Texas · Nonprofit
BRAZOS FELLOWS
BRAZOS FELLOWS (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,742 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION 3311 INC ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $223k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $78k
- Net assets
- $52k
What Brazos Fellows does
Mission
To prepare young adults for lives of mature christian discipleship through a combination of theological training, spiritual disciplines, vocational discernment, and shared life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provided curriculum, training, and coaching for other churches who are developing their own programs of religious education and leadership development. Online and in-person training and coaching was conducted with churches in six states across the country.
$50,845 spent40% of program spendingOver nine months, program participants gathered every week for: six hours of class time, one evening of community and discussion, and daily religious services (except saturdays). In addition, they participated in two weekend-long retreats that included teaching, discussion, religious services, and community building exercises. These provided religious instruction, relational and emotional development, career and professional guidance, mentoring, and leadership opportunities.
$64,632 spent$25,051 earned by the program51% of program spendingHeld three community events: a beginning-of-year orientation program and welcome dinner, a symposium featuring presentations by program participants, and an end-of-year reflection retreat and send-off dinner. These events brought together program participants and dozens of volunteers, providing opportunities for community building, growth in public speaking skills, and relational and religious support.
$12,056 spent9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $127,533.
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
Paul Gutacker
Executive director & treasurer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of BRAZOS FELLOWS’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 FELLOWS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
BRAZOS FELLOWS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 FELLOWS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BRAZOS FELLOWS
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BRAZOS FELLOWS: 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 FELLOWS?
- BRAZOS FELLOWS (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,742 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION 3311 INC ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRAZOS FELLOWS have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $77,742 in grants to BRAZOS FELLOWS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRAZOS FELLOWS?
- FOUNDATION 3311 INC is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRAZOS FELLOWS 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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