Texas · Public charity
Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc
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- $3.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $95,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $555,275
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $176k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $3.0M | 52% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $1.9M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $3.2M | 31% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $2.6M | 8% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $1.7M | 36% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $1.4M | 22% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $325k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $891k | 8% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humble Area Assistance Ministries Inc | $2,961,089 | 9 | 14% |
| Wesley Community Center Inc of Houston Texas | $2,021,823 | 9 | 5% |
| Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America | $1,255,898 | 5 | n/a |
| Work Texas Training Center | $1,237,726 | 5 | 20% |
| Katy Christian Ministries | $1,041,193 | 8 | 6% |
| Epiphany Community Health Outreach Services | $806,253 | 3 | 34% |
| Career & Recovery Resources Inc | $745,629 | 4 | 5% |
| Memorial Assistance Ministries | $701,168 | 5 | 2% |
| West Houston Assistance Ministries Inc | $665,684 | 6 | 3% |
| Ufcs | $311,045 | 2 | 69% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Houston · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · The Houston Food Bank · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Methodist Hospital · The William Stamps Farish Fund · The Brown Foundation Inc · Marek Family Foundation · Texas Mutual Insurance Company
How this is measured
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About Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc
- How much does Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc give?
- Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc reported 25 itemized grants totaling $2,989,911, out of $3,089,956 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (45%), Human Services (22%), Employment (20%).
- Who are Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Humble Area Assistance Ministries Inc ($3.0M), Wesley Community Center Inc of Houston Texas ($2.0M), Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America ($1.3M).
- Does Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Houston, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services.
- Where is Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc based?
- Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc is based in TX.
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