Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County

What Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County does

Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County (UGM-TC) is a 501(c)(3) faith-based nonprofit organization founded in 1888 and headquartered at 1321 East Lancaster Avenue in Fort Worth, Texas. It serves individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Tarrant County through four interconnected service pillars: the Welcome Center (intake, assessment, and basic-needs referral), Housing Focused Solutions (shelter, transitional housing, and permanent housing placement assistance), Physical & Spiritual Care (holistic health, mental health, addiction recovery, and Christ-centered counseling), and the Community Outreach Center at 2400 North Kentucky Avenue. The organization supplements direct service with the Welcome Home Podcast, a content channel sharing transformation stories.

Business model is donation- and grant-driven: all services are provided free of charge to clients, and the operating budget is funded by individual donations, church giving, foundation grants, and in-kind contributions, processed via a DonorPerfect online giving platform. There is no commercial product, no software offering, no API, and no technology platform. UGM-TC operates with a staff of 51-100 employees and is led by President/CEO Charles Wolford. In October 2025, UGM-TC extended its reach by co-sponsoring the 'Conversations on a Bench' national 24-hour livestream with Citygate Network, signaling broader ecosystem participation while remaining regionally concentrated in Fort Worth.

Name

Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County

Legal name

Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County

Website

https://ugm-tc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1888

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

UGM-TC is a 501(c)(3) faith-based nonprofit founded in 1888 that provides shelter, housing placement, holistic health and spiritual care, and community outreach to individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Tarrant County, Texas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Homeless and Social Services

NAICS

Temporary Shelters (624221), Community Housing Services (62422), Religious Organizations (8131), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Homelessness Prevention, Shelter & Supportive Housing Services (BPAIANAC), Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB)

Keywords

• Homeless shelter services
• Housing assistance programs
• Faith-based nonprofit
• Community outreach services
• Life transformation programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Worth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County operates as a faith-based nonprofit providing shelter, meals, holistic physical and spiritual care, housing-focused solutions, and life transformation programs for men, women, and families experiencing homelessness in Tarrant County, Texas. Core service pillars include a Welcome Center for intake, Housing Focused Solutions for shelter and housing placement, Physical & Spiritual Care for holistic health and recovery support, and a Community Outreach Center delivering on-site resources.

Product overview

Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County is a non-profit organization providing a suite of interconnected social services for individuals experiencing homelessness in Tarrant County, Texas. Founded in 1888, the organization operates through four core service pillars: the Welcome Center (intake and assessment), Housing Focused Solutions (shelter and housing placement), Physical & Spiritual Care (holistic health and recovery support), and the Community Outreach Center (on-site community resources). These services are supplemented by educational content through the Welcome Home Podcast. The organization does not offer a software product, technology platform, or API-based services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Welcome Center

Segments1 record

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.

• Citygate NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 October 2025Citygate Network is North America's largest association of independent, faith-based ministries representing rescue missions, addiction recovery centers, prison outreach programs, and life transformation initiatives. They co-sponsor the 'Conversations on a Bench' national 24-hour event with UGM-TC to spark transformative conversations about homelessness, addiction, food insecurities, and related challenges.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Catholic Charities Fort Worth: Established faith-based nonprofit providing emergency assistance, housing support, and social services across Tarrant County. Serves overlapping client populations and competes for similar donor pools in the same local market.
• Salvation Army North Texas: Larger, nationally established faith-based social services organization operating shelter, food, and recovery programs across the DFW region. Overlaps with UGM-TC in target population and faith-rooted service model but at materially greater scale and funding access.

Regional players

• Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (ARCH): Centralized shelter and service hub serving the homeless population in Austin. Comparable in offering integrated intake, shelter, and case management services to the same target population but operates as a city-affiliated facility in a different Texas market rather than a faith-based nonprofit.

Direct peers

• Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County: Faith-rooted emergency shelter and supportive housing provider operating in the same Tarrant County market. Comparable in target population (individuals experiencing homelessness) and service pillars (shelter, case management, pathways to housing), making it a head-to-head local competitor for both clients and donors.
• Union Gospel Mission of Dallas: Faith-based homeless shelter and recovery ministry serving the adjacent Dallas metro area under a near-identical name and rescue-mission model. Operates the same intake-to-housing-to-discipleship continuum, making it the closest structural comparable.
• Dallas Life Foundation: Faith-based homeless recovery and skills-training organization in the Dallas area offering shelter, discipleship, and life-transformation programming. Highly comparable in faith-centered holistic model and target demographic of unhoused men and women in North Texas.
• San Antonio Rescue Mission: Faith-based rescue mission in San Antonio offering shelter, meals, recovery, and discipleship programs to men, women, and families experiencing homelessness. Same Citygate Network-adjacent rescue-mission structure serving a major Texas metro, making it a strong same-state comparable.
• Phoenix Rescue Mission: Faith-based rescue mission providing shelter, recovery, and life-transformation programs in Phoenix, Arizona. Operates the same Christ-centered shelter-to-stability model for individuals and families experiencing homelessness, making it a strong out-of-state functional comparable.
• Star of Hope Mission: Long-established faith-based rescue mission in Houston providing emergency shelter, transitional living, recovery programs, and a pathway-to-housing model. Operates at a larger scale than UGM-TC but uses the same rescue-mission template of faith-integrated services for the homeless.

Others

• Citygate Network: North America's largest association of independent faith-based rescue missions, of which UGM-TC is an affiliated member. Functions as an ecosystem/network peer that provides standards, advocacy, and national events that materially shape UGM-TC's operating environment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCVJGkQEd3mTlskc-CreaJnA
• Facebookfacebook.com/uniongospelmissiontc
• Instagraminstagram.com/ugmtarrantco
• Xx.com/ugmtarrantco
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/union-gospel-mission-of-tarrant-county

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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