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Central Texas Food Bank Inc

To increase food access in Central Texas by providing nutritious food, leading hunger and poverty advocacy efforts, and transforming lives through programs, education, and innovative solutions.

$91M
Granted FY2023
8
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Food & Nutrition$2.8MHuman Services$692kReligion$456kYouth Development$213kPublic Safety & Disaster$202kHousing & Shelter$180kHealth$158kCommunity Improvement$140kOther$0
02FY2023 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $161,297, the rows itemized in this filing. The $91,470,962 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $91,309,665 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.
$15,754
Median grant
1
States reached
$123M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT$37,500
ST EDWARDS UNIVERSITY$28,000
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY TEXAS$26,660
MONTOPOLIS RECREATION CENTER$15,754
TURNER ROBERTS RECREATION CTR$15,701
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$15,000
DOVE SPRINGS RECREATION CENTER$12,031
MISSION WACO$10,651
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $898k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HUTTO RESOURCE CENTER: $47k → 6%HELPING HANDS MINISTRY OF BELTON INC: $39k → 14%WACO SHEPHERDS HEART: $50k → 16%HELPING HANDS MINISTRIES: $8k → 14%AMEN: $35k → 11%HELPING HANDS MINISTRY OF BELTON INC: $7k → 14%CARITAS OF WACO INC: $114k → 16%REVEAL RESOURCE CENTER: $86k → 6%AMEN: $25k → 11%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF GREAT TEMPLE INC: $40k → 14%REVEAL RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 6%REVEAL RESOURCE CENTER: $7k → 6%1-32-409 PROGRAMS - KC E AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP: $18k → 10%HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $116k → 10%HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $103k → 10%HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $84k → 10%HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $75k → 10%HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $28k → 10%OPERATION LIBERTY HILL: $7k → 10%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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 16 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +163% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 15 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
34

Total granted

$3.5M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+163%
+35%

Still filing today

75%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $151k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementReligionEducationHealthOther
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

  • CO
    CTFB of TX Support Corporation
    7× · 2017–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +273% · 100% of their budget
  • HC
    HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES
    5× · 2017–2021 · $406k · revenue +172%
  • FC
    FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC
    4× · 2018–2024 · $180k · revenue +176%

Funded once

  • GC
    GEORGETOWN CARING PLACEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $140k · revenue +56%
  • GC
    GENERAL CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
    one grant, 2021 · $130k
  • SB
    SOUTHERN BAPTISTS OF TEXAS CONVENTION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $128k
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
South Texas Food Bank

To alleviate hunger in the immediate service area through the distribution of food products donated by the usda, feeding america, area grocery stores, etc. which are distributed to the needy by way of area food banks and other qualified…

Community Improvement
2
North Dallas Food Pantry

North Dallas Food Pantry (DBA NTX Community Food Pantry) is dedicated to building relationships by sharing resources, hope and faith in a welcoming environment, with love and dignaty.

Human Services
3
Feeding America Texas

Feeding America Texas operates exclusively for charitable purposes by supporting food assistance, hunger relief, and community aid initiatives for individuals and families experiencing food insecurity throughout Texas. The organization…

Food & Nutrition
4
Bridge Ministries of Bryan Texas

To share Christ with others through serving those in need in the brazos valley and surrounding areas or wherever God leads and to bridge the gap by joining churches and other groups in serving together.

Religion
5
Food Pantry of Jeff Davis County Inc

None

Food & Nutrition
6
Food Bank of West Central Texas

To procure and distribute nutritional food to qualified agencies that feed the hungry of West Central Texas.

Food & Nutrition
7
Brazos Church Pantry Inc

Collection of food to provide to needy people in brazos, county, texas

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8
Lake Travis Crisis Ministries

Meet the short-term needs of people in crisis situations by providing immediate help in the form of food & financial assistance. Long-term assistance may also be provided.

Human Services
9
Christs Hands Inc

Organization operates a kitchen providing daily meals and housing opportunities serving harlan county and surrounding area. food boxes and personal items are also provided on a periodic basis.

Food & Nutrition
10
North East Texas Benevolence Inc

Provide basic food essentials to individuals and families in need in local community through voluntary contributions from individuals and organiztions.

