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ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY

ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY (Texas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,171,394 to it, the largest being CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS OF TEXAS INC ($3,739,761). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$735k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$4.2M
Net assets
$1.0M
7/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 81%
01What it does

What Advocacy Center for Children of Galveston County does

Mission

The center is committed to reducing the incidence of child abuse and neglect.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Investigative care management involving forensic interviews, prosecution and case review process concerning child abuse.

    $527,541 spent
    76% of program spending

  2. Crisis therapy involving medical and mental health treatment in conjunction with organizations specializing in these treatments and distribution of material goods to those in crisis.

    $107,306 spent
    15% of program spending

  3. Educational and statistical information, case tracking, reporting, and newsletters sent out for public awareness and education.

    $60,792 spent
    9% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $695,639.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($547k) Expenses 100 ($632k) Net assets 100 ($1.2M)2018 Revenue 107 ($585k) Expenses 106 ($669k) Net assets 93 ($1.1M)2019 Revenue 118 ($646k) Expenses 112 ($710k) Net assets 87 ($1.0M)2020 Revenue 130 ($711k) Expenses 118 ($744k) Net assets 85 ($999k)2021 Revenue 126 ($690k) Expenses 124 ($784k) Net assets 77 ($905k)2022 Revenue 159 ($871k) Expenses 129 ($815k) Net assets 82 ($961k)2023 Revenue 163 ($894k) Expenses 124 ($782k) Net assets 92 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 134 ($735k) Expenses 121 ($764k) Net assets 89 ($1.0M)
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Revenue (134)Expenses (121)Net assets (89)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.0M to $1.1M (+13%).

$1.2M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.0M
$973k
$1.0M
$1.1M
$1.1M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 66% · 2018 66% · 2019 72% · 2020 71% · 2021 73% · 2022 63% · 2023 78%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

96% of ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,778 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$84k
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−$84k
’18
−$64k
’19
−$33k
’20
−$94k
’21
$56k
’22
$112k
’23
−$30k
’24
10
months of
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

Carmen Crabtree

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Joined·+0+3+2+2+2+2+1
No longer listed·0322121
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $339k → $614k.

Funder
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total
funders
1
3
5
5
6
6
6
3

1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

97% 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 ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY.

90%
largest funder
96%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 94% · 2019 86% · 2020 90% · 2021 88% · 2022 88% · 2023 87% — 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

63% of ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

100% of ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY's grant income comes from Texas funders.

TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $255 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY is better cushioned than half of the 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Months of reserve10.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY

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

Childrens Advocacy Center for Kaufman County88%Rusk County Childrens Advocacy Center Inc83%Center for Child Protection83%The Children's Advocacy Center for Rockwall County83%Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children83%Cameron County Children Advocacy Center Inc83%Advocacy Center for the Children of El Paso83%Hill Country Childrens Advocacy Center82%

Nationally

Childrens Advocacy Center for Kaufman County88%Children's Advocacy Center of Ottawa Countyinc88%Childrens Advocacy Center of Independence County Inc87%The Child Advocacy Center of the 9th Judicial District Inc87%Child Advocacy Center86%Children's Advocacy Center of Benton County86%Children's Advocacy Center of Sullivan County86%Childrens Advocacy Center Inc85%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 9%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

92%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY?
ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY (Texas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,171,394 to it, the largest being CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS OF TEXAS INC ($3,739,761). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $4,171,394 in grants to ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY?
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS OF TEXAS INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,739,761 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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