San Diego Rescue Mission 
Summary
San Diego Rescue Mission is a non-profit homeless shelter and recovery center serving thousands of homeless, hungry, and poor men, women, and children in San Diego since 1955.
Contact information
Mailing address:
San Diego Rescue Mission
PO Box 80427
San Diego, CA 92138
Website: www.sdrescue.org
Phone: (619) 687-3720
Email: sdrminfo@sdrescue.org
Organization details
EIN: 951874073
CEO/President: Donnie Dee
Chairman: John Fulmer & Lori Clark
Board size: 14
Founder:
Year founded: 1957
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 09/30
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 1985
Purpose
To see God transform the lives of those experiencing homelessness, impacting San Diego one life at a time.
Mission statement
To lovingly address the needs of men, women and children experiencing homelessness by sharing the Good News of Salvation and providing a holistic approach to rehabilitation and recovery.
Statement of faith
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Rescue Missions/Homeless Shelters
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 98 of 660 | 19 of 91 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 319 of 662 | 44 of 91 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 129 of 662 | 18 of 91 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 104 of 660 | 16 of 91 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 10% | 10% | 9% | 12% | 11% | 8% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 9% | 9% | 8% | 11% | 9% | 7% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 90% | 90% | 88% | 87% | 89% | 91% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 9% | 9% | 8% | 10% | 9% | 8% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 10% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 11% | 9% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 79% | 86% | 85% | 84% | 85% | 86% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 98% | 104% | 102% | 107% | 105% | 83% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 78% | 89% | 87% | 90% | 89% | 72% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 2% | -4% | -2% | -7% | -5% | 17% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 2% | -8% | -3% | -11% | -7% | 27% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 10% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 5% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.57 | 0.99 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.73 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 4.21 | 6.42 | 6.22 | 6.18 | 4.67 | 3.78 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.49 | 6.38 | 6.09 | 5.66 | 4.11 | 2.76 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 9.98 | 6.76 | 9.38 | 5.89 | 7.92 | 13.39 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.07 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 4.21 | 1.60 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 2.55 | 4.02 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 9% | 50% | 47% | 47% | 45% | 47% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 1% | 39% | 39% | 39% | 38% | 41% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 147% | 50% | 54% | 58% | 62% | 73% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
| Cash | $2,486,195 | $2,589,497 | $2,761,332 | $4,184,906 | $5,960,109 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $626,911 | $658,925 | $591,457 | $616,059 | $551,966 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $2,266 | $2,055 | $2,033 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $3,113,106 | $3,248,422 | $3,355,055 | $4,803,020 | $6,514,108 |
| Long-term investments | $26,784 | $27,653 | $28,245 | $27,687 | $35,278 |
| Fixed assets | $16,279,803 | $16,755,428 | $17,306,035 | $17,544,595 | $18,026,201 |
| Other long-term assets | $562,772 | $160,392 | $55,121 | $67,014 | $78,907 |
| Total long-term assets | $16,869,359 | $16,943,473 | $17,389,401 | $17,639,296 | $18,140,386 |
| Total assets | $19,982,465 | $20,191,895 | $20,744,456 | $22,442,316 | $24,654,494 |
| Liabilities | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $285,382 | $263,597 | $469,768 | $552,676 | $405,618 |
| Other current liabilities | $174,954 | $82,584 | $99,918 | $53,913 | $80,754 |
| Total current liabilities | $460,336 | $346,181 | $569,686 | $606,589 | $486,372 |
| Debt | $7,764,906 | $7,928,598 | $8,084,386 | $8,636,914 | $10,151,980 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $1,784,377 | $1,238,528 | $1,043,129 | $945,341 | $893,582 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $9,549,283 | $9,167,126 | $9,127,515 | $9,582,255 | $11,045,562 |
| Total liabilities | $10,009,619 | $9,513,307 | $9,697,201 | $10,188,844 | $11,531,934 |
| Net assets | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
| Unrestricted | $9,514,572 | $10,228,901 | $10,641,963 | $11,852,111 | $13,033,886 |
| Temporarily restricted | $61,159 | $52,572 | $8,177 | $4,246 | $6,559 |
| Permanently restricted | $397,115 | $397,115 | $397,115 | $397,115 | $82,115 |
| Net assets | $9,972,846 | $10,678,588 | $11,047,255 | $12,253,472 | $13,122,560 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
| Total contributions | $17,095,088 | $17,045,641 | $15,535,669 | $16,740,258 | $19,597,062 |
| Program service revenue | $1,634,783 | $1,843,645 | $1,738,673 | $1,695,879 | $1,538,281 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10,800 |
| Other revenue | $322,826 | $528,024 | $493,889 | $449,486 | $445,715 |
| Total other revenue | $1,957,609 | $2,371,669 | $2,232,562 | $2,145,365 | $1,994,796 |
| Total revenue | $19,052,697 | $19,417,310 | $17,768,231 | $18,885,623 | $21,591,858 |
| Expenses | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
| Program services | $17,036,737 | $16,873,325 | $15,948,131 | $16,793,656 | $15,505,261 |
| Management and general | $1,108,210 | $1,298,369 | $1,136,717 | $1,175,167 | $965,212 |
| Fundraising | $1,701,580 | $1,614,123 | $1,889,380 | $1,785,888 | $1,528,231 |
| Total expenses | $19,846,527 | $19,785,817 | $18,974,228 | $19,754,711 | $17,998,704 |
| Change in net assets | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($793,830) | ($368,507) | ($1,205,997) | ($869,088) | $3,593,154 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | ($793,830) | ($368,507) | ($1,205,997) | ($869,088) | $3,593,154 |
Response from ministry
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History
Throughout its history, the San Diego Rescue Mission's programs have adapted to meet the changing needs of the men, women and children experiencing homelessness in our city.
The organization's story began in 1954, when a group of San Diego church and business leaders met to address the growing plight of the community's homeless and hungry.
Based on this vision, the City Rescue Mission was founded in 1955 and immediately began providing food, clothing and spiritual guidance to the region's homeless. In 1958, this soup kitchen expanded its services to include short-term shelter and services for up to 85 men. Two years later the Mission made history by opening the first shelter for women and children in San Diego County.
As city redevelopment efforts intensified in the mid-1980s, the number of homeless grew to a crisis level. Once again, the Mission (now known as the San Diego Rescue Mission) responded by opening a new and much larger facility for men at 1150 J Street in 1985. Around this time the organization also took a new, innovative approach in seeking long-term solutions to homelessness. This was illustrated in 1988, with the creation of a new program providing education and vocational training to residents in its programs.
In 1993, the purchase and renovation of buildings on South 16th Street allowed the San Diego Rescue Mission to open a new Women and Children's Center. In 2000 the San Diego Rescue Mission created a new overnight emergency shelter for women and children, Nueva Vida Haven.
In 2004, San Diego Rescue Mission consolidated all its rehabilitation programs into the former Harbor View Medical Center at 120 Elm Street, doubling its capacity to help more people than ever. It was there that Mission Academy was born, continuing the focus on holistic, long-term recovery and rehabilitation.