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RESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC

EIN 58-1482590 DURHAM, NC

Largest nonprofits in North Carolina

Revenue 2025
$19,424,891
Expenses 2025
$22,076,869

Program services were 79.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
7000
Street
507 E KNOX ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO MEET, THROUGH THE POWER OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SPIRITUAL, EDUCATIONAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, AND VOCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE WHOLE PERSON SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE HURTING MAY BECOME FULLY FUNCTIONING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. THE DURHAM RESCUE MISSION IS ACHIEVING THIS GOAL AS WE MINISTER TO THE HOMELESS AND ADDICTED IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

  • CHARITABLE PURPOSE - IN 2025, A TOTAL OF 1,893 NEW MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN CAME TO THE DURHAM RESCUE MISSION FOR HELP, OF WHICH ON AVERAGE 15 WERE VETERANS. THE MISSION AVERAGED 520 RESIDENTS PER MONTH, THE HIGHEST BEING 603 RESIDENTS IN JANUARY 2025. THE MISSION PROVIDED: 187,856 NIGHTS SAFE LODGING TO THE WEARY 577,270 NUTRITIOUS MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY 56,325 ARTICLES OF GENTLY USED CLOTHING TO THE NEEDY FOUR COMMUNITY DINNERS ARE PROVIDED EACH YEAR AT EASTER, BACK TO SCHOOL PARTY, THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS EVENTS. IN 2025, A TOTAL OF 1,155 EASTER BASKETS, 2,384 BOOK BAGS WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES WERE GIVEN TO AT RISK CHILDREN. A TOTAL OF 5,133 NEW TOYS WERE GIVEN TO AT RISK CHILDREN FOR CHRISTMAS. ALSO 4,110 BAGS OF GROCERIES AND OTHER ITEMS WERE GIVEN TO FINANCIALLY STRUGGLING FAMILIES. A TOTAL OF 9,765 PEOPLE ATTENDED OUR VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS. VOLUNTEERS ARE A MAJOR COMPONENT OF OUR MINISTRY. IN 2025, OVER 7,186 INDIVIDUALS VOLUNTEERED AT VARIOUS TIMES AT THE DURHAM RESCUE MISSION, LOGGING OVER 150,243 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. EDUCATION - IN 2025 THE MISSION PROVIDED VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND GED CLASSES FOR RESIDENTS: VOCATIONAL ON-THE-JOB TRAINING IN DAYCARE, RETAIL SALES,COOKING, HOUSEKEEPING, CARPENTRY, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND PAINTING, IT, DATA PROCESSING, AUTOMOTIVE, CUSTOMER SERVICE, SAFETY, FUND RAISING, AND SUPERVISORY MANAGEMENT SKILLS. RESIDENTS ARE OFFERED OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT THROUGH A TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, TEMPS TO THE RESCUE, INC. RESIDENTS ARE PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DEGREE AND DIPLOMA RELATED PROGRAMS THROUGH A GRANT PROVIDED BY GLAXO-SMITH KLINE. RESIDENTS ARE ALSO PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CLASSES FROM A LOCAL BIBLE COLLEGE. TOTAL VALUE OF ALL GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY IS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 28,210,428. RELIGIOUS - PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE RESCUE MISSION ARE HURTING AND THINK NO ONE LOVES THEM. OUR GOAL IS FOR THEM TO SEE OUR STAFF LOVES THEM AND VOLUNTEERS SHOW LOVE AND CONCERN FOR THEM. WE WANT ALL WHO COME TO KNOW THAT CHRIST LOVES THEM. CHRIST'S LOVE IS SHARED THROUGH CHAPEL SERVICES, DAILY BIBLE CLASSES, MORNING DEVOTIONS AND WEEKLY INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING CLASSES. OVER 24,704 COUNSELING HOURS WERE PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS IN 2025. WE HAVE SEEN WHEN PEOPLE REALIZE THEY ARE LOVED IT IS A MAJOR TURNING POINT IN THEIR LIVES. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT 509 INDIVIDUALS MADE THE DECISION TO FOLLOW CHRIST THROUGH THE MINISTRIES OF THE DURHAM RESCUE MISSION IN 2025

    Expenses $17,470,115 · Grants $4,463,813 · Revenue $690,592

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Rev Robert Tart

    PRESIDENT/CE

    Total calculated
    $353,384
    From this org
    $323,513
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,871
    Hours/week
    53

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $208,570
    Bonus
    $33,719
    Other
    $81,224
    Deferred
    $24,709
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,162
    Filer's total
    $353,384

  • Rev Brian Norman

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Stan Abrams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Gail G Mills

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Joe Stroup

    RECORDING SE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Rev Thomas Hazelwood

    CHAPLAIN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Ernie Mills Sr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Rev Chris Hill

    VICE CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Kevin Zander

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Tony Thomas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $19,424,891
    Expenses
    $22,076,869
    Contributions
    $19,591,320
    Grants paid
    $4,463,813
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $18,459,694
    Expenses
    $22,876,127
    Contributions
    $17,423,125
    Grants paid
    $6,369,807
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,389,142
    Expenses
    $15,886,990
    Contributions
    $15,742,912
    Grants paid
    $1,400,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $17,080,810
    Expenses
    $15,878,360
    Contributions
    $17,227,097
    Grants paid
    $2,123,322

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,805,895
    Expenses
    $15,239,375
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,198,926

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,150,528
    Expenses
    $15,345,872
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,596,485

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,242,942
    Expenses
    $13,144,025
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,239,205

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,761,595
    Expenses
    $12,855,506
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,944,266

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,919,206
    Expenses
    $11,976,198
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,196,205

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,727,142
    Expenses
    $20,755,129
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,995,547

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,398,793
    Expenses
    $9,037,667
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,399,084

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,783,665
    Expenses
    $9,114,742
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,837,378

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,677,306
    Expenses
    $7,628,765
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,114,934

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2025 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.