Central City Lutheran Mission
Religious InstitutionsCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
Central City Lutheran Mission is a community based nonprofit in San Bernardino, California, focused on serving people experiencing poverty. It provides a broad range of services across health, housing, and education, including a primary care clinic, a daily soup kitchen, after school tutoring, and classes in aerobics, computers, and sewing. The organization runs a cold weather shelter for men from November through April and offers transitional housing for HIV affected individuals, along with worship and spiritual care. Its programs serve adults, youth, and children throughout the neighborhood, with emphasis on vulnerable groups such as youth at risk, people living with HIV, and homeless individuals. The mission was founded in 1994 by five Lutheran churches and continues to be supported by those churches and a broad network of community partners. Based in one of the country's poorer urban communities, CCLM aims to be a center for hope, healing, and empowerment in the heart of the city. It is a small to mid sized nonprofit within the religious institutions landscape, integrating faith-based outreach with practical services for neighbors in need.