Hope Rescue Mission

Legal name: Union Gospel Mission of Missoula

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
810531532
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Missoula, MT, United States
Phone
(406) 542-5240
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Emergency Assistance
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,869,117
Expenses
$1,759,966
Assets
$2,032,433
Liabilities
$107,440

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVE PARKER (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMES HICKS (EXECUTIVE DI): $64,630 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Hope rescue mission logo and brand Our Mission By the grace of Jesus Christ, Hope Rescue Mission, through partnership and collaboration, serves, rescues, and transforms those in need. Careers at Hope Rescue Mission Make a Lasting Impact in Missoula Joining the team at Hope Rescue Mission means stepping into meaningful, faith-driven work that transforms lives every day. Our employment and careers opportunities allow you to be part of a Christ-centered nonprofit serving Missoula and the surrounding communities, providing hope, restoration, and practical support to individuals facing homelessness, addiction, and life-altering crises. When you work at HRM, you have a front-row seat to the powerful ways God moves in the lives of those seeking a fresh start.

What it reported doing in 2024

The outreach program the temporary safe outdoor space(tsos) is a 24/7, safe, secure, staffed, service-rich environment for those experiencing homelessness in missoula. Equipped with 30 individual hard-sided shelters, the tsos serves an average of 35-40 individuals onsite as they pursue housing opportunities. The drop-in center is available for those in need for recovery options, employment search, prevention, retention, diversion of houselessness, and short-term financial needs. We partner with local churches and private donors to provide financial help in our community through the missoula coordinated entry system using the homeless management information system (hmis) to serve western Montana to help transform lives through relationships.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.7%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th 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: Limited
  • 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.8%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th 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: 79.7% of revenue deployed · 84.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $65K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.