Lexington Rescue Mission

What it reported doing in 2025

OUTREACH SERVICES - In 2025, we ministered to 307 people who were experiencing homelessness, including providing overnight shelter, daytime shelter, and help getting off the street. During the winter months, our team managed 20 motel rooms for the citys emergency winter shelter efforts, providing 65 people with overnight shelter in the coldest months. Year-round, the mission welcomed anyone who was homeless to our daytime shelter, where they received help meeting their immediate needs, including mail, laundry, showers, and supplies, and help connecting to critical services, including addiction treatment. We were able to help 55 people off the streets and into residential substance abuse treatment programs. In 2025, our Homeless Intervention Program team helped 66 homeless households move into housing, including 80 adults and 27 children, by providing housing counseling, rent assistance, case management, and support. After six months, 73% of our clients had still maintained their rental housing. Our team also prevented 20 seniors from eviction by partnering with the social workers at Connie Griffith and Ballard Towers, across the street from the mission. By working with them, we were able to intervene in situations in which their senior residents were on the brink of eviction to help stabilize them and prevent homelessness. In 2025, the Lexington Rescue Mission served more meals to hungry men, women, and children than ever before. We served 49,417 community meals, 15,084 meals to our residents, and 3,462 meals for holidays and programs such as Circles and Steady Hands, for a total of 67,963 meals. In 2025, we served 2,343 people including 1,570 new clients through walk-in hours, offering a listening ear, prayer, and help meeting their basic needs. After moving into our new building in the spring, we more than doubled the number of people we were serving daily through walk-ins, with clients coming in for 5,007 visits. Walk-in hours also served the key point of connection to other services in the new building, including connecting 253 people to Jubilee Jobs and 155 people to the Isaiah House Community Health Center. Further-more, our Resource Coordinators provided 900 follow-up case management sessions to 258 people, helping them to take steps out of poverty, and they achieved 372 of their goals toward stability.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 45.4%; rating input score 45
• Program expense ratio: 66.7%; rating input score 67
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 35.8%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.15; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 25.2% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings