Fundraising Professional of the Year

Andrew J. Bales
chief executive officer
Union Rescue Mission (Los Angeles)

Like many nonprofits, Union Rescue Mission has been hard-hit by the recession. Demand for the organization's services, which include the downtown Los Angeles shelter and Hope Gardens Family Center in Sylmar, a district in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, increased by 45 percent in the last two years, but donations were down 21 percent.