Hope Mission is a 3-star rated charity with Fair demonstrated impact. It has average disclosure with a B grade for results reporting. Its overhead spending and funding reserves are within Ci’s reasonable range.

Founded in 1929, Hope Mission is a Christian charity operating in Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer, and Wetaskiwin. It provides emergency shelter, addiction recovery, and prevention programs for vulnerable men, women, youth, and children facing homelessness, addiction, and poverty. Hope Mission runs its programs out of eight buildings: Program for the Homeless shelter, R.W. Tegler Youth Centre, Brightwood Ranch, Women's Centre, Bethany Homes, Calgary Hope, Red Deer Hope, and Wetaskiwin Hope.

Hope Mission runs three programs: Emergency Care, Health & Recovery, and Prevention. It spent $46.4m on its programs in 2025, although the charity does not provide a breakdown of its spending by program.

Emergency Care is Hope Mission's largest program. It provides 24/7 emergency shelter and meals for vulnerable people facing homelessness. In 2025, 8,560 unique people accessed a Hope Mission shelter. The charity provided 1,623,544 meals and dispatched over 18,300 rescue vans to those in need. Hope Mission also housed 838 people and fed 752,935 hungry kids and families across Alberta.

Health & Recovery includes year-long faith-based addiction recovery programs: Wellspring for women and Breakout for men. The programs address trauma at the root of addiction. In 2025, 139 men and women started an addiction recovery program. Hope Mission's nursing clinic served 2,953 unique people in 2025.

Prevention helps kids across Alberta through afterschool programs, community meals, family food hampers, summer camps, and school lunches. In 2025, Hope Mission served 213,694 meals to kids at schools across the province and supported 1,865 participants in child and youth prevention programs.

In 2025, Hope Mission had $79.0m in total revenues. Donations accounted for $30.1m or 38% of revenues. Government funding was $39.8m or 50% of revenues. In 2025, the charity spent $46.4m on its programs. This was 59% of revenues.

In 2025, administrative costs were $3.4m or 4% of revenues (less investment income). Fundraising costs were $4.0m or 13% of donations. For every dollar donated to the charity, 82 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.

As of 2025, the charity has $16.1m in cash and investments. This also includes $225k of cash restricted for capital projects. The charity’s funding reserves can cover 4 months of its annual program costs. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.

Updated on August 24, 2026 by Raihan Firosh. Comment and corrections may be forthcoming.