Great Falls Rescue Mission

What Great Falls Rescue Mission does

Great Falls Rescue Mission is a 501(c)(3) Christian nonprofit organization founded in 1963, headquartered in Great Falls, Montana, and serving North Central Montana. The organization provides humanitarian services to individuals and families experiencing hunger, homelessness, and crisis, operating through four physical facilities: an administration office, a women's shelter, a men's shelter, and the Cameron Family Center. Its core service portfolio spans emergency services (hot meals, shelter beds, medical clinics), structured recovery programs for women, men, and families with children, and youth outreach. Services are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries, with 2025 operational output of 103,717 meals served, 52,614 shelter nights provided, 129 individuals moved into permanent housing, and 10 recovery program graduates.

The revenue model is donation-driven and segmented across multiple streams: one-time and recurring monthly donations accepted through a dedicated online portal (give.gfrm.org), legacy/estate giving, donor-advised funds, and in-kind volunteer services. Donor trust is supported by Charity Navigator recognition and the GuideStar Platinum Seal of transparency. Marketing and community engagement are conducted through social media (Twitter/X, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram), email newsletters, community events, a "Stories of Hope" content program, and a Walmart Registry integration for in-kind gifts. The organization employs 35 staff and relies heavily on volunteer labor to deliver its service throughput.

The organization is not technology-focused and operates as a traditional nonprofit service provider. There is no proprietary software, no AI/ML capabilities, no API or SDK surface, and no patents or trademarks on file. Its distribution is purely direct service delivery at its physical facilities, with no commercial sales motion. Governance is provided by a Board of Directors, and the organization is independently operated with no parent company or institutional capital backing.

Name

Great Falls Rescue Mission

Legal name

Great Falls Rescue Mission

Website

https://greatfallsrescuemission.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Great Falls Rescue Mission is a 501(c)(3) Christian nonprofit founded in 1963 in Great Falls, Montana, serving individuals and families experiencing hunger and homelessness in North Central Montana through meals, shelter, medical clinics, recovery programs, and youth outreach.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Homeless and Emergency Shelter Services

NAICS

Temporary Shelters (624221), Community Food Services (624210), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE), Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD)

Keywords

• Emergency shelter services
• Homeless services
• Food assistance
• Recovery programs
• Youth outreach

Headquarters

HQ city

Great Falls

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: Individual donations collected through the organization's website (give.gfrm.org), with options for one-time and monthly recurring donations. Donors can give via credit card through the online donation portal.
2. Legacy Giving: Planned giving program allowing donors to include Great Falls Rescue Mission in their estate planning.
3. Donor Advised Funds: Accepts donations from donor-advised funds, allowing donors to direct charitable giving through their existing DAF accounts.
4. Volunteer Services: In-kind contributions of volunteer time to provide meals, shelter, and recovery services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Great Falls Rescue Mission is a Christian nonprofit that provides emergency humanitarian services — including hot meals, overnight shelter beds, and free medical clinics — to individuals and families experiencing homelessness and hunger in North Central Montana. Alongside these emergency services, it operates structured Recovery Programs for women, men, and families with children, plus Youth Outreach initiatives for at-risk young people, all delivered free of charge through four physical facilities in Great Falls.

Product overview

Great Falls Rescue Mission is a non-profit Christian charitable organization offering a unified portfolio of humanitarian services. The core offering centers on Emergency Services (meals, shelter, and medical clinics), supplemented by structured Recovery Programs for women, men, and families, and Youth Outreach initiatives. Services are delivered through multiple physical facilities including the Women's Shelter, Men's Shelter, and Cameron Family Center, all serving North Central Montana communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Services Core humanitarian services including hot meals, overnight shelter, and free medical clinics serving the hungry, homeless, and hurting in North Central Montana.
• Recovery Programs Structured transformation programs for individuals struggling with homelessness, offering recovery paths for women, men, and families/parents with children.
• Youth Outreach Services and support programs targeting youth and young people in the community who are experiencing crisis or at risk of homelessness.
• Women's Shelter Emergency overnight shelter facility for women located at 317 2nd Ave South, Great Falls, MT 59405.
• Men's Shelter Emergency overnight shelter facility for men located at 326 2nd Avenue South, Great Falls.
• Cameron Family Center Family shelter and support services facility located at 408 2nd Ave South, Great Falls.
• Hot Meals Program Free hot meals served to individuals and families experiencing hunger; 103,717 meals served in 2025.
• Medical Clinics Free medical clinic services provided to homeless and underserved individuals in the community.

Quantifiable outcome

• 103,717 meals served in 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• WalmartminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWalmart hosts a registry for Great Falls Rescue Mission allowing donors to purchase needed items directly from Walmart for donation to the organization.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Catholic Charities USA: Catholic Charities operates emergency assistance, housing, and recovery services nationwide through parish networks, overlapping with GFRM's whole-person service model and competing for faith-aligned giving.
• Feeding America: Feeding America is the dominant national food-relief network; GFRM's 103,717 annual meals put it in the same food-distribution category, though at far smaller scale, and the two compete for food-program donors.
• Salvation Army: The Salvation Army is the largest faith-based provider of emergency shelter, meals, and recovery programs in the U.S., directly comparable to GFRM's emergency-services + recovery continuum and competing for the same faith-aligned donor base.
• Volunteers of America: Volunteers of America runs emergency shelters, recovery programs, and family housing across the U.S., directly comparable to GFRM's family-shelter (Cameron Family Center) and adult-recovery offerings.

Regional players

• Missoula Rescue Mission: Missoula Rescue Mission is the closest geographic peer in Montana, providing the same emergency shelter, meal, and recovery services to a similar rural-Mountain-West population and competing for regional donor attention.

Direct peers

• Union Rescue Mission: Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles operates the same meals-plus-shelter-plus-recovery model with a faith-based mission, making it a directly comparable peer despite much larger scale.
• Rescue Mission Alliance: Rescue Mission Alliance is a national federation of independent rescue missions running nearly identical emergency shelter, meal, and recovery programs — a direct organizational peer to GFRM, with shared faith-based DNA and shared donor-pool dynamics.
• City Rescue Mission: City Rescue Mission (and the broader network of city-named rescue missions) operates the same faith-based emergency shelter, meals, and recovery model as GFRM and competes in the same nonprofit transparency rankings.

Emerging players

• Habitat for Humanity International: Habitat for Humanity's affordable-housing mission overlaps with GFRM's permanent-housing outcome (129 placements in 2025); both serve low-income populations transitioning out of instability.
• Love In the Name of Christ (Love INC): Love INC is a faith-based network mobilizing local churches to assist people in need, overlapping with GFRM's faith-rooted community casework and family-support model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GFRescueMission
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCqUCP9nBkZvaXfA-3l13XNw
• Facebookfacebook.com/GreatFallsRescueMission
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/great-falls-rescue-mission
• Instagraminstagram.com/gfrescuemission

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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