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The Prayer Closet at a glance

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The Prayer Closet

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$138k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$523kInternational$270kReligion$241kHousing & Shelter$146kHealth$105kEducation$70kCrime & Legal$57kFood & Nutrition$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $102k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE STOREHOUSE OF COLLIN COUNTY$20,000
THE LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION$20,000
DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$12,000
HARVESTERS REACHING THE NATIONS$10,000
THRIVE WOMEN'S CLINIC$10,000
HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN$10,000
SAMARITAN INN$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
ALIVE AT LAST$5,000
EVANTELL$5,000
MISSION MASSAI$5,000
SALVATION ARMY$5,000
SOULS HARBOR$5,000
UNION GOSPEL MISSION$5,000
SAMARITANS PURSE$5,000
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, $444k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $20k → 12%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 10%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $15k → 12%FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 5%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 10%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $15k → 12%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $10k → 12%FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 5%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 10%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $10k → 12%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $10k → 12%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $5k → 12%FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 5%TREASURED VESSELS FOUNDATION: $5k → 5%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 5%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 5%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 10%MISSION MASSAII: $6k → 5%MISSION MAASAI: $5k → 5%MISSION MASSAII: $5k → 5%MISSION MAASAI: $5k → 5%MISSION MASSAI: $5k → 5%WHITE ROCK CENTER OF HOPE: $5k → 14%MISSION MAASAI: $1k → 5%WHITE ROCK CENTER OF HOPE: $5k → 14%WHITE ROCK CENTER OF HOPE: $5k → 14%WHITE ROCK CENTER OF HOPE: $5k → 14%LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%THE LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%THE LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%THE LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%THE LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%THE LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%THE LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%CITY SQUARE: $3k → 14%HOPE'S DOOR NEW BEGINNING CENTER: $5k → 5%HOPE'S DOOR NEW BEGINNING CENTER: $5k → 5%HOPE'S DOOR NEW BEGINNING CENTER: $5k → 5%HOPE'S DOOR NEW BEGINNING CENTER: $5k → 5%HOPE'S DOOR NEW BEGINNING CENTER: $5k → 5%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 28 repeat orgs$119k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
19

Total granted

$1.4M
$114k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+14%

Still filing today

64%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 ServicesReligionEducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • HH
    HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $130k · revenue +62%
  • LF
    LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $125k · revenue +164%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $95k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • AC
    ALLEN COMMUNITY OUTREACHgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +75%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE GLOBAL LEADERS
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • MI
    MABANK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +46%
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
Texas Reach Out Inc

Provides housing and spiritual development for Christians reintegrating into society upon exiting the criminal justice system.

Health
2
UnBound North Texas

Unbound North Texas exists to support survivors and resource the community to fight human trafficking through Survivor Advocacy, a 24/7 Drop-In Center, and Prevention and Awareness.

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3
Under the Bridge Ministries Inc

We are a faith based non-profit organization that serves and cares for members in our community experiencing homelessness in the East Lancaster corridor of Fort Worth, TX. Every Sunday evening, we provide warm meals, drinks, clothes, hair…

Human Services
4
Safe Haven Counseling Associates in

Biblical counseling

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5
Fresh Start Ministries of San Angelo

We aim to assist hurting women that demonstrate the desire for a life change with a helping hand up, not a hand out, through a biblically-based, Christ-centered, mentoring and discipleship program. In order to facilitate life-long change,…

Housing & Shelter
6
Selah International Counseling Ministries

The mission of Selah International Counseling Ministries is to glorify God as we serve and equip His church, providing leadership and service through counseling, counseling resources, and counseling training.

Health
7
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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8
Katy Christian Ministries

See Schedule O.Katy Christian Ministries (KCM) is a social service non-profit that serves the Katy/West Houston area. KCM's Social Service Department offers emergency financial assistance, a Food Pantry, a Crisis Center that houses the…

Human Services
9
Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County

A local united christian organization and ministry dedicated to providing love, hope, respect and a new beginning for the homeless, offering a holistic care program that leads to true lasting healing.

