Texas · Nonprofit
METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME
METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME (Texas) receives grants from 105 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,062,474 to it, the largest being WILLIAM A BADGER FOUNDATION ($6,827,553). 72 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $70M
- Funders on record
- 105
- Grants received
- $20M
- Net assets
- $763M
What Methodist Children's Home does
Mission
Methodist Children's Home equips children, youth, and families to flourish by offering hope through christian-centered relationships, services, and support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Residential group care - youth generally ages 11-18 are provided with care that enables them to experience life to the fullest. By building relationships with caring and professional staff members, residents grow physically, spiritually, intellectually and emotionally. The waco campus serves children from all across texas and new mexico and sits on 130 acres in a park-like setting featuring homes, administrative offices, a charter school and gym and provides a caring, education-focused community designed specifically to meet the needs of children in care. Eight to 10 youth live in a home and experience a family-like environment served by home parents and other professional staff who build positive relationships with youth as they offer love, compassion and support. The boys ranch provides care for youth in similar ways on a 400-acre rural ranch setting northeast of waco with homes, administrative offices, and recreational/agricultural facilities. Recreation and sports programs enable youth to participate in group activities. Residents may participate in future farmers of america (ffa) and sports activities as well as other programs to develop discipline, a strong work ethic and…
$15,026,831 spentof which $1,138,437 as grants$1,284,870 earned by the program55% of program spendingFamily outreach programs - mch family outreach offers hope to thousands of children and their families each year in 14 locations throughout texas and new mexico through family support, foster care and foster-to-adopt (in some locations) and other family services. Services are designed to help meet the needs of families with one or more children between the ages of 0 to 17. Whether it is illness, conflict, school difficulties or parenting challenges, families facing difficult situations can turn to the professional, caring staff at mch family outreach and community-based services. Each mch family outreach office provides resource information, parenting support and education, and case management services.
$9,799,989 spentof which $587,839 as grants36% of program spendingTransition services - young adult ages 18-25 are assisted with preparation for college, vocational school, or employment in order to make a successful transition into independent living. Staff work with youth during their junior and senior years of high school to prepare for this program. Scholarships are awarded annually to mch graduates and alumni to pursue education at four-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
$2,341,231 spentof which $382,930 as grants8% of program spendingEmergency services.
$379,222 spentof which $110,994 as grants1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $27,547,273.
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 2020 to 2021, from $538M to $641M (+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: 2020 0% · 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Trey Oakley
President/CEO
Board chair
Les Leskoven
Chairperson of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 35 funders to 56 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $2.9M.
28 of 105 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 105 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
METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 14% · 2019 16% · 2020 35% · 2021 44% · 2022 43% · 2023 40% — 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
65% of METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME draws 65% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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
METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME
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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
24%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME?
- METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME (Texas) receives grants from 105 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,062,474 to it, the largest being WILLIAM A BADGER FOUNDATION ($6,827,553). 72 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME have?
- IRS filings report 105 organizations giving $20,062,474 in grants to METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME, 72 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME?
- WILLIAM A BADGER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,827,553 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 105 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