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pathway out of
homelessness.

When you come alongside your neighbors in need—by providing food, shelter, job training, and recovery services—you help break the cycle of homelessness, abuse, and addiction in the Inland Northwest.

Offer an end to homelessness.

No one wants to see people living on the streets.

There’s another path.

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Homelessness
Today

More than 2,000 men, women, and children in the Inland Northwest are experiencing homelessness right now. Food and shelter are crucial but are not enough to break the cycle of homelessness, abuse, or addiction in a person’s life. To make a difference, we have to go deeper.

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Effective
Compassion

Lives damaged by trauma, abuse, addiction, mental illness, or neglect are not healed through housing alone. Since 1951, UGM has been providing a pathway out of homelessness through a whole-person approach to physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional restoration. Recovery programs, mentorships, job training, and transitional housing options are just a few of the resources made available at UGM. 

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Break
the Cycle

Recurring donations provide the stability needed for UGM to reach and serve every guest with these invaluable services. When you sign up to give monthly, you’re investing in life-long change. You will have a permanent impact on local men and women working to break the cycle of homelessness and abuse in their lives.

Understand
Homelessness
Today

More than 2,000 men, women, and children in the Inland Northwest are experiencing homelessness right now. Food and shelter are crucial but are not enough to break the cycle of homelessness, abuse, or addiction in a person’s life. To make a difference, we have to go deeper.

Choose
Effective
Compassion

Lives damaged by trauma, abuse, addiction, mental illness, or neglect are not healed through housing alone. Since 1951, UGM has been providing a pathway out of homelessness through a whole-person approach to physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional restoration. Recovery programs, mentorships, job training, and transitional housing options are just a few of the resources made available at UGM. 

Help
Break
the Cycle

Recurring donations provide the stability needed for UGM to reach and serve every guest with these invaluable services. When you sign up to give monthly, you’re investing in life-long change. You will have a permanent impact on local men and women working to break the cycle of homelessness and abuse in their lives.

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Heart to Heart with Phil Altmeyer: Louder Than Words

Sep 28, 2022 by Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director

The articles in our recent newsletter are all about words—words that changed the course of people’s lives, words they want to speak into the lives of those who are suffering, words that open our eyes...

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Providing Peace in Crisis: A Medical Volunteer Feature

Sep 21, 2022 by Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager

UGM received a remarkable gift when Nurse Practitioner Lorna Schumann joined the Medical Clinics as a volunteer. Having always been interested in helping people in times of crisis, Lorna pursued an...
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“What I really needed…” Former Addicts Discuss the Choice to Change.

Sep 16, 2022 by Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager

We know people need love. People need a safe community, connections to housing, medical care, and jobs. They need to know they’re not alone, they’re safe, and there is hope for their futures. But how...

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Homelessness Today: Why It’s Hard to Accept Help

Sep 7, 2022 by Jessica Morgan, Director of Marketing and Communications

Think for a moment about a time when you faced a life-altering choice. The hours and days before the decision can feel like you’re staring down two dark paths of uncertainty. Whatever lies ahead...

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  The gospel difference

We believe every person is created in the image of God, with immeasurable beauty and worth; that people should not be defined by their present condition or past mistakes. Healing for our brokenness begins with the heart, with connection, with understanding how much we are loved by a good God. With healing comes change, the potential for joy and meaning.

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In 2021 alone,
1,639 volunteers_ 841 monthly givers_ 61,181 financial gifts

made real life change available to 2,905 men, women, and children experiencing homelessness.

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Revenue

48% Individual Contributions
46% Contributed Goods*
4% Enterprises
2% Other

 

2022 Graph - Revenue

2022 Graph - Expenses

Expenses

88% Program Services
6% Administration
6% Fundraising

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Union Gospel Mission has been meeting the needs of the poor and homeless for 70 years and operates 100% free of government funding.