Texas · Nonprofit
HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC
HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC (Texas) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,419,022 to it, the largest being Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc ($469,443). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Hill Country Family Services Inc does
Mission
Hill country family services operates at the intersection of urgent need and lasting change. We foster mental and physical wellness, stability and independence for individuals and families who are in crisis.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Food and nutrition programhill country family services (hcfs) provides supplemental food each calendar month to support each client household in crisis with the appropriate number of groceries based on the number of adults and children in the home and their ages. All foods provided are in line with usda standards for nutrition to ensure every person has access to the right number of fruits, grains, vegetables, dairy, and protein items. Hcfs also provides adult diapers, toiletries, household cleaning supplies, and diapers and baby formula to families with small children. Thanksgiving meals are provided for 250 families in need in collaboration with the christian men of boerne and the gvtc foundation. In 2024, hcfs distributed food, feeding 267 individuals (unduplicated).
$601,496 spent60% of program spendingThrift shop and warehouse programhill country family services' random hangers thrift shop and warehouse serve two purposes: 1) to provide clothing and household items to families in need, and 2) to conduct retail sales to fund client programs, to include case management, food, clothing, and emergency financial as sistance. In 2024, retail operations raised $352,385 in sales to support client operations.
$330,822 spentof which $282,429 as grants33% of program spendingFinancial and material assistance programhill country family services (hcfs) provides emergency financial assistance to kendall county residents. Clients go through an extensive intake process with an evaluation of family finances, to include all household income and expenses to determine monthly needs and spending. Based on the evaluation, hcfs staff approve financial support which can include assistance with rent, utilities, or medical expenses. In 2024, hill country family services provided $61,653 in financial assistance. Hcfs also supports clients with special services seasonally which may include providing heaters, fans, back to school toiletries and school supplies, and christmas gifts to 613 children in partnership with the blue santa christmas program and the kendall county sheriff's foundation.
$70,174 spentof which $64,200 as grants7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,002,492.
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 2023 to 2024, from $995k to $1.2M (+19%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 11% · 2021 2% · 2022 5% · 2023 4% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES 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. 3 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
Staci Almager
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $121k → $214k.
7 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES 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
HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
64% 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 HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 43% · 2019 45% · 2020 29% · 2021 44% · 2022 27% · 2023 53% — growing more concentrated.
“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
59% of HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
99% of HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES 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. $212k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES 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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC?
- HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC (Texas) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,419,022 to it, the largest being Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc ($469,443). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $1,419,022 in grants to HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC?
- Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc is the largest funder on record, with $469,443 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing