Helping Up Mission

Summary

Helping Up Mission is a community of hope. We help men and women fighting addiction and homelessness get their lives back. We are a faith based, privately funded, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. We provide programs and services to men and women suffering from homelessness and addiction. Our long-term, residential Spiritual Recovery Program is our flagship. Since 1995, we have helped hundreds of men break the cycle of addiction, poverty, and homelessness. The average homeless man or woman we serve has survived two decades of substance abuse and years on the streets. They come to us addicted, destitute, and dysfunctional - with no realistic capacity to recover on their own. For a man or woman in that condition, a "quick fix" doesn't exist. Healing requires a holistic approach. By God's grace, lives are transformed as men and women who have suffered for years - or in many cases, decades - on the streets rise up and regain their purpose, hope, and independence. As they do, all Baltimore is blessed along with them; our community experiences healing.

Contact information

Mailing address:
Helping Up Mission
1029 East Baltimore St
Baltimore, MD 21202-4705

Website: www.helpingupmission.org

Phone: (410) 675-7500

Email: philanthropy@helpingup.org

Organization details

EIN: 520635090

CEO/President: Robert Gehman

Chairman: Robert Ohler

Board size: 15

Founder:

Year founded: 1937

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end: 06/30

Member of ECFA: Yes

Member of ECFA since: 1993

Purpose

We raise up broken men and women, and Greater Baltimore with them. At Helping Up Mission, we believe God's love can set people free - from drugs and alcohol, from poverty and homelessness, and from any other self-destructive behavior.

However, it's not enough to tell a person who has struggled with addiction for years that "Jesus loves you" and expect a miraculous recovery. Contrary to common thinking, addiction is not simply the result of poor personal choices, immorality, or weakness. It's much more complex.

Consequently, our approach to treatment is holistic in nature. Our Spiritual Recovery Program integrates the practical needs of our clients - food, clothing, shelter - with their clinical, mental health, medical, educational, and vocational needs. All of that is built upon a Gospel foundation. And by God's grace, it can lead to lasting change.

Mission statement

Helping Up Mission provides hope to people experiencing homelessness, poverty or addiction by meeting their physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs.

Statement of faith

Helping Up Mission has adopted The Apostles' Creed as our Statement of Faith. It is the basis of our common belief and proclaims the source of our wisdom and power in helping men and women find answers to their life struggles.

While this is what we believe, we do not discriminate on the basis of faith or practice among those who need our help or desire to help us.

The Apostles' Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Transparency grade

A

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: Rescue Missions/Homeless Shelters

Category	Rating	Overall rank	Sector rank
Overall efficiency rating		331 of 725	81 of 145
Fund acquisition rating		176 of 726	36 of 145
Resource allocation rating		396 of 726	86 of 145
Asset utilization rating		467 of 725	110 of 145

Financial ratios

Funding ratios	Sector median	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions	10%	5%	7%	21%	19%	25%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue	8%	5%	6%	15%	13%	17%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue	90%	92%	90%	72%	68%	69%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses	9%	18%	9%	16%	14%	18%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue	10%	8%	10%	28%	32%	31%

Operating ratios	Sector median	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses	79%	77%	88%	79%	81%	75%
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue	97%	27%	70%	96%	91%	95%
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue	76%	21%	62%	76%	74%	72%
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue	3%	73%	30%	4%	9%	5%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets	3%	67%	66%	9%	19%	12%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses	10%	5%	3%	5%	5%	6%

Investing ratios	Sector median	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets	0.62	0.24	1.21	1.16	1.44	1.48
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets	3.93	2.08	1.03	2.08	1.51	1.57
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets	2.50	0.49	1.25	2.42	2.18	2.31

Liquidity ratios	Sector median	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities	10.61	38.24	53.91	15.64	14.98	20.74
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets	0.08	0.03	0.02	0.06	0.07	0.05
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12)	4.24	23.67	9.44	4.64	5.13	4.94

Solvency ratios	Sector median	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets	8%	7%	22%	44%	30%	34%
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets	0%	5%	20%	40%	25%	29%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses	144%	393%	64%	48%	48%	45%

Financials

Balance sheet

Assets	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Cash	$3,132,695	$352,879	$688,040	$953,663	$475,105
Receivables, inventories, prepaids	$16,695,607	$14,092,481	$155,612	$166,549	$195,169
Short-term investments	$2,259,307	$2,852,927	$3,428,902	$3,033,237	$2,836,770
Other current assets	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total current assets	$22,087,609	$17,298,287	$4,272,554	$4,153,449	$3,507,044
Long-term investments	$0	$0	$0	$42,104	$0
Fixed assets	$738,833	$464,523	$317,505	$332,696	$310,101
Other long-term assets	$23,186,125	$21,055	$4,290,393	$1,752,639	$1,678,462
Total long-term assets	$23,924,958	$485,578	$4,607,898	$2,127,439	$1,988,563
Total assets	$46,012,567	$17,783,865	$8,880,452	$6,280,888	$5,495,607

Liabilities	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Payables and accrued expenses	$421,574	$297,825	$244,065	$271,187	$169,072
Other current liabilities	$155,986	$23,024	$29,159	$6,034	$0
Total current liabilities	$577,560	$320,849	$273,224	$277,221	$169,072
Debt	$2,500,000	$3,499,598	$3,593,568	$1,558,663	$1,621,019
Due to (from) affiliates	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other long-term liabilities	$38,393	$43,053	$47,531	$51,832	$55,968
Total long-term liabilities	$2,538,393	$3,542,651	$3,641,099	$1,610,495	$1,676,987
Total liabilities	$3,115,953	$3,863,500	$3,914,323	$1,887,716	$1,846,059

Net assets	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Unrestricted	$3,118,620	$1,610,273	$4,735,200	$4,311,963	$3,577,676
Temporarily restricted	$39,777,994	$12,310,092	$230,929	$81,209	$71,872
Permanently restricted	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Net assets	$42,896,614	$13,920,365	$4,966,129	$4,393,172	$3,649,548

Revenues and expenses

Revenue	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Total contributions	$36,660,592	$27,695,313	$7,721,720	$6,758,138	$5,927,921
Program service revenue	$2,887,833	$2,644,340	$2,708,184	$2,942,401	$2,408,244
Membership dues	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Investment income	$229,086	$401,020	$218,930	$214,469	$177,827
Other revenue	$71,650	$71,556	$134,872	$9,965	$17,536
Total other revenue	$3,188,569	$3,116,916	$3,061,986	$3,166,835	$2,603,607
Total revenue	$39,849,161	$30,812,229	$10,783,706	$9,924,973	$8,531,528

Expenses	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Program services	$8,374,210	$19,048,025	$8,154,318	$7,307,377	$6,106,335
Management and general	$584,349	$587,858	$524,406	$490,269	$524,544
Fundraising	$1,944,848	$1,954,696	$1,656,460	$1,275,708	$1,480,781
Total expenses	$10,903,407	$21,590,579	$10,335,184	$9,073,354	$8,111,660

Change in net assets	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Surplus (deficit)	$28,945,754	$9,221,650	$448,522	$851,619	$419,868
Other changes in net assets	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total change in net assets	$28,945,754	$9,221,650	$448,522	$851,619	$419,868

Compensation

Name	Title	Compensation
Michael T Burns	Chief Financial Officer	$185,446
Robert K Gehman	Chief Executive Officer	$185,045
James Longenecker	Chief Relationship Officer	$160,640
Kristopher Sharrar	Director of Philanthropy	$112,373