
Founder: Rev. and Mrs. David Bulkley
Ruling year: 1946
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 09/30
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 1983
Purpose
Since our doors first opened in 1924, we have served our neighbors throughout Kansas City... humbly welcoming them in the name of Christ to offer help, healing and hope.
Every day, we strive to meet the needs of local men, women and children who are struggling with poverty, homelessness and other challenges. In our care, lives are transformed as they experience God's love and work through programs designed to help them get back on their feet and into the community again.
Mission statement
City Union Mission is an evangelical Christian ministry committed to sharing the gospel and meeting the spiritual, physical and emotional needs of men, women and children who are poor or homeless.
Statement of faith
A. The Holy Scriptures as originally given by God, are divinely inspired, infallible, inerrant, entirely trustworthy and the only supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
B. There is one God, Creator of all and eternally existent in three persons Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
C. In the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ (God manifest in the flesh), in His virgin birth, His sinless human life, His divine miracles, His vicarious and atoning death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension, His mediatorial work, His present rule as Head of the Church and His personal return in power and glory.
D. Man is born with a fallen nature and is therefore lost and sinful; that by faith in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ (through grace and apart from works) and regeneration of the Holy Spirit any person is saved and becomes a child of God.
E. In the deity and personality of the Holy Spirit; in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the believer is enabled to live a godly life to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ.
F. In the spiritual unity of all true believers, the Church, the Body of Christ.
G. In the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; those who are saved will be glorified and reign with Jesus Christ and those who are lost will suffer eternal damnation.
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Rescue Missions/Homeless Shelters
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 632 of 1420 | 61 of 159 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 719 of 1420 | 73 of 159 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 552 of 1420 | 49 of 159 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 735 of 1421 | 79 of 159 |
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Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 10% | 9% | 12% | 14% | 12% | 8% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 8% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 11% | 8% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 93% | 82% | 92% | 94% | 91% | 93% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 10% | 7% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 9% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 7% | 18% | 8% | 6% | 9% | 7% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 81% | 85% | 84% | 80% | 79% | 81% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 97% | 100% | 109% | 111% | 94% | 85% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 79% | 84% | 91% | 89% | 74% | 69% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 3% | 0% | -9% | -11% | 6% | 15% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 2% | 0% | -5% | -6% | 3% | 7% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 9% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.56 | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.49 | 0.39 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 3.07 | 1.87 | 1.95 | 2.16 | 1.94 | 1.81 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.05 | 0.91 | 1.07 | 1.15 | 0.95 | 0.72 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 10.24 | 16.92 | 22.09 | 16.91 | 21.86 | 39.57 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.18 | 12.43 | 10.70 | 9.84 | 12.02 | 16.34 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 10% | 12% | 10% | 11% | 2% | 1% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 145% | 180% | 164% | 167% | 199% | 250% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Cash | $2,156,503 | $2,032,216 | $2,547,024 | $6,288,673 | $5,007,912 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $1,186,343 | $1,259,504 | $1,478,038 | $1,786,526 | $2,314,351 |
| Short-term investments | $22,238,598 | $21,106,481 | $19,419,972 | $16,455,992 | $20,034,947 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $25,581,444 | $24,398,201 | $23,445,034 | $24,531,191 | $27,357,210 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $16,135,995 | $17,869,242 | $21,287,930 | $21,860,002 | $22,174,199 |
| Other long-term assets | $6,029,677 | $5,330,646 | $5,905,684 | $1,196,707 | $82,290 |
| Total long-term assets | $22,165,672 | $23,199,888 | $27,193,614 | $23,056,709 | $22,256,489 |
| Total assets | $47,747,116 | $47,598,089 | $50,638,648 | $47,587,900 | $49,613,699 |
| Liabilities | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $1,511,827 | $1,104,687 | $1,386,355 | $1,122,227 | $691,307 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $1,511,827 | $1,104,687 | $1,386,355 | $1,122,227 | $691,307 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $4,323,380 | $3,749,309 | $4,403,471 | $1,553 | $6,673 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $4,323,380 | $3,749,309 | $4,403,471 | $1,553 | $6,673 |
| Total liabilities | $5,835,207 | $4,853,996 | $5,789,826 | $1,123,780 | $697,980 |
| Net assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Without donor restrictions | $37,949,596 | $39,125,157 | $41,420,404 | $43,300,075 | $46,438,522 |
| With donor restrictions | $3,962,313 | $3,618,936 | $3,428,418 | $3,164,045 | $2,477,197 |
| Net assets | $41,911,909 | $42,744,093 | $44,848,822 | $46,464,120 | $48,915,719 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Total contributions | $19,063,884 | $21,939,610 | $22,824,271 | $22,774,335 | $21,526,362 |
| Program service revenue | $81,854 | $61,677 | $49,663 | $58,305 | $64,062 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $2,593,668 | $1,841,434 | $1,147,227 | $1,795,196 | $1,573,687 |
| Other revenue | $1,552,425 | $43,387 | $135,997 | $362,380 | ($4,454) |
| Total other revenue | $4,227,947 | $1,946,498 | $1,332,887 | $2,215,881 | $1,633,295 |
| Total revenue | $23,291,831 | $23,886,108 | $24,157,158 | $24,990,216 | $23,159,657 |
| Expenses | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Program services | $19,638,331 | $21,828,537 | $21,588,852 | $18,528,592 | $15,958,623 |
| Management and general | $1,891,016 | $1,723,936 | $2,210,201 | $2,176,723 | $1,878,730 |
| Fundraising | $1,706,619 | $2,566,349 | $3,089,208 | $2,668,792 | $1,745,921 |
| Total expenses | $23,235,966 | $26,118,822 | $26,888,261 | $23,374,107 | $19,583,274 |
| Change in net assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $55,865 | ($2,232,714) | ($2,731,103) | $1,616,109 | $3,576,383 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $55,865 | ($2,232,714) | ($2,731,103) | $1,616,109 | $3,576,383 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Terri Megli | CEO | $161,944 |
| David Reynolds | COO | $135,605 |
| Kevin Gabriel | CFO | $108,824 |
| Lynn Johnson | Interim CEO | $102,405 |
Compensation data as of: 9/30/2025
Response from ministry
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The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 1/14/2026. To update the information below, please email: [email protected]
History
Founded by Rev. and Mrs. David Bulkley, one of their primary reasons for beginning this evangelical Christian ministry was to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the hurting and the lost. Today, the Mission's staff continues to uphold that commitment to serve as the Lord's hands and feet to a community in need.
Program accomplishments
137,834 meals served
4,733 medical services provided
76,899 nights of safe shelter
3,359 hours of biblical counseling
336 decisions for Christ
230 kids attend camp
21 graduates of residential recovery program
18 guests received vehicles