Memphis Union Mission

Tax-deductible

Memphis, TN501(c)(3)Since 1945HousingEIN 62-0541811Revenue $6.9M in FY2025

On file with the IRSmemphisunionmission.orgPo Box 330, 38101-0330 · Memphis, TNTax-exempt since Feb 1951Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Memphis Union Mission exists to glorify god and make disciples of jesus christ by ministering to the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of men and women who are homeless or destitute.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
67¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 5,601 volunteers and 42 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.3M a year · 19% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
67%
of spending
Fine: 67% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$253K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 78% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $20K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5.0M
14% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 14% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.9M
+11% vs prior year
Spent
$5.9M
To programs
67%
Net assets
$29.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.9M
FY2025▲ +11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.5M
FY2021$8.1M
FY2022$6.2M
FY2023$6.4M
FY2024$6.2M
FY2025$6.9M
Expenses
$5.9M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$7.1M
FY2021$4.0M
FY2022$4.8M
FY2023$5.0M
FY2024$5.7M
FY2025$5.9M
Net assets
$29.8M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$21.9M
FY2021$26.0M
FY2022$27.1M
FY2023$28.6M
FY2024$29.2M
FY2025$29.8M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1951.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 67% · $4.0M Management & general 7% · $423K Fundraising 26% · $1.6M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990; $253K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President & CEO
$168,816Pt VII · Sec A
VP Finance & Administratio
$84,019Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Donald Scott Bjork’s $169K as President & CEO is at the 78th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2036 $1–10M housing nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Donald Scott Bjork$168,816$165,408$160,285$156,151$152,313$147,984
Daniel Weaver$84,019$105,335$102,115$99,496$97,124$89,235

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Ministers to homeless and destitute people's physical, spiritual, and emotional needs.

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3 programs · $3.3M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Men's Mission

Men's emergency shelter provides food, clothing, shelter, hygiene, biblical counseling and gospel services to transient, homeless men. 181 beds per night plus additional emergency mats available. Provided 94,650 nights of shelter and 266,817 meals this year.

$2.1Mprogram expense
02

Calvary colony provides a long term christian recovery program for men. Total of 49 beds available. Helped 158 men this year in residential facilities, with 13,953 bed nights and 41,859 meals.

$656Kprogram expense
03

Moriah house provides food, clothing, shelter, biblical counseling and recovery services for women in crisis and their children. Serves up to 15 women and 14 children at a time. There were 25 women and 15 children that were served this year. 4,510 bed nights and 13,530 meals were provided.

$542Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$20K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $500 · 2019–2019

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$891K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$320K
Money outPt IX
$5.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.0M
Managementcol C$423K
Fundraisingcol D$1.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$29.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$34.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.6M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$565K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$320K
Investment incomeLn 3$891K
Other incomeLn 4–11$39K
Gains on assetsLn 7$506K
Total revenueLn 12$6.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.2M
Other assetsLn 15$65K
Total assetsLn 16$34.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.0M
Net assetsLn 32$29.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 542
VolunteersI 65,601
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M$1.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.9M$2.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.3M$4.2M
Total assetsLn 16$34.5M$34.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.3M$5.0M
Net assetsLn 32$29.2M$29.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$253K$203K$20K$30K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.5M$1.2M$117K$181K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$272K$227K$6K$39K
Payroll taxesLn 10$126K$101K$10K$15K
Accounting feesLn 11c$101K$101K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$902K$902K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$137K$1K$95K$41K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$234K$234K
Office expensesLn 13$188K$141K$13K$34K
OccupancyLn 16$847K$847K$856
InterestLn 20$359K$359K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$245K$206K$37K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$187K$182K$3K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$513K$445K$16K$52K
All other expensesLn 24e$82K$43K$4K$35K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.9M$4.0M$423K$1.6M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $6.9M$5.9M$908K$29.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $6.2M$5.7M$456K$29.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.4M$5.0M$1.4M$28.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $6.2M$4.8M$1.4M$27.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $8.1M$4.0M$4.1M$26.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $6.5M$7.1M−$651K$21.9M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $6,855,464 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,407,337$5,605,553
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $254,458$319,750
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $468,026$891,406
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $29,147$38,755
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,158,968$6,855,464
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,195,428$2,151,249
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $876,591$902,209
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,630,891$2,893,911
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,702,910$5,947,369
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $456,058$908,095
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,855,464 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $5,582 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,605,553
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$565,150
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,605,553
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $319,750$319,750
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $385,895$385,895
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $22,673$22,673
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $505,511$505,511
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $10,500$10,500
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $325,332 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $924,579$6,855,464
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,947,369 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $202,521 · Management $19,974 · Fundraising $30,340$252,835
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,201,867 · Management $117,453 · Fundraising $180,804$1,500,124
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $226,642 · Management $6,100 · Fundraising $39,263$272,005
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $100,686 · Management $10,225 · Fundraising $15,374$126,285
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $101,250$101,250
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $902,209$902,209
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,125 · Management $95,078 · Fundraising $40,862$137,065
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $233,850$233,850
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $140,898 · Management $12,657 · Fundraising $34,277$187,832
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $846,519 · Management $856$847,375
IX-20 InterestPrograms $359,167$359,167
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $206,148 · Management $36,694 · Fundraising $1,668$244,510
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $181,835 · Management $2,797 · Fundraising $2,797$187,429
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $445,444 · Management $16,187 · Fundraising $51,548$513,179
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $43,320 · Management $3,574 · Fundraising $35,360$82,254
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,956,172 · Management $422,845 · Fundraising $1,568,352$5,947,369
Part X · Balance sheet $34,821,744 assets, 14 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $24,187,800; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,788,307$1,601,959
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $10,845$10,715
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,100,233$2,094,362
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $133,894$126,095
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,330,803$4,202,512
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,928,336$2,533,175
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $65,126$65,126
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $34,545,344$34,821,744
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $232,610$435,069
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,322,310$4,983,806
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $29,186,774$29,807,547
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $36,260$30,391
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $29,223,034$29,837,938
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $34,545,344$34,821,744
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $29,837,938 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,855,464
XI-2 Total expenses$5,947,369
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$908,095
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$29,223,034
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$293,191
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$29,837,938

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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