Yakima Union Gospel Mission

Legal name: Union Gospel Mission of Yakima Wash

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237050061
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Yakima, WA, United States
Phone
509.248.4510
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,264,581
Expenses
$19,445,997
Assets
$12,929,727
Liabilities
$3,393,837

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT THIELEN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • MIKE JOHNSON (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (THRU 08/24))

Highest reported compensation

  • MIKE JOHNSON (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (THRU 08/24)): $174,683 total reported compensation
  • KRISTI TRICKETT (MEDICAL CLINIC DIRECTOR): $174,198 total reported compensation
  • AUTUMN BERNIER (VP OF ANALYTICS & ENTERPRISE): $150,989 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Yakima Union Gospel Mission exists to follow Christ in helping people move from homelessness toward wholeness. How the Mission Helps YUGM was founded in 1936 to help those experiencing homelessness receive the help and resources they need to transition to wholeness. This is accomplished through providing a safe place to live, food to eat, and community support to develop interpersonal growth. While at the mission, we help our clients build healthy relationships and habits, and we share the hope and love Jesus Christ offers. In striving to serve the underserved Yakima community, we hope to give others the same opportunities that God has graciously given to us. With continued support from our community partners and volunteers, we continue to expand our services and programs to more effectively reach th.

What it reported doing in 2024

Yugm thrift stores: the yugm family of thrift stores have grown, generating enough revenue to fully cover all of yakima union gospel mission's administrative costs and much of its fundraising expenses. This allows 100% of every dollar donated to yakima union gospel mission to go directly to client services and programs. Volunteers, life change program participants and local job training agencies can use positions in our yugm thrift stores to develop job skills.lighthouse thrift: in the summer of 2022, the lord opened the door for a new building just down the street from our main campus. Lighthouse thrift celebrated its reopening on august 26, 2022. Today, it serves as the primary donation hub for selah and terrace heights and provides a central location for the east yakima community.mission thrift: mission thrift opened in the summer of 2019 and quickly became a community favorite. Conveniently located at 20th & lincoln, this store has grown into a local hotspot for both shoppers and donors. Offering a wide variety of name-brand clothing, stylish home dcor, books, electronics, furniture, and housewares, mission thrift truly has something for everyone.summit thrift: in june 2021, summit thrift opened its doors in the former rite aid location on 56th & summitview avenue, right next to safeway. As our newest and largest store, summit thrift plays a vital role in supporting the ministry of yakima union gospel mission. With an extensive selection of clothing, home decor, books, electronics, furniture, and housewares, summit thrift provides both great finds and meaningful impact.yugm thrift eshop: launched in december 2024, yugm's thrift eshop extends our mission into the digital marketplace. Featuring higher-end items, vintage treasures, and collectibles, the eshop reaches buyers nationwide. Products are cross listed on platforms such as ebay, poshmark, etsy, and mercari, in addition to our dedicated online storeirs policies require the value of donated items to be included in the expenses total listed below. When excluding these expenses, thrift generated $1,845,137 of excess revenue, all of which was used to offset mission operational expenses.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% 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

STRONG - 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: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 85.4%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: -0.9%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $16.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $175K · 12 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $317K reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.