Texas · Nonprofit
4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK
4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK (Texas) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,627,185 to it, the largest being SAMARITAN'S PURSE ($1,500,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $588k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $266k
What 4b Disaster Response Network does
Mission
4b Disaster Response Network exists to mobilize a network of churches to reflect the gospel of jesus christ by serving people affected by disasters within our geographical area.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Over seven years ago, hurricane harvey devastated the greater houston/galveston area with a recorded 53 inches of rain in a four-day period. Much of what we call the 4b area (from the beltway south to the beaches of galveston, from the bay west to the border with brazoria county) was impacted. Since our founding in late 2017, the 4b drn has served in over 1,800 homes, providing a variety of recovery services. In mid-2018, we turned our attention to five specific types of families: single moms, senior adults, widows, those with disabilities and veterans. These families seemed to be struggling the most to restore their homes, so we made the commitment to bring their homes back to a pre-harvey condition. By the close of 2023, we had totally rebuilt 504 homes at no cost to the homeowner. We remain a "volunteer driven organization with no full-time employees. Over 20,000 volunteers have contributed to the success of the work of the 4b drn since 2017.
$279,712 spentof which $224,361 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $279,712.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $899k to $110k (−88%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of 4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
John Eckeberger
Executive director
Board chair
Chris Alston
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $21k → $199k.
4 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of 4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 18 of 21 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
89% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund 4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 100% · 2019 77% · 2020 97% · 2021 52% · 2022 52% · 2023 50% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
14% of 4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK draws 74% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $124k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like 4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK?
- 4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK (Texas) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,627,185 to it, the largest being SAMARITAN'S PURSE ($1,500,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does 4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $2,627,185 in grants to 4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of 4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK?
- SAMARITAN'S PURSE is the largest funder on record, with $1,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 4B DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 21 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing