Texas · Nonprofit
NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES
NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES (Texas) receives grants from 114 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,846,917 to it, the largest being GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($7,980,918). 71 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.3M
- Funders on record
- 114
- Grants received
- $31M
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What Northwest Assistance Ministries does
Mission
NAM is a community-based multi-program social services agency striving to meet basic human needs. NAM provides assistance in areas of food, shelter, healh, education, safety and financial education during the 2024-2025 fiscal year.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Emergency Basic Needs program provided client services to 6,394 families. NAM's Emergency Basic Needs program assisted 161 clients with rental and mortgage assistance, totaling $288,612. Over $42,000 in utility assistance was granted to 200 clients. To assist clients in getting ready for the new school year, NAM provided school supplies to over 200 children. Over 700 individuals were provided with client vouchers to get essential items from the Resale Store. Additionally, through its partnership with Moving Waters, the Resale Shop provided clothing to 544 homeless clients.The Joanne Watford Nutrition Center safely provided nutritious groceries, including fresh produce, meat and dairy to 12,957 individuals. Many of these clients were new. Through its partnership with Common Market, the Joanne Watford Nutrition Center furnished over 4,092 fresh food boxes to 2,376 clients. In partnership with the Houston Food Bank, NAM hosted drive-thru food distributions serving 1,611 families and 153 low-income seniors. Thanksgiving and Holiday meals were given to 1,610 families.NAMs Housing Homeless Services provided assistance to 249 families. Through government grants, these families…
$4,815,218 spentof which $3,018,463 as grants56% of program spendingMeals on Wheels delivered a total of 260,202 nutritious meals for 1,180 homebound seniors and disabled individuals within NAMs 24 zip codes, which were delivered by over 700 dedicated volunteers. Over 140 individuals received monthly grocery deliveries and Saturday frozen meals. 6,312 fresh boxes of vegetables and fruits were provided through our partnership with Common Market. As prescribed by their physicians, 121 seniors received weekly nutritional supplements. Homebound seniors companion animals were provided pet food and pet supplies, which were donated by the Houston Humane Society. At the Young at Heart Senior Center, a total of 192 seniors were served and participated in 8,112 virtual and in-person activities (physical fitness, dance, French language and wellness classes). The 60+ Caf congregate meal program served 5,568 hot meals and furnished 2,532 rides to the Young at Heart Senior Center.
$2,072,068 spentof which $1,133,871 as grants24% of program spendingNAMs Family Violence Center assisted 396 clients, providing services including crisis intervention, safety planning, case management, information and referrals, access to shelter, emergency transportation, client advocacy, and legal advocacy. Through economic stability funding, clients were assisted with rent, utilities, and childcare totaling $118,633. A total of 5,815 phone calls were answered on the 24-hour hotline from victims in crisis or individuals seeking help. Youth violence prevention education was provided in five area school districts: Klein, Aldine, Cy-Fair, Tomball and Spring. Presentations or awareness events were presented to 1,684 individuals in the community. A total of 781 counseling sessions were provided to adults and children, in both English and Spanish. The Family Violence Center assisted over 50 clients with obtaining a protective order through the Harris County District Attorneys Office.The Opportunity Center provided financial education, training, and coaching services were provided to 280 adults. Through collaborative efforts with the Harris County Department of Education (HCDE), another 2,978 students were engaged, enabling their enrollment in GED and…
$1,329,615 spentof which $253,960 as grants16% of program spendingNAMs Behavioral Health Services Program provided 3,721 hours of direct client-therapist interface, based on a 50-minute clinical hour, were provided to 195 adults, 24 adolescents, 92 children, and 262 families. Counseling services were delivered by licensed and masters level therapists, either in-person and/or via Telehealth using a secure client portal. Clinical services were offered in English, Spanish, Arabic, and Vietnamese. The program supported community mental health through conferences, workshops, presentations and community events at churches and local school districts, presenting on topics such as anxiety, depression, bullying, and parenting. A weekly Child Yoga class was facilitated to help children learn mindfulness, emotional regulation, and focusing and concentration skills, while also promoting wellness, improved mood, and positive mental health outcomes. Through its partnership with Santa Maria Hostel, a Parenting Skills group for Spanish-speaking parents was offered.
$315,784 spentof which $173,051 as grants4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,532,685.
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 2018 to 2019, from $12M to $9.1M (−22%).
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 19% · 2018 19% · 2019 22% · 2020 32% · 2021 31% · 2022 35% · 2023 36% · 2024 33% · 2025 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Nadine Scamp
CEO
Board chair
Dr Nicole Twine
Board Chair
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 32 funders to 46 funders, grant income fell $6.9M → $2.4M.
18 of 114 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 114 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
NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% 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
76% 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 NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 30% · 2019 23% · 2020 34% · 2021 43% · 2022 28% · 2023 28% — 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
45% of NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
97% of NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES's revenue fell 23% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.5M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$7.5M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Nam Endowment Fund Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES?
- NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES (Texas) receives grants from 114 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,846,917 to it, the largest being GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($7,980,918). 71 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES have?
- IRS filings report 114 organizations giving $30,846,917 in grants to NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES, 71 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES?
- GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,980,918 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 114 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