An act of God shakes up fundraising at Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

Was the mission itself a victim of the perception that shelters and other similar nonprofits simply don’t do well with major donors? After all, if you compare major-donor perks from, say, the ballet (a free performance) or a hospital (a gala party with music and a gourmet spread) to those from a homeless shelter, well …