Wayside Christian Mission 
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Summary
Wayside Christian Mission is Louisville's oldest and largest rescue mission serving some six hundred homeless women, men, and children. We have been given the honor to serve the least, last and lost of our community, not only with the basics for survival, but with hope for a better life, a positive way filled with God's love and grace.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Wayside Christian Mission
P.O. Box 7249
Louisville, KY 40257
Website: waysidechristianmission.org
Phone: 502-584-3711
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 610667139
CEO/President: Timothy H Moseley
Chairman: Richard Beliles
Board size: 10
Founder: Reverend Richard Anderson
Ruling year: 1962
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 09/30
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
Our goal has always been to walk in the path of Christ and minister to all people who find themselves in desperate situations, often lost, confused and without directions.
Mission statement
The purpose of the Wayside Christian Mission is to respond to the human need of the poor and homeless by (1) providing temporary housing/shelter, food, clothing, nurturing, spiritual and social enrichment, encouragement and referrals (2) and by providing the support services and skills that would permit and encourage a return to a state of self-sufficiency so that human dignity can be restored and the love of God can be shared.
Statement of faith
Donor confidence score
Transparency grade
D
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Rescue Missions/Homeless Shelters
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 292 of 1118 | 41 of 138 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 248 of 1119 | 21 of 138 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 156 of 1119 | 22 of 138 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 831 of 1118 | 116 of 138 |
According to the organization's Form 990, it received $1,307,064 in government grants in 2023.
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 12% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 6% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 10% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 92% | 68% | 60% | 70% | 68% | 55% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 11% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 8% | 32% | 40% | 30% | 32% | 45% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 80% | 89% | 91% | 92% | 92% | 91% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 95% | 68% | 90% | 79% | 91% | 101% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 75% | 60% | 82% | 72% | 83% | 92% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 5% | 32% | 10% | 21% | 9% | -1% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 5% | 8% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 0% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 9% | 8% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.53 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.20 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 2.95 | 2.07 | 2.26 | 2.30 | 2.66 | 2.98 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.75 | 0.34 | 0.40 | 0.36 | 0.50 | 0.59 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 13.50 | 27.25 | 31.53 | 28.98 | 31.27 | 21.48 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.05 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 6.33 | 33.82 | 29.20 | 32.07 | 23.41 | 19.45 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 9% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 154% | 596% | 561% | 624% | 522% | 494% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Cash | $9,253,379 | $8,024,809 | $6,876,591 | $5,207,206 | $3,997,188 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $1,300,895 | $209,016 | $239,549 | $243,708 | $216,061 |
| Short-term investments | $6,182,109 | $5,541,547 | $7,052,351 | $5,825,516 | $5,552,409 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $16,736,383 | $13,775,372 | $14,168,491 | $11,276,430 | $9,765,658 |
| Long-term investments | $21,841 | $20,293 | $26,253 | $22,419 | $21,888 |
| Fixed assets | $16,369,813 | $15,908,188 | $16,385,796 | $16,972,121 | $17,632,621 |
| Other long-term assets | $1,591,018 | $1,485,198 | $1,983,396 | $1,710,488 | $1,678,783 |
| Total long-term assets | $17,982,672 | $17,413,679 | $18,395,445 | $18,705,028 | $19,333,292 |
| Total assets | $34,719,055 | $31,189,051 | $32,563,936 | $29,981,458 | $29,098,950 |
| Liabilities | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $508,514 | $436,929 | $488,884 | $360,622 | $454,671 |
| Other current liabilities | $105,770 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $614,284 | $436,929 | $488,884 | $360,622 | $454,671 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $140,000 | $210,000 | $280,000 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $191,500 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $140,000 | $401,500 | $280,000 |
| Total liabilities | $614,284 | $436,929 | $628,884 | $762,122 | $734,671 |
| Net assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Without donor restrictions | $28,243,363 | $25,923,352 | $25,908,868 | $23,985,415 | $23,400,754 |
| With donor restrictions | $5,861,408 | $4,828,770 | $6,026,184 | $5,233,921 | $4,963,525 |
| Net assets | $34,104,771 | $30,752,122 | $31,935,052 | $29,219,336 | $28,364,279 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Total contributions | $5,775,678 | $3,629,112 | $4,548,569 | $4,221,130 | $3,146,317 |
