Texas · Nonprofit
METHODIST JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC
METHODIST JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC (Texas) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,112,268 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($447,268). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Methodist Justice Ministry of Fumc does
Mission
The mission of methodist justice ministry is to provide free legal representation and ongoing support to vulnerable community members impacted by family violence, child abuse, and child neglect.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Prospective clients are interviewed to assess need and qualifications. Legal documents are drafted for clients and filed with the appropriate courts. In 2025, attorneys represented 108 new clients in litigations involving family violence and/or child abuse. The number of active cases in 2025 was 239, which included new and existing clients.
$868,292 spent83% of program spendingIn 2025, the methodist justice ministry obtained civil legal protections for survivors of family violence and impacted children, with the majority of cases involving custody. Throughout the year, mjm paid 35,532 in expenses to serve court documents, obtain medical records, conduct drug and dna testing for court evidence, and obtain citation by publication when needed. Court filing fees, translation services, certified copies, etc. Totaled 31,443.
$66,975 spent6% of program spendingThe ministry paid 69,259 for 39 clients and families to attend professional counseling sessions. Emergency financial assistance grants were provided to 96 clients and families for rent, utilitiy assistance, and other personal services to escape abusive situations.
$117,184 spentof which $47,925 as grants11% of program spendingMethodist justice ministry distributes christmas gifts, school supplies, and college tuition funds to qualified family members of eligible clients.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,052,451.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $881k to $1.2M (+37%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $24k → $237k.
4 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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 JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% 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
35% 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 METHODIST JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 71% · 2019 41% · 2020 27% · 2021 23% · 2022 28% · 2023 37% — 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 METHODIST JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
84% of METHODIST JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $606k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like METHODIST JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
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 JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC?
- METHODIST JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC (Texas) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,112,268 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($447,268). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does METHODIST JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $2,112,268 in grants to METHODIST JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of METHODIST JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC?
- COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC is the largest funder on record, with $447,268 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like METHODIST JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 31 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