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Provide a
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.

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.

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.

I want to help break the cycle.

 

Life Recovery Commencement

Thank you to everyone who supported and celebrated those who have completed UGM’s Life Recovery Program at this year’s Commencement, both in-person and online! This show of support meant so much to the men and women we honored. If you weren’t able to make it, watch our livestream recording.

Watch now

 
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Honoring Lives Changed

Leanne White, Content and Communciations Specialist: Jul 3, 2025

The 2025 Life Recovery commencees have journeyed through deep valleys of struggle and hardship. Yet, with resilience and grace, they have emerged stronger, ready to embrace a future filled with...
3 min read

Embracing Grace

Leanne White, Content and Communciations Specialist: Jun 30, 2025

Chrystin struggled with alcoholism for sixteen years before entering UGM’s recovery program. “I felt so defeated and was lying in bed, drinking, just waiting to die, when my friends came over and...
2 min read

Finding Opportunity, Finding Something Lasting

Leanne White, Content and Communciations Specialist: Jun 23, 2025

At Union Gospel Mission, we understand that meeting urgent needs—food, shelter, medical care, and job training—is just the beginning. These are the first steps. But our ultimate goal is to offer...
3 min read

LC Valley: Frequently Asked Questions

Jeremy Stevens, LC Valley Shelter Director: Jun 5, 2025

We are so excited about our new shelter in Lewiston, Idaho! As we prepare to serve the LC Valley area, we understand that the community has many questions. We have addressed these frequently asked...
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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 2024 alone,
2,309 volunteers_ 1,142 monthly givers_ 21,194 active financial partners

made real life change available to 2,436 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 more than 70 years and operates 100% free of government funding.