Central Union Mission
No one should live hungry and homeless
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Central Union Mission is continually developing its programs to meet the changing needs of the community. Its programs serve homeless men, underprivileged women, children, seniors, families and veterans.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Men's Ministry
Central Union Missions Mens Ministry programs not only provides for physical needs, we also give people the skills to return to their community successfully restored knowing they have the educational, vocational and spiritual foundation to stand on their own.
Central Union Mission provides bed-nights of shelter for men experiencing homelessness.
The Restoration & Transformation Program helps men rehab from life-consuming addictions, nurture their walk with Jesus, strengthen their abilities and determination and gain an accountability network, which includes help from counseling sessions.
The Workforce & Development Program provides job readiness training. The Mission provides shelter residents and program participants instruction in English literacy, GED/high school diploma preparation and computer training.
Some employed men, graduates of Mission programs, are also able to live at our Lambert House transitional home.
Family Ministries (CFRC, Camp Bennett)
The Comprehensive Family Resource Center (CFRC) provides food and clothing to families, including many single mothers, grandparent caregivers and isolated senior citizens.
The CFRC also offers these wrap-around services for seniors and families:
Senior Fellowship luncheons
Healthcare Services
Computer Training
Free legal counsel
Bible studies
Parenting classes
Life skills classes
AA/NA classes
Operation Christmas Miracle presents for children
New backpacks and back-to-school supplies for students
Camp Bennett provides summer camp programs for underprivileged youth in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area.
Where we work
Awards
Top-Rated 2023
Great Non-Profits
Platinum 2024
Guide Star
Four-Star 2023
Charity Navigator
Affiliations & memberships
Citygate Network 2024
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of bed nights (nights spent in shelter)
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Men's Ministry
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of meals served or provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Men's Ministry
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Bags of groceries distributed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Family Ministries (CFRC, Camp Bennett)
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
One life at a time, the Mission works to help transform the area's toughest rehabilitation cases, including drug addicts, gang members, criminal offenders and the chronically homeless into productive members of society. The Mission's programs have an extremely high success rate at helping individuals overcome addiction and homelessness, and achieve independent living.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Central Union Mission is a faith-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with six locations throughout the Washington metropolitan area. The Mission operates an emergency shelter program, a rehabilitation program for men with life-controlling issues, a food, clothing and furniture distribution center with comprehensive wraparound services, a retreat and recreation center with a camp for underprivileged children, programs for isolated seniors, computer and job training, and transitional low-cost housing.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The Mission operates a Men's Shelter at 65 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC 20001,
the Comprehensive Family Resource Center (CFRC) at 3194 Bladensburg Rd, NE, Washington DC 20018 that provides food, clothing, toiletries and household items to local families in need,
the Lambert House, a Transitional House for men graduating from one of the mission's programs,
Camp Bennett, a 220 acre summer camp for the underprivileged youth of the DC Area and Christian conference center for retreats, banquets, youth groups, camps, team-building, sporting events and other church activities,
and our administrative offices.
These facilities allow us to serve the needs of our community.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Men's Ministry - These programs not only provide for physical and safety needs, they also give people the skills to return to their community successfully restored, knowing they have the educational, relational and spiritual foundation to stand on their own.
This program provided 43,582 bed nights of shelter for men experiencing homelessness. The Restoration and Transformation Program helped 35 men seek salvation or rededicate their life to Christ. We provided 258 medical and dental exams. Our Workforce & Development Program assisted 70 men find full or part time employment.
Comprehensive Family Resource Center (CFRC) - These programs provided 356,700 bags of groceries to 5,945 people onsite and to local partners. Mission donors donated to Operation Christmas Miracle providing gifts to 1,100 children, and backpacks and school supplies for 325 children.
We continue to grow our co-located service center, including job training and placement, education, social workers, parenting classes, addiction support, legal aid, assistance with housing placement, as well as food and clothing.
Camp Bennett - We continue to grow our ministry camp programs, with 240 campers served last summer.
Partnership - Through building partnerships with volunteers and prayer partners, donors and foundations, our churches, businesses, and others who connect with the Mission, we will model Christ's principles to facilitate sharing the Gospel with non-believers. The Mission hosted 2,700 on-site volunteer opportunities (6,800 hours of volunteer work at the Men's Emergency Shelter for upkeep, meal service and special events, Comprehensive Family Resource Center, Mission Muffins, Workforce Development & Education, Lambert House, Camp Bennett, Administrative office) and 900+ Off-site volunteer opportunities, for over 3,800 hours of volunteer work.
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Central Union Mission
Board of directorsas of 03/11/2024
Deedee Collins
IBC Women’s Ministry Leadership Team
Term: 2021 - 2025
Michael J. Dennis
No Affiliation
Serge Duss
No Affiliation
David Leach
No Affiliation
Gwen Traficant
No Affiliation
Pamela Roylance
No Affiliation
David Hazelton
No Affiliation
Sean Mornan
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.