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10
Refuge City

Refuge city provides safe places for children in dallas / ft. worth (dfw) who have been sex trafficked or sexually exploited to achieve restoration, education, and reintegration in a family-focused environment through the love of jesus…

Human Services
11
Texas Community Counseling

When care is within reach, lives change. Texas Community Counseling is a faith-based nonprofit committed to bringing hope and healing through mental health care to the communities that need it the most. We empower individuals to heal,…

Human Services
12
A Bridge to Opportunity Inc

To operate a 30 unit permanent and temporary housing facility known as Destiny Village for rental to low income individuals and families who are survivors of domestic violence and or sexual assault

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Promise House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hope for the Heart. 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

31 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. 31 of the 48 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/31
Grantees still filing
23/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HARVESTERS REACHING THE NATIONS: $138,000 · OtherHARVESTERS REACHING THE NATIONSDALLAS LIFE INC: $90,000 · OtherDALLAS LIFE INCSAMARITAN INN INC: $65,000 · OtherSAMARITAN INN INCSALVATION ARMY: $60,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYIndividual grant recipient: $56,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNION GOSPEL MISSION: $50,000 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSION+21 more: $152,400 · Other+21 moreHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $130,000 · Human ServicesHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN I…LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION: $125,000 · Human ServicesLIFESAVERS FOUNDATIONEAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER INC: $85,000 · Human ServicesEAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER INCMISSION MAASAI: $26,500 · Human ServicesMISSION MAASAIHOPE'S DOOR NEW BEGINNING CENTER: $25,000 · Human ServicesHOPE'S DOOR NEW BEGINNING CENTERFRISCO FAMILY SERVICES CENTER: $25,000 · Human ServicesFRISCO FAMILY SERVICES CENTERWHITE ROCK CENTER OF HOPE INC: $20,000 · Human Services+2 more: $7,500 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $95,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S P…MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $45,000 · ReligionMOBILE LOAVES…EvanTell Inc: $40,000 · ReligionEvanTell Inc+1 more: $5,000 · ReligionDallas Theological Seminary: $92,000 · EducationDallas Theo…TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $60,000 · EducationTRINITY CHR…MABANK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationMABANK ISD …ALIVE AT LAST: $57,000 · Crime & LegalTHE STOREHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $40,000 · Community ImprovementFAMILY PEACE PROJECT INC: $15,000 · Community ImprovementPROMISE HOUSE INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterSOULS HARBOR INC: $5,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$611,400Human Services$444,000Religion$185,000Education$162,000Crime & Legal$57,000Community Improvement$55,000Housing & Shelter$20,000

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 budgetHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $130,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetLIFESAVERS FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $95,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Theological Seminary: $92,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS LIFE INC: $90,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetEAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER INC: $85,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetSAMARITAN INN INC: $65,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetALIVE AT LAST: $57,000 over 9y, 10% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $45,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEvanTell Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTHE STOREHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION MAASAI: $26,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetHOPE'S DOOR NEW BEGINNING CENTER: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFRISCO FAMILY SERVICES CENTER: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWHITE ROCK CENTER OF HOPE INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY PEACE PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPROMISE HOUSE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALLEN COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMABANK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetTREASURED VESSELS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetARISE INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetSENIOR CONNECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFor the Nations Refugee Outreach: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetE3 Partners Ministry: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE FOR THE HEART: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUSTIN DISASTER RELIEF NETWORK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCITYSQUARE: $2,500 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.

  • Who funds HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds Dallas Theological Seminary ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN INN INC ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ALIVE AT LAST ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
  • Who funds EvanTell Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE STOREHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MISSION MAASAI ↗
  • Who funds HOPE'S DOOR NEW BEGINNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WHITE ROCK CENTER OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PEACE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds PROMISE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLEN COMMUNITY OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds MABANK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TREASURED VESSELS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARISE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR CONNECT ↗
  • Who funds For the Nations Refugee Outreach ↗
  • Who funds E3 Partners Ministry ↗
  • Who funds CARILLON BEACH INSTITUTE INC ↗

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.

Communities Foundatio…Texas Instruments Fou…The Dallas FoundationW P & Bulah Luse Foun…Hillcrest FoundationResearch Educational …United Way WorldwideThe Thomas FoundationNorth Texas Food BankCoserv Charitable Fou…United Way of Metropo…The Signatry Charitab…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX32.4× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Research Educational Foundation Inc · United Way Worldwide · The Thomas Foundation · North Texas Food Bank · Coserv Charitable Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 48 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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