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Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc

Acams vision is an innovative, connected network that ensures every family can find a path to stability, health, and wealth.

$3.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$555k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$5.9MHuman Services$2.9MEmployment$2.6MYouth Development$683kPublic Safety & Disaster$507kHealth$234kEducation$110kFood & Nutrition$91kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 25 grants below total $2,989,911, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,089,956 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $100,045 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k16 grants · $2.0M
  • $250k+2 grants · $846k
$95,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EPIPHANY COMMUNITY HEALTH OUTREACH SERVICES (ECHOS)$555,275
WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTO TEXAS$291,136
HUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC (HAMM)$235,016
WORKTEXAS TRAINING CENTER$224,815
COMMUNITY FAMILY CENTERS INC$214,356
MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTIRES (MAM)$185,000
THE HOUSTON FOOD BANK$144,856
WEST HOUSTON ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC (WHAM)$134,777
TARGET HUNGER INC$123,756
CENTER FOR CAREER TRANSFORMATION HOUSTON$115,000
TEJANO CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNS INC$115,000
BREAD OF LIFE INC$103,838
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON$95,000
ATTACK POVERTY$77,622
PEARLAND LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC$75,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $10.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%INTERFAITH CARING MINISTRIES: $56k → 14%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTON TEXAS: $372k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTON TEXAS: $366k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTON TEXAS: $329k → 16%COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER: $69k → 9%EAST FORT BEND HUMAN NEEDS MINISTRY: $55k → 8%ST VINCENTS HOUSE: $115k → 14%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTO TEXAS: $291k → 16%WORKTEXAS TRAINING CENTER: $412k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTON TEXAS: $235k → 16%WORKTEXAS TRAINING CENTER: $304k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $152k → 16%WORKTEXAS TRAINING CENTER: $277k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTO TEXAS: $142k → 16%WORKTEXAS TRAINING CENTER: $225k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $105k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $95k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $95k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $60k → 16%HUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $343k → 16%BREAD OF LIFE INC: $104k → 16%MAIN STREET MINISTRIES: $73k → 16%MAIN STREET MINISTRIES: $61k → 16%TARGET HUNGER INC: $124k → 16%EPIPHANY COMMUNITY HEALTH OUTREACH SERVICES (ECHOS): $555k → 16%EPIPHANY COMMUNITY HEALTH OUTREACH SERVICES (ECHOS): $236k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $225k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTIRES (MAM): $189k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTIRES (MAM): $185k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES (MAM): $63k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $40k → 16%KATY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES (KCM): $301k → 16%KATY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $172k → 16%KATY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES (KCM): $114k → 16%KATY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $109k → 16%KATY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $100k → 16%KATY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES (KCM): $98k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $51k → 16%KATY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES (KCM): $95k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $45k → 16%KATY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $52k → 16%HUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $604k → 16%HUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $597k → 16%HUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $363k → 16%HUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC (HAMM): $235k → 16%HUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC (HAMM): $194k → 16%BRIDGE YEAR: $150k → 16%COMMUNITY FAMILY CENTERS INC: $214k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 28 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
6

Total granted

$15M
$492k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+34%

Still filing today

96%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $956k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEmploymentCommunity ImprovementEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WC
    WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTON TEXAS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +105%
  • KC
    Katy Christian Ministries
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +95%
  • MA
    Memorial Assistance Ministries
    5× · 2017–2025 · $701k · revenue +117%

Funded once

  • United Way of Greater Houstongraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $225k · revenue +28%
  • B
    BRIDGEYEARgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +122%
  • SS
    SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
    one grant, 2023 · $87k · revenue -39%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County

The mission of Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County (Family Houston) is to create a stronger community for tomorrow by helping individuals and families meet the challenges they face today. We help others help themselves.

Human Services
2
West Street Recovery

West Street Recovery's mission is to connect communities to the resources they need to rebuild after climate disasters such as Hurricane Harvey and build resilient, secure, and stronger communities.

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County

The coalition for the homeless of houston/harris county acts as a catalyst, uniting partners and maximizing resources to move people experiencing homelessness into permanent housing with supportive services.

Housing & Shelter
4
LifeHouse of Houston Inc

LifeHouse is a Christ-centered ministry ensuring life for unborn children by providing opportunities for housing, help, and hope for young women during their pregnancies and beyond.

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5
Breakthrough Houston

The mission of Breakthrough Houston (BTH) is to work with highly motivated students to achieve post-secondary success and empower aspiring leaders to become the next generation of educational advocates.

Education
6
Katy Responds

Katy Responds is a collaborative network of churches, businesses and community organizations committed to providing care & restoration services returning families to their homes following disaster, as well as assist in community readiness.

Human Services
7
Houston Responds

To unite, empower and mobilize churches to multiply collective impact on critical needs in their community.

Public Safety & Disaster
8
Houston Area Women's Center

The Houston Area Women's Center (HAWC) works to end domestic and sexual violence and supports all in building safe and healthy lives through advocacy, counseling, education, shelter, and support services.

