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Christian Aid Center

Walla Walla Rescue Mission

Walla Walla, WA   |  christianaidcenter.org

Mission

Our mission is to serve Christ by providing restoration and compassionate love to those in need. We do this by feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless and restoring the broken. Our ultimate goal is to help individuals leave homelessness permanently.

Ruling year info

1957

Executive Director

Jason Wicklund

Main address

211 W Birch Street

Walla Walla, WA 99362 USA

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EIN

91-0918048

NTEE code info

Temporary Shelter For the Homeless (L41)

Christian (X20)

Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment (F20)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is not required to file an annual return with the IRS because it is a church.

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Programs and results

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Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Services to individuals experiencing homelessness and hunger; including men, women and children.

When a person in need comes to us for help, it all starts with a hot meal in our community dining room (we serve an average of 45,000 meals a year). We provide clean clothes and a safe place to stay in our 30-day emergency shelter. For those who desire to make a lasting life-change, we provide a long-term life recovery program that addresses the root causes of homelessness. Guests who participate commit to doing the hard work of rebuilding their lives and will stay with us 18-24 months. During that time, we ask them to abstain from drugs, alcohol, unhealthy relationships, and other factors that have contributed to homelessness. In turn, we offer them the tools and support they need to change. These include addiction recovery, life-skills classes, counseling, mentoring, job coaching, and agency referrals.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Children and youth
Substance abusers
Economically disadvantaged people

Where we work

Affiliations & memberships

Citygate Network 2021

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Average number of service recipients per month

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults, Children and youth, Homeless people, Substance abusers

Related Program

Services to individuals experiencing homelessness and hunger; including men, women and children.

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

HOMELESSNESS IS COMPLICATED

Many factors contribute to homelessness—abandonment, domestic violence, addiction, mental illness, broken relationships, and other traumatic life events can begin a downward spiral. Without the support and tools necessary for coping, despair and hopelessness follow.

That’s why the work taking place at the Christian Aid Center (CAC) is so important. Our goal is to help people leave homelessness permanently, because we know it can change the course of a family for generations to come.

Helping People Leave Homelessness Behind
THIS WORK IS NEVER QUICK OR EASY

When a person in need comes to us for help, it all starts with a hot meal in our community dining room (we serve an average of 45,000 meals a year). We provide clean clothes and a safe place to stay in our 30-day emergency shelter. During that time, we also guide our guests in creating an action plan for addressing their current situation. 

For those who desire to make a lasting life-change, we provide a long-term life recovery program that addresses the root causes of homelessness. Guests who participate commit to doing the hard work of rebuilding their lives and will stay with us 18-24 months. During that time, we honor their dignity by not doing for them what they can do for themselves; and we ask them to abstain from drugs, alcohol, unhealthy relationships, and other factors that have contributed to homelessness. 

In turn, we offer them the tools and support they need to change. These include addiction recovery, life-skills classes, counseling, mentoring, job coaching, and agency referrals.

In a judgement-free environment, we harness the power of compassion, a supportive team, local resources, and spiritual guidance to create an intensive, long-term program to help guests leave homelessness behind. We believe that hope is real, and in this community, it is being made possible entirely by generous donations of people who share this dream.

With 75 years of rescuing and restoring lives in the Walla Walla Valley, the Christian Aid Center—Walla Walla Rescue Mission (CAC) is one of the first places that hurting individuals seek when in time of need and despair. In 1946, CAC started as a soup kitchen for men, and in time evolved into a homeless shelter. Today, while we still address the same basic needs of sheltering and feeding needy men, women and children, we also offer the opportunity for real-life change through long-term recovery programs.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Christian Aid Center

Board of directors
as of 08/29/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Rich Eagon


Board co-chair

Bill Jordan

Leslie Kroum

Robert Johnson

Bryan Ponti

Susan Kralman

Joshua Reyes

Rebecca Schwartzkopf

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? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 12/5/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

Disability

We do not display disability information for organizations with fewer than 15 staff.

Equity strategies

Last updated: 10/11/2021

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Policies and processes
  • 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.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.