Texas · Nonprofit
Brazos Bend Guardianship Services
Brazos Bend Guardianship Services (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $715,361 to it, the largest being THE HENDERSON-WESSENDORFF FOUNDATION ($320,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $367k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $715k
- Net assets
- $443k
What Brazos Bend Guardianship Services does
Mission
Brazos Bend Guardianship Services exists to connect with and deliver guardianship services, education, and support to protect the most vulnerable.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Corporate Guardianship Program. BBGS is legally appointed by the courts to serve as the legal guardian of incapacitated adults when no family member is willing or qualified to serve as his/her legal guardian. Our role is to ensure the overall well being of the person under our guardianship by monitoring the quality of care they receive and making the best decisions for their housing, medical, clothing, nutritional and other needs. We also oversee the appropriate management of the persons funds, and make regular visits to help prevent any mistreatment or abuse. BBGS staff is on call 24/7 with the program.
$224,201 spent77% of program spendingGuardian Assistance Program. BBGS provides an assistance program to help families that are up to 250% above the poverty level. The avg. cost for a family to obtain guardianship is $2500. This is cost prohibitive for many families. To qualify for this program, a family must submit an application and provide proof of income. The assistance program is a scholarship program and we are able to offer because of a partnering with some attorneys whove agreed to represent the potential guardian for a reduced rate.
$37,852 spent13% of program spendingGuardianship Information Sessions. BBGS hosts free regular information sessions in the community to help educate families about obtaining legal guardianship of an incapacitated loved one. Why guardianship may be necessary, the steps involved in obtaining guardianship, a guardians role, and alternatives to guardianship is explained during these sessions. BBGS also discusses the Guardianship Assistance Program available and how families can apply. An attorney is present at these sessions to answer any legal questions the attendees may have.
$29,117 spent10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $291,170.
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 2020 to 2021, from $276k to $576k (+108%).
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.
55% of Brazos Bend Guardianship Services’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $40k → $85k.
1 of 7 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 Brazos Bend Guardianship Services’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
Brazos Bend Guardianship Services leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 59% · 2019 56% · 2020 53% · 2021 49% · 2022 47% · 2023 47% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Brazos Bend Guardianship Services's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $111 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.
Against its field
Brazos Bend Guardianship Services holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Brazos Bend Guardianship Services
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Brazos Bend Guardianship Services: 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 Brazos Bend Guardianship Services?
- Brazos Bend Guardianship Services (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $715,361 to it, the largest being THE HENDERSON-WESSENDORFF FOUNDATION ($320,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Brazos Bend Guardianship Services have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $715,361 in grants to Brazos Bend Guardianship Services, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Brazos Bend Guardianship Services?
- THE HENDERSON-WESSENDORFF FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $320,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Brazos Bend Guardianship Services 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 7 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