Texas · Nonprofit
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FORT WORTH FOUNDATION INC
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FORT WORTH FOUNDATION INC (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being Jack and Jan Redding Foundation ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.2M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $106M
What First Methodist Church of Fort Worth Foundation Inc does
Mission
To solicit, receive, maintain and preserve (either absolutely or in trust) gifts and bequests which are intended to benefit the first united methodist church of fort worth. To support, benefit, be responsive to the needs of, assist in carrying out the purposes of and to promote the ministries, programs and activities of the first united methodist church of fort worth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Through the generosity of many dedicated members and friends of first united methodist church of fort worth, the First Methodist Church of Fort Worth Foundation Inc. Continued its tradition of building its asset base and generating income for church use. We are continually thankful for legacy donations that allow donors to make a gift and know it will continue to support our church in perpetuity. Through legacy giving, people who love our great church continue giving beyond their lifetimes. Each donor's philanthropy and memory live forever. It's almost as if they continue to write a check to the church every year because their original gift to the foundation is still intact, producing annual income for the church. Having annual income produced by the endowment assures gifts extend through multiple generations because of the unique structure of the foundation endowment. The foundation's endowment uses only the interest and income generated from original donations supporting the church and its entire community, never touching the original contributions that form the corpus of the fund. Since its beginning in 1964, the foundation has released over $75.5 million to our church. We…
$3,447,180 spentof which $3,447,180 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,447,180.
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 2021 to 2022, from $97M to $80M (−18%).
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.
1% of FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FORT WORTH FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Sid Johnston
Executive director
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.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FORT WORTH FOUNDATION INC’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
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FORT WORTH FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% 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
100% of FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FORT WORTH FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k 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
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FORT WORTH FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,211 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FORT WORTH FOUNDATION 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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FORT WORTH FOUNDATION INC?
- FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FORT WORTH FOUNDATION INC (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being Jack and Jan Redding Foundation ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FORT WORTH FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $25,000 in grants to FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FORT WORTH FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FORT WORTH FOUNDATION INC?
- Jack and Jan Redding Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FORT WORTH FOUNDATION 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.
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 2 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