Texas · Nonprofit
Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW
Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being Texas Women's Foundation ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $599k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW does
Mission
TechFW promotes local economic development and furthers social welfare in the community known as the Southside Medical District in Fort Worth, TX, by operating a small business incubator that will provide small, start-up businesses with operating space and management counseling and support, at below market rates. This small business incubator will primarily target medical and technology oriented start-up business for the purposes of economic and employment growth opportunities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
FOR ENTREPRENEURS: TechFW empowers entrepreneurs to commercialize innovative technologies through three focused programs. ThinkLab is an 8-week accelerator that helps founders validate ideas, identify markets, and craft go-to-market strategies. SmartStart supports startups as they build and launch?offering tailored guidance, workspace, and connections to consultants and funding. FastForward aids high-growth companies in overcoming leadership and operational challenges, from securing growth capital to implementing scalable processes.
$478,776 spentof which $1,000 as grants$388,885 earned by the program58% of program spendingFOR INVESTORS: TechFW?s Cowtown Angels program connects accredited investors with technology startups, providing entrepreneurs nationwide access to local funding. Since its launch in September 2012, members pay an annual fee to attend monthly forums and participate in pitch meetings where TechFW offers coaching, feedback, and pitch preparation. Cowtown Angels comprises retired professionals, serial entrepreneurs, and professional investors?including family offices and private equity firms?and is proud to be a member of the Angel Capital Association.
$174,223 spent$61,353 earned by the program21% of program spendingOUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY: TechFW sits at the heart of Fort Worth?s innovation ecosystem?fielding community inquiries, connecting startups with partners, and serving on cross-industry committees. We publish newsletters, host regular and specialty events for entrepreneurs, and collaborate with universities, corporations, and support organizations to drive local growth.
$167,773 spent$272 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $820,772.
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 2022 to 2023, from $879k to $2.2M (+150%).
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: 2019 2% · 2020 9% · 2021 8% · 2023 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
23% of Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Ryan Brown
CEO
Board chair
Brent Sorrells
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $20k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW’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
Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% 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
80% 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 Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2021 75% — 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
60% of Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k 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
Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $25k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW
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
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 Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW: 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 Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW?
- Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being Texas Women's Foundation ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $25,000 in grants to Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW.
- Who is the largest funder of Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW?
- Texas Women's Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Fort Worth MedTech Center Inc dba TechFW 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), 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