Tri-City Union Gospel Mission 
The information on this page was last updated 9/17/2025. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]
Summary
For countless men, women and children who are homeless, broken, or struggling, the Mission is so much more than a "place to get a meal". The Mission is located in the Tri Cities, but serves people from all over Southeast Washington, where the need is growing each year.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Tri-City Union Gospel Mission
PO Box 1443
Pasco, WA 99301
Website: tcugm.org
Phone: 509-547-2112
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 910840528
CEO/President: Andrew Porter
Chairman: Mel Lacey
Board size: 6
Founder:
Ruling year: 1964
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 1999
Purpose
The Tri City Union Gospel Mission began serving Benton and Franklin counties over 60 years ago, providing rescue ministry to the broken, bruised, and needy in the Tri-Cities and surrounding communities.
Mission statement
Tri-City Union Gospel Mission is a Christ-centered organization desiring to see homeless, hopeless and hurting people in our community become transformed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We serve all who God brings our way and do so with love, compassion and urgency as we see them experience lasting change through our Rescue, Recovery and Restoration programs.
Statement of faith
At Tri City Union Gospel Mission we believe...
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. The Bible alone is the only source for all doctrine and practice.
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We believe in the deity of Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful men regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
We believe in personal salvation from the eternal penalty of sin, provided exclusively by the grace of God on the basis of the atoning death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, to be received only through individual faith in His Person and redemptive work on the cross, and to be followed with a life characterized by the empowering grace of the Holy Spirit, giving evidence in loving service and adherence to the principles and practices of the Christian Faith as set forth in the New Testament.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Transparency grade
C
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Rescue Missions/Homeless Shelters
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 95 of 1420 | 14 of 159 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 277 of 1420 | 19 of 159 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 15 of 1420 | 2 of 159 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 472 of 1421 | 51 of 159 |
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Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 10% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 8% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 93% | 98% | 98% | 98% | 98% | 98% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 10% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 6% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 7% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 81% | 96% | 92% | 91% | 89% | 88% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 97% | 142% | 89% | 93% | 84% | 81% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 79% | 136% | 82% | 85% | 75% | 72% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 3% | -42% | 11% | 7% | 16% | 19% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 2% | -24% | 7% | 4% | 8% | 11% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 9% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.56 | 0.80 | 0.58 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.47 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 3.07 | 2.66 | 2.86 | 3.33 | 3.75 | 3.33 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.05 | 2.14 | 1.66 | 1.64 | 1.68 | 1.56 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 10.24 | 43.29 | 36.92 | 25.40 | 23.23 | 26.03 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.18 | 5.48 | 7.04 | 7.03 | 6.83 | 7.39 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 10% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 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% | 123% | 171% | 201% | 221% | 211% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Cash | $5,476,300 | $3,468,151 | $2,765,923 | $2,353,457 | $2,428,825 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $30,950 | $21,411 | $22,632 | $26,637 | $23,005 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,064 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $5,507,250 | $3,489,562 | $2,788,555 | $2,380,094 | $2,453,894 |
| Long-term investments | $7,500 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $7,500 |
| Fixed assets | $9,047,828 | $1,057,848 | $1,095,648 | $1,135,816 | $289,837 |
| Other long-term assets | $85,049 | $5,411,654 | $5,406,509 | $5,411,275 | $5,428,287 |
| Total long-term assets | $9,140,377 | $6,477,002 | $6,509,657 | $6,554,591 | $5,725,624 |
| Total assets | $14,647,627 | $9,966,564 | $9,298,212 | $8,934,685 | $8,179,518 |
| Liabilities | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $127,222 | $94,513 | $109,798 | $102,469 | $94,277 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $127,222 | $94,513 | $109,798 | $102,469 | $94,277 |
| Debt | $0 | $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 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total liabilities | $127,222 | $94,513 | $109,798 | $102,469 | $94,277 |
| Net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Without donor restrictions | $12,037,164 | $9,220,198 | $8,899,872 | $8,626,319 | $7,842,472 |
| With donor restrictions | $2,483,241 | $651,853 | $288,542 | $205,897 | $242,769 |
| Net assets | $14,520,405 | $9,872,051 | $9,188,414 | $8,832,216 | $8,085,241 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Total contributions | $8,128,522 | $6,317,497 | $4,842,072 | $4,667,534 | $4,624,203 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $6,094 | $16,613 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $147,139 | $146,454 | $69,286 | $79,248 | $83,349 |
| Other revenue | $4,200 | $0 | $0 | $3,600 | $4,334 |
| Total other revenue | $151,339 | $152,548 | $85,899 | $82,848 | $87,683 |
| Total revenue | $8,279,861 | $6,470,045 | $4,927,971 | $4,750,382 | $4,711,886 |
| Expenses | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Program services | $11,261,576 | $5,310,717 | $4,164,979 | $3,543,942 | $3,385,460 |
| Management and general | $271,760 | $212,443 | $170,478 | $223,962 | $216,614 |
| Fundraising | $249,224 | $263,248 | $236,316 | $235,503 | $231,610 |
| Total expenses | $11,782,560 | $5,786,408 | $4,571,773 | $4,003,407 | $3,833,684 |
| Change in net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($3,502,699) | $683,637 | $356,198 | $746,975 | $878,202 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | ($3,502,699) | $683,637 | $356,198 | $746,975 | $878,202 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Andrew Porter | Executive Director | $145,140 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2024
Response from ministry
No response has been provided by this ministry.
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History
Program accomplishments
1,000 families strengthened
101,000 hot, nutritious meals served
3,000 men, women and children helped
41,300 nights of shelter