Organizations Filed Purposes:
The focus of Bridgeport Rescue Mission is to embrace the urban poor with the compassion of Christ, giving hope and healing for a changed life. Bridgeport Rescue Mission demonstrates the love of God to the hungry, the homeless, and the addicted throughout Fairfield County.
To embrace the urban poor with the compassion of Christ, giving hope & healing for a changed life.
Food and Clothing: In fiscal year ending 2020 BRM's food and clothing program provided over 941,000 meals to those in need, as well as thousands of winter coats, blankets and clothes and shoes. Bridgeport Rescue Mission served as Coastal Connecticut's primary food distribution organization during the COVID pandemic. While we did not close our doors during COVID, we saw a complete transformation of our food distribution operation that more than doubled (to nearly 14,000) the number of struggling and food insecure families we supported.
Men's and Women's Emergency Shelter, Addiction Recovery and Supportive Housing: Bridgeport Rescue Mission (BRM) demonstrates the love of God to the hungry, homeless and addicted throughout Fairfield County, CT 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In fiscal year ending 2020 BRM's shelter and recovery program offered 40,880 nights of shelter to homeless men and women, while offering hot meals, clean clothing and showers. BRM's faith-based New Life Program served over 60 men and women in fiscal year ending 2020 through a residential curriculum of counseling, case management, work therapy and 15 hours of classroom education weekly, focused on spiritual formation, addiction recovery and life-skills training. Men and women completing these programs may participate in BRM's Supportive Housing Program, which provided over 20 men and women in fiscal year ending 2020 with transitional housing, case management and educational and employment opportunities prior to their transition to independent living. The COVID pandemic forced the Mission to discontinue traditional emergency shelter services for the homeless until the summer of 2020, when we relaunched our traditional 25 bed emergency shelter into an 8 bed, COVID protocol, and socially distanced longer term program for chronically homeless men. We continued our addiction recovery programs within very strict COVID quarantine protocols and provided a safe space for nearly 30 men and women on the path to recovery amidst the pandemic crisis. We maintained a residential program curriculum of counseling, case management, work therapy and 15 hours of classroom education weekly, focused on spiritual formation, addiction recovery and life-skills training. Men and women completing these programs may participate in BRM's Supportive Housing Program, which provided over 10 men and women in fiscal year ending 2020 with transitional housing, case management and educational and employment opportunities prior to their transition to independent living.
Residential Program for Women and Children in Crisis: BRM's residential program for women and children in crisis provides the essentials of safe lodging, nourishing food, needed clothing, life and job skills and case management for displaced mothers with children, with special attention given to the needs of the participating children. In fiscal year ending 2020 BRM served 12 mothers and 24 children with this program as we navigated the challenges of a congregate living situation and COVID safety protocols. We successfully placed 8 families into permanent housing as we prepared to close our Sylvan Avenue property and relocate the program to its new home in our 725 Park Avenue Care Center. The Renewed Life Program for Women and Children will open in June of 2021 and will bring our region 20 residential life change program bedrooms for women with children.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Frank Williams | CFO (part year), CEO | 55 | $128,523 |
| Michael Cobb | Director of Operations | 55 | $86,337 |
| Rev Terence Wilcox | Chief Executive Officer (part year) | 55 | $76,618 |
| Bea Jaramillo | Chief Financial Officer | 55 | $0 |
| Peter J Miles-Prouten | Director | 3 | $0 |
| Albert P Carey | Director | 3 | $0 |
| Ed Gillespie | Director | 3 | $0 |
| Robert Fiscus | Director | 3 | $0 |
| Michael Voytek | Director | 3 | $0 |
| Kerry Stratton | Director | 3 | $0 |
| David Rowe | Director | 3 | $0 |
| Mark Curtis | Director | 3 | $0 |
| Stacey Cardenas | Director | 3 | $0 |
| Dan Mccandless | Director | 3 | $0 |
| Dave Anderson | Director | 3 | $0 |
| Philip Sherringham | Board Finance Chair | 3 | $0 |
| Donald Hannibal | Board Secretary | 3 | $0 |
| Joan Mckenzie | Board Vice Chair | 3 | $0 |
| Paul Hiller | Board Chair | 3 | $0 |
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