Food & Nutrition
11
Tillman County Food Bank Foundation
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12
United Christian Care Center of Vidor Texas Inc

The United Christian Care Center of Vidor Texas Inc shall be a Christian witness to the Vidor area of Orange County, Texas, seeking to provide meaningful service to God and His Creation. To accomplish this goal, the United Christian Care…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food Care Center; the most unlike its peers is La Grange Area Disaster Recovery Team. 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

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 57 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)
36/37
Grantees still filing
28/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CTFB of TX Support Corporation: $1,691,322 · Food & NutritionCTFB of TX Support CorporationWelcome Table Incorporated: $63,200 · Food & Nutrition+6 more: $138,816 · Food & Nutrition+6 moreTRAVIS HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN OUTREACH: $263,668 · OtherTRAVIS HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN OUTREACHIndividual grant recipient: $150,314 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLA GRANGE AREA DISASTER RECOVERY TEAM: $141,890 · OtherLA GRANGE AREA DISASTER RECOVERY TEAMGENERAL CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST: $130,000 · OtherGENERAL CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH DAY ADVEN…SOUTHERN BAPTISTS OF TEXAS CONVENTION INC: $128,000 · OtherSOUTHERN BAPTISTS OF TEXAS CONVENTION I…FAMILY OF FAITH WORSHIP CENTER: $110,000 · OtherFAMILY OF FAITH WORSHIP CENTERSOUTHSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST FOOD PANTRY: $107,000 · OtherSOUTHSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST FOOD PANTRYCity of Austin: $94,156 · OtherBastrop County Emergency Food Pantry: $83,000 · OtherAUSTIN VOICES FOR EDUCATION & YOUTH: $93,600 · Other+23 more: $522,172 · Other+23 moreHILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $406,395 · Human ServicesHILL COUNTRY COMMUN…CARITAS OF WACO: $114,000 · Human ServicesCARITAS OF WACOREVEAL RESOURCE CENTER: $103,000 · Human ServicesREVEAL RESOURCE CEN…AREA MINISTRIES FOR EMERGENCY NEEDS: $60,000 · Human ServicesAREA MINISTRIES FOR…HELPING HANDS MINISTRY OF BELTON INC: $53,149 · Human ServicesHELPING HANDS MINIS…WACO SHEPHERD'S HEART INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesWACO SHEPHERD'S HEA…HUTTO RESOURCE CENTER: $46,800 · Human ServicesTEMPLE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH INC: $40,000 · Human Services+2 more: $24,561 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC: $180,000 · Housing & ShelterGEORGETOWN CARING PLACE: $140,132 · Community ImprovementFEEDING TEXAS: $26,483 · Community ImprovementRICHARD ALLEN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $6,000 · Community ImprovementAIDS SERVICES OF AUSTIN INC: $157,500 · HealthICNA RELIEF USA PROGRAMS INC: $124,188 · Public Safety & Disaster
Food & Nutrition$1,893,338Other$1,823,800Human Services$897,905Housing & Shelter$180,000Community Improvement$172,615Health$157,500Public Safety & Disaster$124,188

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 budgetCTFB of TX Support Corporation: $1,691,322 over 7y, 100% of budgetHILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $406,395 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC: $180,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAIDS SERVICES OF AUSTIN INC: $157,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLA GRANGE AREA DISASTER RECOVERY TEAM: $141,890 over 2y, 52% of budgetICNA RELIEF USA PROGRAMS INC: $124,188 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCARITAS OF WACO: $114,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetREVEAL RESOURCE CENTER: $103,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetAUSTIN VOICES FOR EDUCATION & YOUTH: $93,600 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetBastrop County Emergency Food Pantry: $83,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetWelcome Table Incorporated: $63,200 over 1y, 20% of budgetLorena Shepherds Heart: $61,816 over 2y, 33% of budgetAREA MINISTRIES FOR EMERGENCY NEEDS: $60,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetHELPING HANDS MINISTRY OF BELTON INC: $53,149 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetWACO SHEPHERD'S HEART INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMISSION WACO MISSION WORLD INC: $46,906 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHUTTO RESOURCE CENTER: $46,800 over 1y, 17% of budgetTEMPLE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH INC: $40,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetEl Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission: $38,382 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHURCHES TOUCHING LIVES FOR CHRIST: $32,949 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetKINGSLAND SHARING THE HARVEST: $30,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetHays County Food Bank: $29,644 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSt Edwards University: $28,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY TEXAS: $26,660 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING TEXAS: $26,483 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDRIPPING SPRINGS HELPING HANDS INC: $22,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetRound Rock Area Serving Center Inc: $21,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE SOUPER BOWL OF CARING INC: $20,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST KEY PROGRAMS INC: $17,561 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGatesville Care Center: $14,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetFOOD CARE CENTER: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetShepherd's Heart Food Pantry and Community Ministries: $7,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOPERATION LIBERTY HILL: $7,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCALDWELL COUNTY CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRICHARD ALLEN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $6,000 over 1y, 16% 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.

St David's FoundationUnited Way for Greate…Austin Community Foun…United Way of William…The Moody FoundationRick Caywood Ministri…Carl C Anderson Sr an…Waco FoundationUnited Way WorldwideCommunities Foundatio…Shell USA Company Fou…Enterprise Holdings F…
St David's FoundationTX33.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St David's Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · Austin Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Williamson County · The Moody Foundation · Rick Caywood Ministries · Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation · Waco Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Enterprise Holdings 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 Central Texas Food Bank Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Central Texas Food Bank Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    13report 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.

    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 57 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $79M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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