City Union Mission

The information on this page was last updated 2/13/2023. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]


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

CategoryRatingOverall rankSector rank
Overall efficiency rating628 of 108576 of 144
Fund acquisition rating601 of 108882 of 144
Resource allocation rating591 of 108869 of 144
Asset utilization rating571 of 108571 of 144

Financial ratios

Funding ratiosSector median20222021202020192018
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts =
Fundraising expense /
Total contributions
11%12%8%7%9%8%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total revenue
9%11%8%7%8%8%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance =
Total contributions /
Total revenue
92%91%93%98%94%94%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total expenses
11%11%9%9%8%9%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance =
Total other revenue /
Total revenue
8%9%7%2%6%6%
 
Operating ratiosSector median20222021202020192018
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio =
Program services /
Total expenses
79%79%81%83%86%86%
Spending ratio Spending ratio =
Total expenses /
Total revenue
87%94%85%79%96%93%
Program output ratio Program output ratio =
Program services /
Total revenue
68%74%69%65%83%80%
Savings ratio Savings ratio =
Surplus (deficit) /
Total revenue
13%6%15%21%4%7%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate =
Surplus (deficit) /
Net assets
9%3%7%11%2%3%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio =
Management and general expense /
Total expenses
9%9%10%8%5%5%
 
Investing ratiosSector median20222021202020192018
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total assets
0.520.490.390.380.470.44
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment =
Total assets /
Total current assets
2.611.941.812.032.002.01
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total current assets
1.620.950.720.780.930.88
 
Liquidity ratiosSector median20222021202020192018
Current ratio Current ratio =
Total current assets /
Total current liabilities
14.1321.8639.5735.7931.6930.00
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio =
Total current liabilities /
Total current assets
0.070.050.030.030.030.03
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level =
(Total current assets -
Total current liabilities) /
(Total expenses / 12)
6.8512.0216.3415.0012.4513.18
 
Solvency ratiosSector median20222021202020192018
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio =
Total liabilities /
Total assets
7%2%1%4%2%2%
Debt ratio Debt ratio =
Debt /
Total assets
0%0%0%3%0%0%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio =
Net assets /
Total expenses
167%199%250%251%211%225%

Financials

Balance sheet
 
Assets20222021202020192018
Cash$6,288,673$5,007,912$4,348,986$2,351,772$3,154,122
Receivables, inventories, prepaids$1,786,526$2,314,351$1,454,663$1,275,968$1,389,983
Short-term investments$16,455,992$20,034,947$16,760,590$15,679,504$14,410,696
Other current assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total current assets$24,531,191$27,357,210$22,564,239$19,307,244$18,954,801
Long-term investments$0$0$0$0$0
Fixed assets$21,860,002$22,174,199$23,152,759$19,219,648$19,100,751
Other long-term assets$1,196,707$82,290$90,181$98,939$97,832
Total long-term assets$23,056,709$22,256,489$23,242,940$19,318,587$19,198,583
Total assets$47,587,900$49,613,699$45,807,179$38,625,831$38,153,384
 
Liabilities20222021202020192018
Payables and accrued expenses$1,122,227$691,307$630,532$609,192$631,891
Other current liabilities$0$0$0$0$0
Total current liabilities$1,122,227$691,307$630,532$609,192$631,891
Debt$0$0$1,196,500$0$0
Due to (from) affiliates$0$0$0$0$0
Other long-term liabilities$1,553$6,673$9,294$12,244$14,651
Total long-term liabilities$1,553$6,673$1,205,794$12,244$14,651
Total liabilities$1,123,780$697,980$1,836,326$621,436$646,542
 
Net assets20222021202020192018
Without donor restrictions$43,300,075$46,438,522$41,898,693$35,610,705$35,487,633
With donor restrictions$3,164,045$2,477,197$2,072,160$2,393,690$2,019,209
Net assets$46,464,120$48,915,719$43,970,853$38,004,395$37,506,842
 
Revenues and expenses
 
Revenue20222021202020192018
Total contributions$22,774,335$21,526,362$21,795,181$17,576,397$16,939,001
Program service revenue$58,305$64,062$32,782$59,286$57,405
Membership dues$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income$1,795,196$1,573,687$347,072$1,060,763$736,610
Other revenue$362,380($4,454)$58,285$67,857$206,731
Total other revenue$2,215,881$1,633,295$438,139$1,187,906$1,000,746
Total revenue$24,990,216$23,159,657$22,233,320$18,764,303$17,939,747
 
Expenses20222021202020192018
Program services$18,528,592$15,958,623$14,556,130$15,533,185$14,368,750
Management and general$2,176,723$1,878,730$1,413,026$951,578$890,643
Fundraising$2,668,792$1,745,921$1,581,751$1,530,565$1,426,103
Total expenses$23,374,107$19,583,274$17,550,907$18,015,328$16,685,496
 
Change in net assets20222021202020192018
Surplus (deficit)$1,616,109$3,576,383$4,682,413$748,975$1,254,251
Other changes in net assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total change in net assets$1,616,109$3,576,383$4,682,413$748,975$1,254,251

Compensation

NameTitleCompensation
Terri MegliCEO$112,614
Kevin GabrielCFO$90,621

Compensation data as of: 9/30/2022


Response from ministry

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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

84,433 nights of shelter
176,895 meals served
4,529 medical services provided
231 people in our shelters each day
463 decisions for Christ
382 kids attend camp
38 program graduates
12 guests received vehicles


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