Bridgeport Rescue Mission, Inc.
Bridgeport Rescue Mission, Inc.
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About this organization
Mission
Our mission is to fight poverty from the inside out by embracing people with the compassion of Christ, offering hope and healing for a changed life.
About
The Bridgeport Rescue Mission is fighting poverty, restoring hope, and sharing God’s love. We provide vital services to men, women, and children facing hunger, homelessness, and addiction, offering help to heal and return to the community whole. What We Do: Food: Our meals are often the first step toward real life change. Clothing: Clean clothing helps restore dignity to people seeking a hand up. Safe Housing: Our program enables people to have safe and clean rooms to plan a new way forward. Recovery: Our residential program offers support and skills to heal and move upward. Health: Behavioral health and general medical appointments.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The filing documents outline the non-profit's mission as “The mission of bridgeport rescue mission is to embrace the urban poor with the compassion of christ, giving hope and healing for a changed life. bridgeport rescue mission demonstrates the love of god to hungry, homeless, and addicted people throughout fairfield county and lives out its mission in the following ways - by embrace, we mean to welcome, to encircle with our arms - by urban poor, we mean those with severely limited resources who live in the city - by compassion, we mean to love and touch others, as christ loved us - by hope, we mean providing encouragement and resources for a new start - by healing, we mean being restored in body, mind, and spirit through a personal relationship with jesus christ - by changed life, we mean going in a new direction and to realize our god-given purpose - by home, we mean having the opportunity to earn a living, secure housing, and be a healthy family again.”.
When outlining the tasks it performs, they were referred to as: “To embrace the urban poor with the compassion of christ, giving hope & healing for a changed life.”.
- The non-profit's reported state of operation is CT as per legal requirements.
- The filing reveals that the address of the non-profit in 2019 is PO Box 9057, Bridgeport, CT, 06601.
- As of 2019, the non-profit has 58 employees reported on their 990 form.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $262,272.
- The organization has 13 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1993.
- The organization pays $2,060,541 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $1,056,304 in fundraising expenses.