Texas · Nonprofit
BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS
BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS (Texas) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,255,227 to it, the largest being TEXAS CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES ($867,500). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 70
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Bear Be a Resource for Cps Kids does
Mission
Bear: be a resource for cps kids develops and implements programs (continued on schedule o) (continued from page 1) to provide emergency goods to abused and neglected children who are removed from their homes under the care of child protective services (cps) in harris county, texas.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
"bear necessities" is the giving program through which emergency supplies are provided to any child under the care of harris county cps, particularly those who are removed from unsafe homes. Cps caseworkers obtain emergency items such as clothing, diapers, food, hygiene items, and shoes from the "bear rooms and bear's warehouse in houston. Bear room inventory is funded by foundations, family, and corporate grants, as well as cash and in-kind gifts from individuals. Bear employees and volunteers staff the bear rooms. In 2024, the program received the help of the 1,137 volunteers and served 45,600 children.
$1,755,987 spentof which $1,208,178 as grants50% of program spending"bearing gifts" is an annual program that provides toys and gifts to abused and neglected children under the care of cps during the holiday season. 29.200 children received gifts and toys in december 2024. Caseworkers submit wish lists for the cps children to bear staff. Over 1,148 volunteers assisted bear in 2024 by sorting, boxing, and wrapping gifts. Funds for this program are from foundations, individuals, corporate, church groups, and in-kind donations.
$740,596 spentof which $617,515 as grants21% of program spending"heart gallery" utilizes the power of photography to capture the individuality and dignity of children living in foster care and is designed to find forever families for these children. In 2024, the program received the help of 3 volunteers and served 150 children.
$508,943 spentof which $356,040 as grants14% of program spendingIn addition to the three programs listed in form 990, part iii, lines 4a-c, "back-to-school" is an annual program that provides school supplies, uniforms, and back packs to children under the care of cps in harris county. In 2024, this program served 17,900 cps children with essential items needed to return to school in the fall. This program is funded by corporate grants, foundations, individuals and in-kind donations. Approximately 998 volunteers assisted with this program in 2024.
$506,892 spentof which $458,898 as grants14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,512,418.
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.
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 $707k to $1.9M (+172%).
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.
102% of BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Tammy Hetmaniak
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $101k → $498k.
15 of 70 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 70 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
BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
78% 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 BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 38% · 2019 24% · 2020 28% · 2021 27% · 2022 24% · 2023 50% — growing more concentrated.
“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
43% of BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
92% of BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $726k arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS?
- BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS (Texas) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,255,227 to it, the largest being TEXAS CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES ($867,500). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS have?
- IRS filings report 70 organizations giving $3,255,227 in grants to BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS?
- TEXAS CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES is the largest funder on record, with $867,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 70 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing