Rescue Mission of Middle Georgia 
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Summary
We are a residential life recovery program for men, women and children experiencing domestic violence, addictions, sexual abuse, poverty and homelessness. The Rescue Mission of Middle Georgia is a fully independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that does not accept any government funding.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Rescue Mission of Middle Georgia
6601 Zebulon Road
Macon, GA 31220
Website: rescuemissionga.com
Phone: 478-743-5445
Email: pat@rescuemissionga.com
Organization details
EIN: 586011446
CEO/President: Mr. Pat Chastain
Chairman: Charlie L. Cantrell
Board size: 15
Founder: Rev. J. Robert Moon
Ruling year: 1958
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 2015
Purpose
In January 1956, the Macon Rescue Mission, Inc. was chartered in Bibb Superior Court as a non-profit corporation for the primary purpose of "rehabilitating fallen persons," the first of its kind in Middle Georgia.
Mission statement
Providing a path of hope, redemption, and empowerment through Jesus Christ.
Statement of faith
The Rescue Mission of Middle Georgia is evangelical in practice and committed to proclaiming the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, believing in:
The inspiration and integrity of the Bible as the Word of God.
One God: the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The creation of man by the direct act of God and the fall of man according to the Genesis account.
The incarnation and virgin birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Jesus' bodily resurrection from the tomb, and His imminent personal return in power and great glory.
Jesus' substitutionary and atoning death on the cross.
Jesus' power to save men from sin by grace through faith in Him.
The new birth through the regeneration of the Holy Spirit, and the gift of eternal life by the grace of God.
The sanctification of the believer by the Holy Spirit through faith and the Word.
The reward of believers on the basis of faithful service and the full enjoyment of heaven forever as God's free gift; the eternal conscious punishment of impenitent sinners.
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 | | 577 of 1022 | 95 of 160 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 508 of 1024 | 81 of 160 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 408 of 1024 | 64 of 160 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 731 of 1022 | 127 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% | 10% | 5% | 11% | 11% | 9% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 8% | 8% | 4% | 8% | 9% | 7% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 91% | 86% | 85% | 70% | 82% | 81% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 10% | 9% | 7% | 11% | 11% | 9% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 9% | 14% | 15% | 30% | 18% | 19% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 79% | 82% | 84% | 81% | 80% | 82% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 89% | 89% | 57% | 71% | 76% | 78% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 70% | 72% | 48% | 57% | 60% | 64% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 11% | 11% | 43% | 29% | 24% | 22% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 8% | 4% | 26% | 17% | 15% | 15% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.55 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.40 | 0.47 | 0.51 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 3.27 | 2.66 | 2.98 | 1.77 | 2.35 | 3.27 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.85 | 0.67 | 0.65 | 0.71 | 1.10 | 1.66 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 12.95 | 75.14 | 47.43 | 78.77 | 21.54 | 15.91 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.53 | 17.56 | 18.07 | 16.75 | 10.43 | 6.76 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 10% | 23% | 35% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 150% | 304% | 297% | 249% | 210% | 193% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Cash | $3,565,757 | $3,310,841 | $3,701,387 | $2,318,814 | $1,333,836 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $1,148,557 | $1,465,785 | $187,154 | $164,545 | $173,310 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $4,714,314 | $4,776,626 | $3,888,541 | $2,483,359 | $1,507,146 |
| Long-term investments | $323,958 | $297,588 | $265,283 | $282,072 | $260,905 |
| Fixed assets | $7,499,677 | $9,151,892 | $2,103,194 | $3,074,512 | $3,165,726 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $630,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $7,823,635 | $9,449,480 | $2,998,477 | $3,356,584 | $3,426,631 |
| Total assets | $12,537,949 | $14,226,106 | $6,887,018 | $5,839,943 | $4,933,777 |
| Liabilities | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $62,740 | $100,702 | $49,367 | $115,264 | $94,748 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $62,740 | $100,702 | $49,367 | $115,264 | $94,748 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $2,818,262 | $4,892,214 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $2,818,262 | $4,892,214 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total liabilities | $2,881,002 | $4,992,916 | $49,367 | $115,264 | $94,748 |
| Net assets | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Without donor restrictions | $9,213,834 | $8,906,958 | $6,504,838 | $5,382,434 | $4,551,103 |
| With donor restrictions | $443,113 | $326,232 | $332,813 | $342,245 | $287,926 |
| Net assets | $9,656,947 | $9,233,190 | $6,837,651 | $5,724,679 | $4,839,029 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Total contributions | $3,074,146 | $4,634,415 | $2,727,875 | $2,927,312 | $2,613,548 |
| Program service revenue | $102,619 | $58,705 | $9,865 | $13,015 | $14,730 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | ($399,332) | $26,265 | $474,555 | $5,388 | ($2,572) |
| Other revenue | $799,449 | $749,136 | $667,865 | $642,274 | $582,894 |
| Total other revenue | $502,736 | $834,106 | $1,152,285 | $660,677 | $595,052 |
| Total revenue | $3,576,882 | $5,468,521 | $3,880,160 | $3,587,989 | $3,208,600 |
| Expenses | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Program services | $2,592,540 | $2,605,801 | $2,220,977 | $2,166,817 | $2,047,889 |
| Management and general | $287,892 | $266,770 | $237,324 | $247,407 | $224,763 |
| Fundraising | $299,063 | $232,717 | $292,098 | $309,282 | $233,188 |
| Total expenses | $3,179,495 | $3,105,288 | $2,750,399 | $2,723,506 | $2,505,840 |
| Change in net assets | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $397,387 | $2,363,233 | $1,129,761 | $864,483 | $702,760 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $397,387 | $2,363,233 | $1,129,761 | $864,483 | $702,760 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Pat Chastain | President/Ce | $117,225 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2019
Response from ministry
No response has been provided by this ministry.
