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Saint Francis Ministries Group Return

Providing healing and hope to children and families.

$40M
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$2.9M
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$3.6MHousing & Shelter$2.9MReligion$5k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $3,425,766, the rows itemized in this filing. The $39,740,066 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $36,314,300 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 · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $62k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $484k
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.9M
$112,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$43M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAINT FRANCIS MINISTRIES INC$2,880,000
FOSTERING LIFE YOUTH RANCH$177,600
TEXAS GIRLS AND BOYS RANCH INC$131,789
PRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN DBA AMARILLO CHILDRENS HOME$112,500
ARROW CHILD & FAMILY MINISTRIES$62,000
THE BAIR FOUNDATION OF TEXAS$47,000
TEXAS CENTER FOR CHILD & FAMILY STUDIES$14,877
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 (FY22–24, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE BAIR FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $47k → 13%PRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN DBA AMARILLO CHILDRENS HOME: $113k → 9%TEXAS CENTER FOR CHILD & FAMILY STUDIES: $150k → 10%DEPELCHIN CHILDRENS CENTER: $6k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: $102k → 20%TFI FAMILY SERVICES INC: $65k → 16%NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM INC: $400k → 15%TEXAS CENTER FOR CHILD & FAMILY STUDIES: $15k → 10%BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $299k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: $9k → 20%TEXAS CENTER FOR CHILD & FAMILY STUDIES: $7k → 10%TEXAS GIRLS AND BOYS RANCH INC: $132k → 17%CHILDRENS HOME OF LUBBOCK & FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY INC: $19k → 17%CHILDRENS HOME OF LUBBOCK & FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY INC: $18k → 17%TEXAS GIRLS AND BOYS RANCH INC: $10k → 17%TEXAS GIRLS AND BOYS RANCH INC: $9k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
NV
OH
PA
CA
AZ
KS
TX
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.

24%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 8 repeat orgs$4.9M to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
9

Total granted

$1.6M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+14%

Still filing today

63%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’22’23’24
Human ServicesReligionOther
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

  • TC
    TEXAS CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES
    3× · 2022–2024 · $172k · revenue +3%
  • TG
    TEXAS GIRLS AND BOYS RANCH
    3× · 2022–2024 · $150k · revenue +8%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
    2× · 2022–2023 · $111k · revenue +108%

Funded once

  • SF
    SAINT FRANCIS COMMUNITY SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $672k
  • NY
    NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $400k · revenue +32%
  • BC
    BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $299k · revenue +3%
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
Central Texas Children's Home

To provide family services and to provide residential child care for dependent children where there is a need to assist children and families disrupted by problems.

Human Services
2
Texas Baptist Children's Home Inc

Texas baptist children's home embraces children and families in need in order to empower and equip them for a promising future.

Human Services
3
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
4
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
5
Texas Baptist Children's Home and Family Services Inc

Provision and management of property on which a family of nonprofit ministries carries out programs and services for vulnerable children and families.

Human Services
6
Sunny Glen Children's Home Inc

Sunny Glen Childrens Home, Inc. cares for children in need. Our care will be competent, compassionate and professional. We will help every child achieve their greatest potential-physically, emotionally, spiritually and academically.

Human Services
7
Lubbock Family Outreach Center Inc Dba Family Guidance & Outreach Center

The Family Guidance & Outreach Center of Lubbock is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect and supporting, mentoring, and educating parents.

Human Services
8
San Antonio Foster Care and Adoption and Services

San antonio foster care and adoption services inc. is a licensed child placement agency in the state of texas. the organization cares for children placed in foster care by the state of texas.

Human Services
9
Louisiana Baptist Childrens Home and Family Ministries

To provide love, care, and a positive christian witness for children and families in need.

—
10
Children's Choice Inc

Children's choice is a christian social service agency, which provides specialized community-based services. children's choice serves as a bridge for individuals who are in need of the re-integrative process of family living. intensive,…

Human Services
11
Childrens House International

Children's house international provides ethical adoption services, child focused recruitment, and family support. we support disadvantaged children with humanitarian aid in countries worldwide.

—
12
Methodist Children's Home

Methodist children's home equips children, youth, and families to flourish by offering hope through christian-centered relationships, services, and support.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Bair Foundation of Texas; the most unlike its peers is Living Church Foundation Inc. 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

13 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. 13 of the 20 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Saint Francis Ministries Inc: $2,880,000 · OtherSaint Francis Ministries IncSAINT FRANCIS COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $671,685 · OtherSAINT FRANCIS COMMUNITY SERVICES INCVisionQuest: $512,921 · OtherVisionQuestFOSTERING LIFE YOUTH RANCH LLC: $355,333 · OtherFOSTERING LIFE YOUTH RANCH LLCRITE OF PASSAGE INC: $233,333 · OtherARROW CHILD & FAMILY MINISTRIES: $202,017 · OtherA BETTER CHOICE ABC LLC: $175,488 · Other+2 more: $30,000 · OtherNATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM INC: $400,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCATE …BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $298,789 · Human ServicesBUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMIL…TEXAS CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES: $172,440 · Human ServicesTEXAS CENTER FOR CHILD A…TEXAS GIRLS AND BOYS RANCH: $150,109 · Human ServicesTEXAS GIRLS AND BOYS RAN…PRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $112,500 · Human ServicesPRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR CH…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: $110,825 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TH…TFI FAMILY SERVICES INC: $65,000 · Human ServicesTHE BAIR FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $47,000 · Human Services+2 more: $42,320 · Human ServicesLiving Church Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Religion
Other$5,060,777Human Services$1,398,983Religion$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSaint Francis Ministries Inc: $2,880,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetNATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM INC: $400,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $298,789 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTEXAS CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES: $172,440 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetTEXAS GIRLS AND BOYS RANCH: $150,109 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $112,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: $110,825 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTFI FAMILY SERVICES INC: $65,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BAIR FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $47,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME OF LUBBOCK AND FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY INC: $36,320 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHIGH PLAINS CHILDREN'S HOME AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $24,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Church Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Ach Child and Family …Texas Center for Chil…Community Foundation …Josephine Anderson Ch…Amarillo Area Foundat…Xcel Energy FoundationNatl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Ach Child and Family ServicesTX19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ach Child and Family Services · Texas Center for Child and Family Studies · Community Foundation of West Texas · Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust · Amarillo Area Foundation Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Saint Francis Ministries Group Return funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Saint Francis Ministries Group Return. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%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
    5report 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 20 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 2024, released 2024. 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 $37M 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 FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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