Texas · Nonprofit
BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL
BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL (Texas) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,306,021 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($2,595,145). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $7.3M
- Net assets
- $134M
What Brite Divinity School does
Mission
Brite Divinity School educates and inspires people to serve god's diverse world as leaders in churches, the academy, and public life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
More recent developments in program service include the center for theology and justice (ctj), which is an institutional initiative designed to integrate theological reflection with practical engagement in justice-oriented issues in the church, academy, and society.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Brite Divinity School educates and inspires people to serve god's diverse world as leaders in churches, the academy, and public life. See schedule o for more.
$4,518,052 spentof which $2,233,407 as grants$2,114,525 earned by the program54% of program spendingIn addition to and in support of granting degrees, brite provides field education training through its supervised ministry program. Students are placed in a variety of churches and agencies throughout the area to enhance the integration of classroom learning and ministerial practice. The experience of students is further enriched by relevant speakers at weekly chapel services and other specialized events. Continuing education opportunities are provided for area ministers and lay leaders, including ministry week and stalcup school for the laity.more recent developments in program service include the center for theology and justice (ctj), which is an institutional initiative designed to integrate theological reflection with practical engagement in justice-oriented issues in the church, academy, and society.
$2,153,495 spent$44,720 earned by the program26% of program spendingBrite's leibrock village apartments provide conveniently located affordable housing for students and their families. The village consists of 56 units in three separate buildings arranged to promote community to the fullest. Two full-time staff are employed for the benefit of the facility.
$1,472,539 spent$878,370 earned by the program17% of program spendingResearch and related programs enhance the life of brite and its constituents. The research and related program services are projects organized specifically to enhance the mission of the divinity school. Work is internally and externally funded, often by multi-year grants. Faculty receive regular research leaves and travel support that assists in the presentation and publication of papers and books.
$298,370 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,442,456.
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 $114M to $132M (+16%).
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: 2022 7% · 2023 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
28% of BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Rev Virzola Law
Chair of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 13 funders, grant income fell $1.4M → $951k.
11 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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
BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 36% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 26% · 2019 25% · 2020 22% · 2021 20% · 2022 55% · 2023 21% — 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
43% of BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL
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
42%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Walker Ministerial Foundation LLC · disregarded
- Charitable Remainder Trust · corp_trust
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL: 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 BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL?
- BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL (Texas) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,306,021 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($2,595,145). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $7,306,021 in grants to BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,595,145 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 32 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