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Headwaters at Incarnate Word Inc

Headwaters at Incarnate Word Inc (Texas) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $843,983 to it, the largest being Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation ($165,663). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$780k
Funders on record
30
Grants received
$844k
Net assets
$7.5M
12/30 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 41%
01What it does

What Headwaters at Incarnate Word Inc does

Mission

Our mission is to preserve, restore and celebrate the rich natural, cultural, historical, spiritual and educational values of the headwaters of the San Antonio River, especially within the 53-acre Headwaters Sanctuary. We respond to the call for a sustainable relationship with God's creation by offering environmental education, reflective experiences on care of creation, and practical, hands-on volunteer opportunities to restore and protect the land. Headwaters at Incarnate Word is a nonprofit sponsored Earth care ministry of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Habitat Restoration Program:Bird City San Antonio Partner OrganizationHeadwaters habitat restoration work continued to support Bird City San Antonio certification requirements. Headwaters shared habitat restoration progress with Bexar Audubon South Central Texas representatives throughout the year. Headwaters is pleased to partner in this far-reaching effort to protect and improve native habitat in the San Antonio area. Sanctuary Habitat ProgramsOur programs strive to improve habitat conditions - to promote wildlife diversity, increase Sanctuary carrying capacity for wildlife, and provide a more pleasurable visitor experience. Prolonged drought and summer nighttime temperatures above 85 degrees continue to stress our native trees, especially our Hackberry population, which provides an important food source for birds. While Hackberry trees suffer, Retama, Anacua, Bluewood Condalia, Lotebush, and Gum Bumelia species thrive.Invasive Plant Management Program: Invasive plant species threaten the Sanctuary habitat by competing with essential native trees and suppressing understory species, needed for local and migratory wildlife sustenance and shelter. In 2025, Headwaters removed over…

    $174,659 spent
    82% of program spending
  2. Public Access Program:Spirit Reach ProjectContemplative Path to the Sacred Blue Hole and Beyond: The project will connect the Blue Hole to the World Heritage Site Missions along the San Antonio River. The contemplative path will bring visitors from Brackenridge Park under Hildebrand Avenue through the Incarnate Word campus to the Blue Hole and the Sanctuary main entrance. The plan includes embankment stabilization, riparian restoration, and improvements to the Blue Hole site. Construction begins in summer 2026; completion anticipated in 2027. The project is funded by Bexar County, with oversight from the San Antonio River Authority. Blue Hole Marker, Texas Historical Commission: In recognition of the Blue Holes significance, a marker will be installed adjacent to the restored site.Sanctuary Master Plan: The plan will address several topics, including preservation and erosion mitigation, public access, program facilities, and visitor amenities. Urban Alchemy Collective will develop an integrated 10-year vision. The project is funded by H-E-B.Great Oak Trail Bridge Project: In early spring 2026, the Great Oak Trail will reopen. The Kronkosky Charitable Foundation funded the project…

    $28,116 spent
    13% of program spending
  3. Environmental Education Program: Environmental Education: During volunteer service sessions, Headwaters offered practical knowledge and guidance in land stewardship. Public response to our Sanctuary guided walks remained strong. Community and school tours included a brief introduction to the Headwaters ministry and Sanctuary, as well as an overview of our habitat programs. 2025 Guided nature walks, presentations, and tours will remain free and open to the public. Our Environmental Film Series will resume when a facility with parking is secured.Donated Services (In-Kind) received for 2025 amounted to $2,574.

    $10,521 spent
    5% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $213,296.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($164k) Expenses 100 ($158k) Net assets 100 ($5.6M)2019 Revenue 104 ($171k) Expenses 105 ($166k) Net assets 101 ($5.7M)2020 Revenue 115 ($188k) Expenses 102 ($161k) Net assets 102 ($5.8M)2021 Revenue 406 ($666k) Expenses 137 ($217k) Net assets 111 ($6.2M)2022 Revenue 472 ($773k) Expenses 164 ($259k) Net assets 118 ($6.6M)2023 Revenue 188 ($308k) Expenses 156 ($247k) Net assets 120 ($6.7M)2024 Revenue 238 ($390k) Expenses 139 ($219k) Net assets 123 ($6.9M)2025 Revenue 476 ($780k) Expenses 181 ($287k) Net assets 133 ($7.5M)
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Revenue (476)Expenses (181)Net assets (133)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $6.9M to $7.5M (+8%).

$5.6M
$5.7M
$5.8M
$6.2M
$6.6M
$6.7M
$6.9M
$7.5M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2019
2020
2021
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2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

79% of Headwaters at Incarnate Word Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,802 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$6k
’18
$5k
’19
$27k
’20
$449k
’21
$514k
’22
$61k
’23
$171k
’24
$494k
’25
24
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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

Robert Boerner

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed111314119989
Joined·+4+1+0+1+2+0+3
No longer listed·2033212
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $10k → $126k.

5 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 Headwaters at Incarnate Word 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

Headwaters at Incarnate Word Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

36% 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 Headwaters at Incarnate Word Inc.

20%
largest funder
41%
top three
~11
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 50% · 2019 63% · 2020 53% · 2021 76% · 2022 36% · 2023 19% — 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

75% of Headwaters at Incarnate Word Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

61% of Headwaters at Incarnate Word Inc's grant income comes from Texas funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $142k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Headwaters at Incarnate Word Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,661 crime & legal nonprofits its size.

Operating margin63% · top quartile
Months of reserve23.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)25% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,661 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 13%Fundraising 12%

Governance

8
board members
88%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

69%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 7 related entities

  • Srs of Charity of Incarnate Word · exempt
  • Incarnate Word Foundation · exempt
  • University of the Incarnate Word · exempt
  • The Village at Incarnate Word · exempt
  • Christus Health · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds Headwaters at Incarnate Word Inc?
Headwaters at Incarnate Word Inc (Texas) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $843,983 to it, the largest being Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation ($165,663). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Headwaters at Incarnate Word Inc have?
IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $843,983 in grants to Headwaters at Incarnate Word Inc, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Headwaters at Incarnate Word Inc?
Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $165,663 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Headwaters at Incarnate Word 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 30 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