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Bethel Hesed at a glance

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Bethel Hesed

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$217k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$78k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Arts & Culture$415kReligion$373kHealth$32kPhilanthropy$22kHousing & Shelter$11kEducation$9kHuman Services$9kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $15k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $203k
$6,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$665k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CC$77,500
FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS$75,000
STCH MINISTRIES$50,000
COASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$6,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$5,000
PREGNANCY CENTER OF THE COASTAL BEND$2,000
CHARITY LEAGUE$1,000
CORPUS CHRISTI WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY$500
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 (FY17–22, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GOOD SAMARITAN RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 17%GOOD SAMARITAN RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 17%GOOD SAMARITAN RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 17%GOOD SAMARITAN RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 17%CORPUS CHRISTI METRO MINISTRIES: $2k → 17%CORPUS CHRISTI METRO MINISTRIES: $1k → 17%MISSION OF MERCY INC: $4k → 17%MISSION OF MERCY INC: $2k → 17%MISSION OF MERCY INC: $2k → 17%MISSION OF MERCY INC: $1k → 17%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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$776k · 14 repeat orgs$84k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
14

Total granted

$776k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+31%

Still filing today

71%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEducationHousing & ShelterCivil RightsOther
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

  • FF
    FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $405k · revenue +93%
  • CC
    CORPUS CHRISTI PREGNANCY CENTER INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $13k · revenue +178%
  • MO
    MISSION OF MERCY INC
    4× · 2017–2022 · $9k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • PD
    PUST DMS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • CC
    Corpus Christi Balletgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +94%
  • TA
    THE ARK ASSESSMENT CENTER AND EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR YOUTH
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue -31%
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
Colleyville Covenant Christian

The mission is to provide a biblically based classical college preparatory education that inspires a passion for excellence a heart of grace and the character of Christ.

Education
2
Central Texas Christian School Inc

To educate students with the transforming truth of christ, inspiring academic excellence, godly character, and integrity in life pursuits.

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3
Ywca Corpus Christi

Ywca corpus christi is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

Human Services
4
San Antonio Christian School

Partner with families to provide students a christ-centered education while fostering a life of faith and service. the school desires to associate with like-minded teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and students to communicate the…

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5
The Retreat Home for Children

Our mission is to show the love of christ to each and every child and family towhom we serve and beyond. we do this by creating a culture where the needs of children,families, and staff are seen and met in creative and innovative ways.

Crime & Legal
6
Criswell College

The mission of criswell college is to provide ministerial and professional higher education for men and women preparing to serve as christian leaders throughout society, while maintaining an institutional commitment to biblical inerrancy.

Education
7
The Beacon of Downtown Houston

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

Health
8
Contra Costa Christian Schools Association

To provide christian education to students from preschool through high school

Education
9
Fond Du Lac Christian School Inc

To serve the christian home and church by disciplining students academically and spiritually; helping each student attain a biblical worldview and their full potential as unique and beloved creations of a sovereign god.

Education
10
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
11
Children At Heart Ministries Inc

Children at heart ministries is a family of christian ministries that exists to honor god and build a better world by serving children and strengthening families.

Human Services
12
San Antonio Metropolitan Ministries Inc

Provides short term shelter, housing and other services for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless in bexar county.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Corpus Christi Metro Ministriesinc; the most unlike its peers is Hillsdale College. 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

21 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. 21 of the 32 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $405,000 · Arts & CultureFELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC+1 more: $225 · Arts & CultureFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $175,000 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CC: $146,200 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CCSTCH MINISTRIES: $50,000 · OtherSTCH MINISTRIES+16 more: $38,445 · Other+16 moreCOASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $22,000 · PhilanthropyMISSION OF MERCY INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesGOOD SAMARITAN RESCUE MISSION: $7,000 · Human ServicesCORPUS CHRISTI METRO MINISTRIESINC: $3,000 · Human ServicesNEW LIFE REFUGE MINISTRIES: $3,000 · Human ServicesCORPUS CHRISTI PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $12,528 · HealthCHARITY LEAGUE OF CORPUS CHRISTI: $4,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,500 · EducationANNAPOLIS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1,000 · EducationFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentMAJESTY OUTDOORS: $200 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$405,225Other$409,645Philanthropy$22,000Human Services$22,000Health$12,528Education$6,500Youth Development$5,200

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $405,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetCOASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $22,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCORPUS CHRISTI PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $12,528 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCorpus Christi Ballet: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMISSION OF MERCY INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN RESCUE MISSION: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITY LEAGUE OF CORPUS CHRISTI: $4,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPEEWEE'S PET ADOPTION WORLD & SANCTUARY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCORPUS CHRISTI METRO MINISTRIESINC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW LIFE REFUGE MINISTRIES: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN'S SHELTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANNAPOLIS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL BEND FOOD BANK: $545 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRadical Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST SIDE HELPING HAND: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRO-LIFE ACTION LEAGUE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Ed Rachal FoundationCoastal Bend Communit…Behmann Brothers Foun…Allen Lovelace Moore …The John G and Marie …Earl C Sams Foundatio…Laverne & Thomas Howe…Devary Durrill Founda…Puente de Maravillas …Susser Family Foundat…Celanese FoundationEstill Foundation
Ed Rachal FoundationTX28.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ed Rachal Foundation · Coastal Bend Community Foundation · Behmann Brothers Foundation · Allen Lovelace Moore and Blanche Davis Moore Foundation · The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation · Earl C Sams Foundation Inc · Laverne & Thomas Howell Foundation · Devary Durrill Foundation Inc · Puente de Maravillas Foundation · Susser Family Foundation · Celanese Foundation · Estill Foundation

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 Bethel Hesed funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bethel Hesed. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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