Texas · Nonprofit
MESA-OUTREACH INC
MESA-OUTREACH INC (Texas) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,361,238 to it, the largest being The Houston Food Bank ($742,849). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $167k
What Mesa-Outreach Inc does
Mission
Mesa-outreach, inc. Is dedicated to fostering a nourished and empowered community in northwest harris county. Through compassionate assistance programs and referrals to other vital services, we strive to alleviate hunger, promote education, and uplift individuals and families. Our mission is to assist individuals on the road to self-sufficiency, while fostering a sense of belonging and dignity for all members of our community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Basic needs:food pantryshelf-stable foods, frozen meats & refrigerated items for those with emergency needs food assistance is provided twice a month to area residents. Each family in need receives a 55# bag of shelf stable food items, bread/pastries, frozen meats, drinks, and produce for their family. Mesa's food pantry distributions continued with the drive through system of food distribution. With this drive through system, mesa's food pantry and the dedicated group of volunteers were able to serve the ever-increasing number of clients as mesa continued to meet their food needs. During 2024:families (individuals) served: 7,330pounds of food distributed: 447,681pounds of food donated: 410,134pounds of food purchased: 19,677volunteer hours donated: 6,544produce truckperishables for those with emergency needs perishable food assistance is provided monthly to area residents. Each family in need receives a variety of perishable food items for their family. During 2024:families (individuals) served: 3,156pounds of food distributed: 107,477pounds of food donated: 107,477volunteer hours donated: 2,281total food pantry & produce truck distributions: 9,418 family visits, representing…
$1,136,479 spentof which $5,076 as grants100% of program spendingBooks to kids:encouraging kids to read with books they can call their ownmesa provides free books to children 4 - 10 years old, who are educationally at risk. Project goal: all children want and need a home library. Books are distributed at special events during the year.during 2024: books distributed at easter: 0 books distributed at share the table: 664
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,136,479.
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 2019 to 2020, from $53k to $187k (+255%).
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 5% · 2022 4% · 2023 7% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
102% of MESA-OUTREACH INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Board chair
David E Davis
Chairman of the board/president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $0 → $78k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 MESA-OUTREACH 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
MESA-OUTREACH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
68% 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 MESA-OUTREACH INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 80% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 79% · 2022 68% · 2023 77% — 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
33% of MESA-OUTREACH INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
65% of MESA-OUTREACH 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. $148k 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
MESA-OUTREACH INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MESA-OUTREACH 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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MESA-OUTREACH INC?
- MESA-OUTREACH INC (Texas) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,361,238 to it, the largest being The Houston Food Bank ($742,849). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MESA-OUTREACH INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,361,238 in grants to MESA-OUTREACH INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MESA-OUTREACH INC?
- The Houston Food Bank is the largest funder on record, with $742,849 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MESA-OUTREACH 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 13 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