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Name:	Boston Rescue Mission, Inc.
Address:	P.O. Box 120069, Essex Station
	Boston, MA 02112
Phone:	617-482-8819
Web Address:	www.brm.org

Boston Rescue Mission, Inc. (BRM) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Since 1899, the Boston Rescue Mission has focused on preventing homelessness and guiding people from a place of need to a place of self-sufficiency. Our continuum of care approach offers clients a wide range of support programs and services that focus on both preventing and ending homelessness. The Mission’s overnight emergency shelter provides guests with multiple meals, a safe place to sleep, and bathroom/shower facilities. Our meal programs also include a daily community meal for the street community, multiple mealtimes for our in-house guests and a food pantry. Over 165,000 meals a year help people to focus on maintaining a stable housing situation and ultimately avoid homelessness. We offer as part of our prevention strategy residential recovery programs to men and women emerging from Detox, vocational development for those who need training and guidance to rejoin the workforce, and individualized case management for all clients. Case managers assess the client’s needs and then develop an individualized care plan for each client, which is implemented through semi-weekly case management sessions. Over the course of the program, case managers and training sessions provide clients with substance abuse treatment, mental health services, anger management treatment, employment assistance, job training, housing assistance, and financial management assistance. In addition, clients participate in classes on living independently, repairing broken relationships, and improving social skills. Our approach establishes a caring and accountable recovery environment along with job skills and related training designed to promote healthy, independent living. Over 400 men and women each year participate in the recovery program and are provided aftercare services and support. We are committed to helping people break their personal cycle of homelessness and over time have seen remarkable results.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, BRM's program expenses were:

Residential recovery and job readiness	1,808,857
Community incubator	527,014
Total Program Expenses:	$2,335,871

Chief Executive : John Samaan, President and CEO

Compensation*:

$168,469

Chair of the Board: James Westra
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

Board Size: 5

Paid Staff Size: 29

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, telephone, radio, grant proposals, internet, planned giving arrangements, membership

Fund raising costs were 17% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $2,264,380, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on BRM's audited financial statements - consolidated for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007.

Source of Funds
Individual and Organization Contributions	2,258,332
Governmental Contracts	1,579,847
Investment Income	819,889
Rental Income	561,093
In Kind Contibutions	185,214
Other Income	6,048
Total Income	$5,410,423

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 81%  Fund Raising: 13%  Administrative: 6%

Total income				$5,410,423
	Program expenses			$2,335,871
	Fund raising expenses			384,883
	Administrative expenses			175,545
Total expenses				$2,896,299
Income in Excess of Expenses				2,514,124
Beginning net assets				11,084,016
Ending net assets				13,598,140
Total liabilities				2,812,271
Total assets				$16,410,411