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MANOS DE CRISTO INC

MANOS DE CRISTO INC (Texas) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,141,674 to it, the largest being ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION ($2,552,967). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$3.5M
Funders on record
38
Grants received
$5.1M
Net assets
$2.8M
26/38 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 30%
01What it does

What Manos de Cristo Inc does

Mission

Manos de cristo is dedicated to empowering low-income individuals with a loving hand of assistance without regard to age, gender, race or religious preference. Manos promotes dignity and self-reliance by providing essential oral care,furthering educational development, and meeting basic needs with food and clothing.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The manos de cristo dental center serves families who do not have dental insurance, earn too much to qualify for assistance programs and generally are 150% or less of the federal poverty guidelines. The center offers dental services including emergency treatments, preventative and restorative services at rates between the 30th and 35th percentile of average private dental practices, according to the national dental advisory service - comprehensive fee report. In 2024, 18 volunteer ddss contributed 121 hours, 15 pre-dental students contributed 400 hours. The center provided 5,068 clients with 16,237 visits and 45,405 procedures.

    $2,984,005 spent$2,029,796 earned by the program
    86% of program spending
  2. Education - manos de cristo offers several levels of english as a second language (esl), introductory and intermediate computer classes, us citizenship classes, and spanish literacy classes. In 2024, 737 students enrolled in esl classes, 67 participated in citizenship classes, 83 in computer literacy classes. In 2024, 126 volunteers provided 5,379 hours of instruction; classes were taught virtually and in-person.

    $238,240 spentof which $32,428 as grants$40,945 earned by the program
    7% of program spending
  3. Basic needs services - manos de cristo operates a food pantry and clothes closet. Manos de cristos food pantry continues to serve families from 8-11am, monday-friday. In 2024 manos served food pantry clients every 2 months, a total of 7,013 people were served. Manos shopped through the capital area food bank, sams clubs and heb. The austin area presbyterian churches and donations also supplemented the food pantry. The clothes closet served 987 individuals in 2024.

    $209,116 spentof which $144,052 as grants
    6% of program spending
  4. Back to school: in 2024 provided 2,000 backpacks for students through foundation communities, pflugerville education foundation and the clothes closet. In 2024, 192 volunteers provided 632 hours of assistance with the back to school event.

    $48,953 spentof which $48,953 as grants
    1% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,480,314.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.4M) Expenses 100 ($3.3M) Net assets 100 ($2.8M)2018 Revenue 98 ($3.3M) Expenses 96 ($3.2M) Net assets 105 ($3.0M)2019 Revenue 99 ($3.3M) Expenses 101 ($3.3M) Net assets 105 ($3.0M)2020 Revenue 108 ($3.6M) Expenses 87 ($2.9M) Net assets 132 ($3.8M)2021 Revenue 81 ($2.7M) Expenses 92 ($3.0M) Net assets 122 ($3.5M)2022 Revenue 104 ($3.5M) Expenses 104 ($3.4M) Net assets 123 ($3.5M)2023 Revenue 117 ($3.9M) Expenses 119 ($3.9M) Net assets 124 ($3.5M)2024 Revenue 105 ($3.5M) Expenses 128 ($4.2M) Net assets 100 ($2.8M)
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Revenue (105)Expenses (128)Net assets (100)

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 $3.7M to $2.9M (−21%).

$3.4M
$3.4M
$3.4M
$4.1M
$3.9M
$3.6M
$3.7M
$2.9M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$60k
’17
$140k
’18
−$15k
’19
$774k
’20
−$291k
’21
$52k
’22
$16k
’23
−$688k
’24
1.0
months of
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

Julie Ballesteros

Executive director

Board chair

Nate Groves

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2022222021222421
Joined·+7+3+3+5+3+5+1
No longer listed·5354234
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $731k → $920k.

11 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 MANOS DE CRISTO INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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

MANOS DE CRISTO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

86% 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 MANOS DE CRISTO INC.

50%
largest funder
72%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 26% · 2019 47% · 2020 79% · 2021 55% · 2022 39% · 2023 47% — 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

57% of MANOS DE CRISTO INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

92% of MANOS DE CRISTO INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.

NY
OR
CA
CO
DE
TN
NC
TX

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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

Organizations like MANOS DE CRISTO 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 9%Fundraising 9%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

81%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds MANOS DE CRISTO INC?
MANOS DE CRISTO INC (Texas) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,141,674 to it, the largest being ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION ($2,552,967). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MANOS DE CRISTO INC have?
IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $5,141,674 in grants to MANOS DE CRISTO INC, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MANOS DE CRISTO INC?
ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,552,967 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MANOS DE CRISTO 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 38 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