Orange County Rescue Mission

What Orange County Rescue Mission does

Orange County Rescue Mission (OCRM) is a faith-based 501c3 nonprofit Christian ministry founded in 1963 and headquartered at 1 Hope Drive in Tustin, California. Its mission is to minister the love of Jesus Christ to individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Orange County by providing on-campus housing, basic needs, and a comprehensive suite of recovery, education, and reintegration services. OCRM operates an integrated network of 16 programs across five physical locations, including Village of Hope (transitional and emergency housing for up to 262 men, women, and children), Tustin Veterans Outpost (52 veterans and families), Double R Ranch (equine-assisted therapy and skills training), Strong Beginnings (human trafficking survivor services), The Success Center (adult education and job placement), Parent & Child Enrichment Center, Hope Family Housing, House of Hope, Hope Harbor, the Trinity Family Law Clinic, the Chili Van mobile food ministry, the Hurtt Family Health Clinic, and the For Every Woman Mobile Medical Clinic.

OCRM's service model addresses root causes of homelessness through an 18-24 month holistic transformation pathway combining faith-based counseling, sobriety programs, mental health services, education, vocational training, and employment placement, alongside childcare and after-school support for resident families. Self-reported outcomes include approximately 85% of two-year program graduates remaining clean and employed since 2018 and 100% job placement among Success Center completers in 2021. Services are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries.

The business model is donation-driven and 100% privately funded, with no government funding or private debt. Revenue streams include individual donations (collected via website, SMS, and donation drives), foundation grants (e.g., a $100,000 grant from the James M. Cox Foundation in September 2024), corporate partnerships (e.g., Phoenix Energy Fueling Change, In-N-Out Foundation), and volunteer engagement. Reported allocation is 81 cents of every donated dollar to direct homeless assistance, 14 cents to communications and fundraising, and 5 cents to administration. Leadership is shared by Jim Palmer (President) and Bryan Crain (President and CEO), and the organization has been named an Orange County Register Top Workplace for nine consecutive years.

Name

Orange County Rescue Mission

Legal name

Orange County Rescue Mission

Website

https://rescuemission.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Orange County Rescue Mission is a faith-based 501c3 nonprofit founded in 1963 in Tustin, California, operating 16 integrated programs that provide housing, recovery, education, job training, and support services to homeless individuals, veterans, and human trafficking survivors across Orange County.

Ownership category

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Product category

Homeless and Social Services

NAICS

Temporary Shelters (624221), Community Housing Services (62422), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Homelessness Prevention, Shelter & Supportive Housing Services (BPAIANAC), Substance Use Disorder Prevention & Recovery Services (BPAGACAE), Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD)

Keywords

• Homeless shelter services
• Transitional housing programs
• Addiction recovery services
• Vocational training programs
• Faith-based social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tustin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: The organization relies on individual donor contributions, with 81% of donations going directly to homeless assistance programs. Donors can give through the website, text messaging, and various donation drives.
2. Foundation Grants: The organization receives grants from foundations such as the James M. Cox Foundation ($100,000 grant for Double R Ranch expansion).
3. Corporate Partnerships: Corporate donations and volunteer programs from companies like Phoenix Energy and others support community engagement efforts.
4. Volunteer Programs: Corporate volunteer programs where companies like Phoenix Energy send employees to support meal service and food box assembly.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Orange County Rescue Mission is a faith-based nonprofit that provides emergency and transitional housing, meals, addiction recovery, adult education, vocational training, job placement, childcare, legal aid, healthcare, and spiritual guidance to individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Orange County. Services are delivered through an integrated network of 16 on-campus programs and mobile outreach vehicles, operating without government funding and supported entirely by private donations, grants, and corporate partners.

Product overview

Orange County Rescue Mission operates as a faith-based homeless shelter and life-transformation organization providing a comprehensive network of residential programs, support services, and mobile ministries. The core programs include Village of Hope (transitional housing for up to 262 individuals), Tustin Veterans Outpost (52-unit veteran housing), Double R Ranch (equestrian therapy and skills training), The Success Center (education and job placement), Parent & Child Enrichment Center (early childhood development), Strong Beginnings (human trafficking victim services), Hope Family Housing, House of Hope, Hope Harbor (teen services), Trinity Family Law Clinic (legal assistance), Chili Van (mobile meals), Hurtt Family Health Clinic, and For Every Woman Mobile Medical Clinic. Together, these 16 programs provide a continuum of care from emergency shelter through long-term self-sufficiency, addressing root causes of homelessness through spiritual guidance, addiction recovery, career development, and family support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Village of Hope Transitional and emergency housing facility for up to 262 homeless men, women, and children, including emergency housing for survivors of human trafficking. Provides in-depth spiritual and personal growth programs with access to counseling, job training, and medical and dental care.
• Tustin Veterans Outpost Transitional housing facility for 52 homeless veterans and their families offering veteran-specific services including case management, on-site chaplain, mental health services, educational assistance, food assistance, healthcare, legal services, job training, and employment placement.
• Double R Ranch Horse and livestock ranch providing healing through outdoor activities with animals and hands-on skill training; serves as a weekend retreat for Village of Hope families and expanded to serve veterans after relocation.
• The Success Center Hub for adult education, life skills training, job skills training, and ongoing employment services for Village of Hope, Tustin Veterans Outpost, Double R Ranch students, Hope Family Housing tenants, and Rescue Mission graduates.
• Parent & Child Enrichment Center 6,000 square foot parenting center offering staff- and parent-led care for newborns and toddlers, age-appropriate activities for preschool-age children, on-site after-school tutoring, and parenting classes and coaching.
• Strong Beginnings Comprehensive multidisciplinary response program for women escaping human trafficking, providing emergency shelter, transitional housing, care coordination, case management, advocacy services, mental health assistance, legal assistance, counseling, healthcare, and career training.
• Hope Family Housing Transitional housing communities in Buena Park and Orange serving as the final transition for formerly homeless single individuals and families.
• House of Hope Housing program designed to help formerly homeless, now-employed women and their children in the second phase of their recovery program.
• Hope Harbor Two homes providing transitional and long-term housing and care for teens at risk of homelessness.
• Trinity Family Law Clinic Legal services helping people resolve outstanding legal issues that are obstacles to financial self-sufficiency, delivered at no cost via the Trinity Law School partnership.
• Chili Van Mobile Food Ministry Mobile food ministry providing warm meals to hundreds of people who are homeless or lack financial resources for food.
• Hurtt Family Health Clinic Multi-campus healthcare clinic providing high-quality health services to students living on Rescue Mission campuses and others needing affordable healthcare.
• For Every Woman Mobile Medical Clinic Mobile medical clinic partnership providing holistic healthcare to women across Orange County, offering free pregnancy tests, limited ultrasounds, STI tests, and health support services.

