Texas · Nonprofit
First Response Ministry Inc
First Response Ministry Inc (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $766,712 to it, the largest being FMH FOUNDATION ($374,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $314k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $767k
- Net assets
- $365k
What First Response Ministry Inc does
Mission
The mission of the First Response Ministry, Inc is to serve the community as a "first response" community relief resource in an effort to apply the scripture verse Jeremiah 29:7; "Seek the welfare of the city I have deported you to. Play to the Lord on its behalf, for when it has prosperity, you will prosper."
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Establishment and operation of the Lilah Smith House is an integral part of First Response. The house has been constructed, furnished, and equipped to provide a safe refuge for victims of domestic violence. In cooperation with local law enforcement and local medical services, The Lilah Smith House will be made available to these agencies to provide temporary sanctuary and safe haven.
First response is the immediate action of displaying Christian love and hope in any time of crisis through the training and equipping of individuals to respond in emergency management operations. In cooperation with emergency management, emergency medical technicians, fire and rescue, Fort Stockton Police Department, Crime Stoppers, Child Protective Services, and city officials, the Pecos County Sheriff's Departments, First Response is a liaison, works to assist in information dispersal, policy implementation, communication, and resource acquisition and distribution.
First Response is the immediate action in any time of crisis through providing basic items of comfort and care to victims of loss or tragedy, inclement weather, wild fire, first aide and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, acts of terrorism, and disaster relief are among the events that may require first response action of providing shelter, food, and clothing to victims. Issues requiring first response action may include: Marriage and family, parenting, domestic violence, substance abuse recovery, financial management, self-defense, teen pregnancy, citizenship, and clothing and food needs.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $617k to $415k (−33%).
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: 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of First Response Ministry Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Norma Ann Sanchez
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $190k → $144k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 Response Ministry 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 Response Ministry Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 88%; 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: 2019 84% · 2020 95% · 2021 62% · 2022 100% · 2023 43% — 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 First Response Ministry 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. $147k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
First Response Ministry Inc has grown faster 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 First Response Ministry 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
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for First Response Ministry Inc: 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 First Response Ministry Inc?
- First Response Ministry Inc (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $766,712 to it, the largest being FMH FOUNDATION ($374,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does First Response Ministry Inc have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $766,712 in grants to First Response Ministry Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of First Response Ministry Inc?
- FMH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $374,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like First Response Ministry 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), 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