The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 1/28/2022. To update the information below, please email: info@ministrywatch.com
History
A REBELLIOUS ACT OF KINDNESS
Throughout his career with the Macon Police Department, Sergeant A.E. McGee was tasked with arresting what the city deemed as "drunks" and "vagrants," people on the streets of Macon, Georgia, whom suffered from addictions and homelessness. With nowhere to go and little hope of receiving any real help with the issues they faced, these individuals were caught in a cycle - repeatedly jailed, released back into the same circumstances, and then jailed again and again. Sergeant McGee believed that there had to be an alternative - a way to provide a path of hope and redemption to people who were seen, at the time, as lost causes.
In 1952, Sergeant McGee began to take in these men that he was ordered to arrest, inviting them to his home where he provided food, shelter, and spiritual counsel. Through Sergeant McGee's love, compassion, and guidance, many of these supposed "lost souls" were able to completely turn their lives around. Though the results were evident, Macon, much like the rest of the country, stubbornly ignored the plight of those suffering from addictions and homelessness. Succumbing to public inertia, Sergeant McGee eventually stopped his work, but not before inspiring a movement in Macon that would eventually grow into the Macon Rescue Mission.
IT STARTED IN THE 50'S
Inspired by Sergeant McGee's act of rebellious kindness, the idea of a place of hope and redemption for the hurting of this community was revived by the Mission's first superintendent, Rev. J. Robert Moon and his fellow business leaders. In January 1956, the Macon Rescue Mission, Inc. was chartered in Bibb Superior Court as a non-profit corporation for the primary purpose of "rehabilitating fallen persons," the first of its kind in Middle Georgia.
In the late fifties, Charlie Rushin donated a 100-acre farm to be used for the rehabilitation of alcoholics. Located seventeen miles from downtown Macon, this land was used in addition to the downtown shelter. A dormitory and related units were built on the property and the "farm" was quickly occupied by the residents.
DOWNTOWN MOVE AND WOMEN'S DIVISION
Years later, because of the remote location, the "farm" land and building were sold. The Mission moved to the four-story building at 500 Broadway and the corner of Poplar Street. This historic location with the sign "Jesus Cares" on the roof quickly became a Macon landmark and a source of hope and inspiration for all of Macon.
It was in this building in the late 70s that the Mission opened its doors to children who were victims of sexual assault. A neutral ground, police conducted interviews with the victims in a safe and welcome environment away from the often intimidating and chaotic atmosphere of the police station. This would eventually grow into a program dedicated to providing refuge and hope to women and their children fleeing domestic violence. Opened in 1981, the Women's Division became the first domestic violence shelter in Middle Georgia, occupying an entire floor of the Broadway facility.
Though the Mission was saving lives, the needs of the Middle Georgia area increased every day. In order to help more people, expansion was needed. In 2000, through the generosity of this community, Executive Director Dr. Wayne Bevill and the Board of Directors acquired land and built the Mission's current 20,000 square foot facility at the corner of First and Hazel Streets. The building was designed to expand the capacity of the Mission, with six sleeping rooms for males and seven rooms for female domestic violence victims and their children. The new facility included a full service commercial kitchen, cafeteria, and food pantry to address issues of hunger not just for its residents, but the surrounding area. The Mission expanded its programs to include the distribution of meals and hygiene kits, and today serves approximately 90 people dinner in its Daily Bread meal program.
In 2004, the Mission acquired the land located at 3375 Napier Avenue, which is the location of our Bargain Center Thrift Store. In addition to providing revenue for the services provided by the Mission, the Bargain Center provides the Mission the ability to distribute clothing, furniture, and appliances to those in need in the community.
The scope of our work has also grown far beyond the initial focus of only serving citizens of Macon that are in need. Our programs now reach into 17 surrounding counties with individuals coming through our doors from all over the United States. To reflect this changing demographic of those we serve, the Macon Rescue Mission officially re-branded itself to the Rescue Mission of Middle Georgia in 2013.
We moved to our new location at 6601 Zebulon Rd, Macon, GA 31220 in 2019.