| Program service revenue | $1,901,978 | $1,773,624 | $1,117,591 | $1,315,893 | $1,817,447 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $174,413 | $175,160 | $162,714 | $214,874 | $237,683 |
| Other revenue | $586,896 | $514,069 | $690,875 | $423,224 | $513,179 |
| Total other revenue | $2,663,287 | $2,462,853 | $1,971,180 | $1,953,991 | $2,568,309 |
| Total revenue | $8,438,965 | $6,091,965 | $6,519,749 | $6,175,121 | $5,714,626 |
| Expenses | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Program services | $5,073,551 | $5,007,843 | $4,689,469 | $5,149,032 | $5,239,203 |
| Management and general | $430,932 | $294,981 | $272,551 | $307,940 | $333,192 |
| Fundraising | $215,539 | $178,015 | $157,296 | $137,569 | $173,299 |
| Total expenses | $5,720,022 | $5,480,839 | $5,119,316 | $5,594,541 | $5,745,694 |
| Change in net assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $2,718,943 | $611,126 | $1,400,433 | $580,580 | ($31,068) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $2,718,943 | $611,126 | $1,400,433 | $580,580 | ($31,068) |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Timothy H Moseley Sr | President/CEO | $161,000 |
| Nina L Moseley | Chief Operating Officer | $131,500 |
Compensation data as of: 9/30/2023
Response from ministry
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History
Wayside Christian Mission was started in 1957 by Reverend Richard Anderson, a student who had moved from Indianapolis to attend the Louisville Presbyterian Seminary. Rev. Anderson had worked as a counselor with homeless people at Wheeler Rescue Mission in Indianapolis but had found that his clients coming through Louisville did not have a place to stay. While a student in Louisville, Anderson organized an ecumenical group of church leaders, business people, law enforcement officials, judges, and concerned citizens to help develop a rescue mission.
E. Preston Young, a local attorney, churchman, and advocate for the poor, drew up the articles of incorporation and Wayside opened as an interdenominational rescue mission on Dec. 8, 1957, with just 10 beds for men to have overnight lodging.
Wayside was the first rescue mission in Louisville. Rev. Anderson opened the doors of the mission to people of all races. This was a bold move during the late 50's. In fact, Wayside Christian Mission was the first racially integrated rescue mission south of the Mason-Dixon Line. During the following years, the mission grew as the need for shelter increased. In 1972, Wayside Christian Mission moved to 822 East Market Street. In 1984 the mission opened a Family and Women's Shelter to meet the new face of homelessness: entire families living on the street.
The 800 block of East Market Street would remain our home until 2009, when a regentrification thrust necessitated us finding a new location. In 2001, Wayside Christian Mission purchased the former Pavilion Healthcare Center as the new home of our Men's Shelter. Throughout the years, the Wayside Christian Mission has always adjusted and adapted to the needs of the population. In a bold move in 2009, Wayside Christian Mission purchased the 12-story Hotel Louisville at a foreclosure auction.
Today, we operate two primary campuses: The Jefferson Street Campus - 432 East Jefferson Street, and the Hotel Louisville Campus - 120 West Broadway. These two campuses, located in downtown Louisville only 12 blocks apart, house between five to six hundred people or more nightly, and provide about 2,000 meals to the homeless and hungry each day. Most programs are open twenty-four hours a day and assist target populations, such as families with children, women and men with substance abuse issues, and veterans.
To provide additional emergency overnight shelter, the mission operates a low barrier shelter, the Wayside Rescue Station, at the Jefferson Street Campus, housing an additional 100 men, women, and families. In addition to emergency and transitional shelter, Wayside provides 51 permanent supportive housing units for homeless people who are either physically and/or mentally disabled.
Our goal has always been to walk in the path of Christ and minister to all people who find themselves in desperate situations, often lost, confused and without directions. We meet not only the emergency needs of food, shelter and clothing, but guide our residents to experience the full love of God and to live their lives as children of God.
Since its beginning in 1957, Wayside Christian Mission has been serving the most vulnerable in our community. The Mission has been a beacon of hope for thousands of people over the years. Our history is grounded in our love of God and our duty to share God's love by our actions to all people. We follow the example of Christ, who reached out and healed the sick, loved the outcasts and saved those separated from God. Throughout our history, God has provided us with many locations to carry out our duties to provide food, shelter, and clothing.
We have been given the honor to serve the least, last and lost of our community, not only with the basics for survival, but with hope for a better life, a positive way filled with God's love and grace.
Program accomplishments
Needs
In order to:
provide food for our many homeless clients,
recruit and retain staff to care for our clients and help them achieve self-sufficiency,
and keep our residential facilities in good repair,
we need to raise a large amount of money each year.
Since Wayside is a 501(c)(3) organization, all monetary contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.