Union Gospel Mission Sacramento
Legal name: Union Gospel Mission
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 946103618
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Sacramento, CA, USA
- Phone
- (916) 447-3268 x16
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Homeless Centers
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,636,873
- Expenses
- $5,215,529
- Assets
- $9,974,648
- Liabilities
- $118,561
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROBERT BRIGGS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- TIM LANE (ED (LEFT 1/25)/BOARD MEMBER): $152,446 total reported compensation
- ROBERT BRIGGS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $15,907 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Union Gospel Mission Sacramento exists to reach the urban poor with the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the Word of God and acts of mercy. You can support the ministry of our mission in a way that works for YOU! Volunteer with events, dinners, chapel, or women’s ministry Provide employment for our graduates. How Your Donations Help Our Mission Many people think that the Union Gospel Mission is just a soup kitchen, but it is so much more–it is a place where the caring generosity of people like yourself makes a difference. Every month, we serve thousands of meals. Up to 84 men sleep at the Mission nightly, safe from the heat, cold, and dangers of the streets. Seven days a week, a person can get fresh clothing and a place to shower. They can also get deodorant, toothbrushes and toothpaste, shaving cream, razors, and most importantly, a restored sense of dignity and self-worth.
What it reported doing in 2024
Outreach program is to inform and seek out those who could benefit from our various programs and services. We have a quarterly newsletter that goes out to our donors. We advertise through a local newspaper explaining our programs and services to help those who may need them. We also host a weekly radio spot on a local station where we interview recovery graduates and staff to share their personal experiences with various programs and services.grace haven program is a residential home occupied by graduates of the rehabilitation program while they are seeking employment and transitioning to society.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 77
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 69%; rating input score 69
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.5%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.91; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 66% of revenue deployed · 69% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $152K · 5 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 17/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.