Quantifiable outcome

• 85% of program graduates remain clean and employed since 2018
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Lives Worth SavingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization whose outreach workers conduct on-the-street interventions with potential trafficking victims, prompting entry into the Strong Beginnings emergency shelter program.
• Trinity Law SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides legal assistance services to program participants through the Trinity Family Law Clinic partnership.
• Hurtt Family Health CliniccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-campus healthcare clinic providing high-quality health services to students living on Rescue Mission campuses and others needing affordable healthcare.
• St. Andrew's Presbyterian ChurchsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch partner supporting the Strong Beginnings program for human trafficking survivors.
• Finding FreedomsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization working with trafficking survivors as part of the Strong Beginnings support network.
• Orange County District Attorney's OfficesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty government partner collaborating on human trafficking victim support services.
• County of OrangesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty government partner in human trafficking task force and victim support services.
• For Every WomancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to operate the Mobile Medical Clinic in Orange County, providing holistic healthcare including free pregnancy tests, limited ultrasounds, STI tests, and health support.
• Mariners ChurchsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch partner supporting the For Every Woman Mobile Medical Clinic operations.
• Horizon Pregnancy CentersupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner supporting the For Every Woman Mobile Medical Clinic in providing women's healthcare services.
• Phoenix EnergysupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate volunteer partner whose employees volunteer at the Orange County Rescue Mission through the Fueling Change initiative, serving meals and assembling food boxes.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Union Rescue Mission: Faith-based, 501c3 homeless services organization in downtown Los Angeles. Operates a similarly large transitional housing campus, life-transformation programming, and relies on private donations — making it the closest direct operational peer to OCRM in the Southern California faith-based shelter ecosystem.
• San Diego Rescue Mission: Faith-based nonprofit providing emergency shelter, transitional housing, recovery programs, and workforce development in San Diego. Same faith-based, multi-program model as OCRM, scaled across a different Southern California geography.
• LA Family Housing: Large Los Angeles nonprofit delivering housing, supportive services, and homelessness prevention across LA County. Comparable in scale and continuum-of-care model; differs in relying on government contracts alongside private funding.
• Los Angeles Mission: Skid Row faith-based shelter and recovery program offering meals, transitional housing, education, and spiritual development. Highly comparable to OCRM in model, faith-based framing, and multi-service integration, differing primarily by serving Los Angeles County.
• Mercy House: Santa Ana-based nonprofit operating emergency shelters, transitional housing, and homelessness-prevention programs across Orange County. Direct geographic peer competing for the same donor base and serving overlapping client populations.
• The Midnight Mission: Historic faith-affiliated Skid Row service provider offering shelter, recovery, workforce training, and re-entry programs. Operates an integrated continuum very similar to OCRM's 16 services and serves a comparable population.
• Illumination Foundation: Orange and LA County nonprofit focused on recovery bridge housing and recuperative care for individuals experiencing homelessness. Comparable in target population and housing-first/case-management approach, with a stronger tilt toward short-term medical respite.
• Catholic Charities of Orange County: Faith-affiliated social services nonprofit serving Orange County with case management, housing, immigration, and family services. Comparable in mission, geography, and multi-service integration, though faith framing is Catholic rather than evangelical.
• Family Promise: National faith-based nonprofit focused specifically on family homelessness, providing shelter, prevention, and stabilization services. Comparable in faith-affiliated framing and family-segment specialization, but operates a network model rather than fixed campuses.

Broad incumbents

• The Salvation Army (Western Territory): Global faith-based social services organization operating shelters, recovery programs, and food services across Orange County and beyond. A much larger, diversified incumbent that overlaps with OCRM in shelter and recovery services but does not focus solely on the integrated life-transformation niche.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/OCRescueMission/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/orangecountyrescuemission
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/orange-county-rescue-mission
• Instagraminstagram.com/ocrescuemission
• TikToktiktok.com/@ocrescuemission

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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