Texas · Nonprofit
CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC
CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC (Texas) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,189,472 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF MIDLAND INC ($1,126,044). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.7M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $7.2M
- Net assets
- $6.6M
What Centers for Children and Families Inc does
Mission
Centers for children & families, inc. Exists to improve quality of life and strengthen the communities we serve through counseling, education and supportive services
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Post adoption services - with the goal of keeping adoptive families intact, our post adoption program focuses on building a strong foundation for families who have adopted children out of the state's foster care system. Available services include case management, home visits, respite care, therapeutic summer camps, residential treatment, parent education and training, support groups, 24-hr crisis care and counseling. The vast majority of families receiving post adoption services report high levels of satisfaction and express gratitude for the support.
$3,186,377 spent64% of program spendingClinical counseling - this program provides professional counseling for individuals, couples, families and children ages three and up. From crisis intervention to problems of a chronic nature, centers is an affordable resource for those facing the challenges of life. Counseling sessions not filed through insurance, medicaid or billing to other contracts are offered on a sliding fee scale or for free, based on eligibility for grant-funded programs. Counseling is offered free of charge for active military, veterans, and their families. Of clients receiving counseling, more than 85% demonstrated improved life skills, confidence, and decision-making.
$1,664,153 spent33% of program spendingKids first - the purpose of this program is to facilitate parent-child relationships while shielding children from the conflict associated with divorce, separation, and other custody disputes. Supervised visitation allows for safe contact between child(ren) and their non-custodial parent in a neutral, child-friendly environment. Supervised exchange provides a nonthreatening setting for parents to exchange possession of their child(ren) without having contact with one another. Of clients enrolled in kids first, an average of 90% demonstrated an improved level of interaction and use of positive parenting skills.
$155,897 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,006,427.
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 2022 to 2023, from $6.6M to $7.3M (+9%).
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: 2017 59% · 2018 52% · 2019 54% · 2020 65% · 2021 69% · 2022 3% · 2023 2% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
30% of CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (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
Kristi Edwards
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $471k → $932k.
9 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 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
CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% 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
40% 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 CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 30% · 2019 23% · 2020 16% · 2021 19% · 2022 19% · 2023 31% — 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
65% of CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
97% of CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $969k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC is better cushioned than half of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC?
- CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC (Texas) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,189,472 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF MIDLAND INC ($1,126,044). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $7,189,472 in grants to CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC?
- UNITED WAY OF MIDLAND INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,126,044 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC 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 44 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