Human Services
9
Houston Area Community Services

Our mission is to provide high quality and caring services to promote healthy people and communities.

Health
10
The Beacon of Downtown Houston

To provide essential and next-step services to restore hope and help end homelessness in houston.

Health
11
Nestquest Houston Inc

To expand housing access in high opportunity areas for low income clients.

Housing & Shelter
12
Watershed Human and Community Development Agency Inc

Assisting in the growth and development of the College Station community in the areas of employment health care housing and counseling.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Houston Assistance Ministries Inc; the most unlike its peers is Montrose Grace Place. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

44 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/44
Grantees still filing
26/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $2,961,089 · Human ServicesHUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INCWESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTON TEXAS: $2,021,823 · Human ServicesWESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTON TEXASWork Texas Training Center: $1,237,726 · Human ServicesWork Texas Training CenterKaty Christian Ministries: $1,041,193 · Human ServicesKaty Christian MinistriesEPIPHANY COMMUNITY HEALTH OUTREACH SERVICES: $806,253 · Human ServicesEPIPHANY COMMUNITY HEALTH OUTREACH SERVICESMemorial Assistance Ministries: $701,168 · Human ServicesMemorial Assistance Ministries+14 more: $1,823,829 · Human Services+14 morePROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $1,255,898 · OtherPROTESTANT EPISCOPA…WEST HOUSTON ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $665,684 · OtherWEST HOUSTON ASSIST…Society of St Vincent de Paul Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston: $271,615 · OtherSociety of St Vince…The Houston Food Bank: $144,856 · Other+9 more: $381,572 · Other+9 moreCAREER & RECOVERY RESOURCES INC: $745,629 · EmploymentCAREER & RE…GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF HOUSTON: $287,088 · EmploymentGOODWILL IN…CENTER FOR CAREER TRANSFORMATION: $210,000 · EmploymentCENTER FOR …HOUSTON'S CAPITAL INVESTING IN DEVELOP- MENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF ADULTS INC: $181,016 · EmploymentHOUSTON'S C…SER-JOBS FOR PROGRESS OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST INC: $115,650 · EmploymentSER-JOBS FO…PEARLAND LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Employment+1 more: $9,500 · EmploymentUfcs: $311,045 · HealthEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC: $153,682 · HealthWOODLANDS RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY INC: $205,240 · Community ImprovementEAST HARRIS COUNTY EMPOWERMENT COUNCIL: $63,481 · Community ImprovementUnited Way of Greater Houston: $225,000 · PhilanthropyTEJANO CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNS INC: $115,000 · Youth DevelopmentAMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST YOUTH MINISTRIES: $10,000 · Youth Development
Human Services$10,593,081Other$2,719,625Employment$1,623,883Health$464,727Community Improvement$268,721Philanthropy$225,000Youth Development$125,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $2,961,089 over 9y, 14% of budgetWESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTON TEXAS: $2,021,823 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetWork Texas Training Center: $1,237,726 over 5y, 20% of budgetKaty Christian Ministries: $1,041,193 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetEPIPHANY COMMUNITY HEALTH OUTREACH SERVICES: $806,253 over 3y, 34% of budgetCAREER & RECOVERY RESOURCES INC: $745,629 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetMemorial Assistance Ministries: $701,168 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetWEST HOUSTON ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $665,684 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetUfcs: $311,045 over 2y, 69% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON: $290,843 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF HOUSTON: $287,088 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston: $271,615 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetST VINCENTS HOUSE: $240,630 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $225,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FAMILY CENTERS INC: $214,356 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetCENTER FOR CAREER TRANSFORMATION: $210,000 over 2y, 53% of budgetMain Street Ministries Houston: $209,556 over 6y, 6.3% of budgetWOODLANDS RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY INC: $205,240 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHOUSTON'S CAPITAL INVESTING IN DEVELOP- MENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF ADULTS INC: $181,016 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC: $153,682 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBRIDGEYEAR: $150,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $144,856 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST FORT BEND HUMAN NEEDS MINISTRY: $130,406 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetINTERFAITH CARING MINISTRIES INC: $128,792 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetSER-JOBS FOR PROGRESS OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST INC: $115,650 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetTEJANO CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNS INC: $115,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCrisis Assistance Center Inc dba Community Assistance Center: $106,152 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $96,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL: $86,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMY BROTHER'S KEEPER OUTREACH CENTER: $77,450 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetEAST HARRIS COUNTY EMPOWERMENT COUNCIL: $63,481 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston: $37,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCY-HOPE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSECOND MILE MISSION CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST YOUTH MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWALLER ASSIST & RESTOR MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $9,500 over 1y, 17% of budgetYOUNG INVINCIBLES: $9,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

United Way of Greater…Greater Houston Commu…Baxter Trust Co Priva…The Houston Food BankCenterpoint Energy Fo…Shell USA Company Fou…Albert & Ethel Herzst…The Methodist HospitalThe William Stamps Fa…The Brown Foundation …Marek Family Foundati…Texas Mutual Insuranc…
United Way of Greater HoustonTX44.7× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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