Orlando Union Rescue Mission Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

See schedule o for a complete description of all program service accomplishments.the orlando union rescue mission is a christian ministry that conducts long-term residential programs that equip its guests - the homeless men, women, and children who live at the mission - to escape homelessness permanently. In addition to the immediate needs of housing, food, and clothing, the mission provides the education, training, addiction recovery, and counseling those guests need so desperately. It offers all those services in an environment that fosters knowledge of and a personal relationship with jesus christ. The mission provides all goods and services to guests for free; they pay nothing for all essential living expenses while they are at the mission.the mission operates two residential facilities. The family home houses single women, single mothers with children, single fathers with children, and intact married couples with children. The number of guests living at the family home varies, depending on the composition of the families and the number of children. The family home has a maximum capacity of 194 guests, but at any time, the population of guests typically varies between 140 and 180.the second residential facility is project hope, where the misison serves 158 single, homeless men. The centerpiece of the mission's programs at both the family home and project hope is the discipleship program, in which the guests live at the mission for an extended period while they recognize why they are homeless and develop the habits and behaviors that will enable them to overcome homelessness for the rest of their lives. Project hope also includes an emergency overnight shelter that provides a safe, comfortable place for homeless men to sleep, eat, shower, and attend chapel without the long-term commitments the discipleship program entails. The emergency shelter not only takes forty-eight men off the streets each night, but it also serves as the primary recruiting tool for the mission's long-term program for men.the mission also includes a family life center, which houses the mission's preschool, the programs for school-age guests, and educational and training activities for adult guests. The early learning center (elc) is the mission's preschool for the youngest children of its family home guests. The elc cares for children from 6:30 a.m. To 8:30 p.m. Weekdays, is staffed by certified preschool teachers, and offers age-appropriate curricula for the mission's youngest guests. For school-age children, the mission provides a full range of after-school activities, including homework assistance, tutoring, specialized instruction in reading comprehension and memory training, physical activities, and social time.the mission operates an accredited high school, the career learning center (clc), for adult guests. The clc issues high-school diplomas, not ged certificates, and every adult who enters the mission without a diploma must get one. Adult guests also take courses on personal finance, parenting, time management, and other similar topics. Additionally, mission guests have tuition-free access to sixty-three vocational training certification programs through valencia college. Guests have used that opportunity to become certified in medical assistance, welding, cnc machining, electronic board assembly, and a wide range of other skills. The educational programs for adults, both inside the mission and through outside organizations, prepare guests to obtain employment that leads to productive, prosperous careers, which will sustain them financially and enable them to avoid a relapse into homelessness.because of the prevalence of substance abuse among the homeless, especially men, the mission conducts an active, successful addiction recovery program. It includes an internal component, conquering chemical dependency, which occurs on mission property, and mandatory participation in celebrate recovery, a public, faith-based program. All guests undergo dr

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 57.4%; rating input score 57
• Program expense ratio: 72.3%; rating input score 72
• Fundraising efficiency: $5.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 97.4%; rating input score 97; 37th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 19.8%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.94; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings