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Open Door Mission

Open Door Mission (Texas) receives grants from 68 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,770,993 to it, the largest being THE CLAUDE AND BETTY HARRIS FOUNDATION INC ($2,925,000). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.5M
Funders on record
68
Grants received
$7.8M
Net assets
$2.5M
45/68 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 82%
01What it does

What Open Door Mission does

Mission

Open Door Mission is a faith and evidence-based recovery and rehabilitation facility and program dedicated to transforming the lives of the most severely addicted, destitute, homeless, and disabled men in Houston, Texas, and surrounding communities.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The DoorWay Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program employs a multi-level treatment approach to drug and alcohol recovery. It's an intensive, 7 to 13-month, Christ-centered program to help men overcome drug and alcohol addictions. When men enter the program, they participate in a comprehensive curriculum that includes evidence-based programming, self-discovery, life skills development, spiritual renewal, Bible study, and employment training. They also actively participate in mentoring, counseling, and 12-step work. See Schedule OLicensed Chemical Dependency Counselors (LCDCs) create treatment plans for the clients during their stay at the Mission. Clients receive substance abuse education, life skills training, and individual counseling and participate in 12-step programs. The Jack Mayfield House provides transitional living accommodations for up to 6 months to men who have graduated from the DoorWay Drug/Alcohol Recovery Program and are employed. These men have access to food, shelter, clothing, and social services for this time. In addition, these men continue to participate in recovery groups and counseling, and have the opportunity to help other men in the recovery program.…

    $2,482,024 spent$122,942 earned by the program
    95% of program spending
  2. EDUCATION - Open Door Mission requires all men in the DoorWay Program to complete at least 5-10 hours of academic education each week of computer-based instruction to become computer literate and ready for additional educational, technical, or employment. Early in their stay, educational assessments are provided to clients to identify their educational grade equivalency level. Then, a customized academic curriculum, with emphasis on their weaknesses, is created to improve their performance. The computerized program is self-paced and available to clients for daily preparation for regular progress evaluations. See Schedule O. Computer literacy is required to function in our computer-based society. The training includes typing and functional use of Microsoft Office software (Office, Word, and Excel), most commonly used in job placement opportunities. Mission volunteers provide additional support as tutors for clients who need one-on-one instruction to achieve academic progress. The Mission's Education and Technology Center is an officially recommended provider of GED programming by the University of Houston and Houston Community College. The GED program is also available free of…

    $81,684 spent
    3% of program spending
  3. Open Door Mission's Respite and Recuperative Care Center could house up to 28 homeless men who had been released from Ben Taub and LBJ hospitals and needed extended convalescence following illnesses, surgery, or accidents, and had nowhere to go except back to the streets of Houston. RRCC took referrals from Harris Health hospitals and clinics. This program ceased operations in May 2024.

    $52,213 spent
    2% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,615,921.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.6M) Expenses 100 ($3.0M) Net assets 100 ($3.8M)2018 Revenue 94 ($2.5M) Expenses 86 ($2.5M) Net assets 98 ($3.7M)2019 Revenue 100 ($2.6M) Expenses 94 ($2.8M) Net assets 93 ($3.5M)2020 Revenue 112 ($3.0M) Expenses 88 ($2.6M) Net assets 102 ($3.8M)2021 Revenue 102 ($2.7M) Expenses 96 ($2.8M) Net assets 97 ($3.7M)2022 Revenue 94 ($2.5M) Expenses 99 ($2.9M) Net assets 84 ($3.2M)2023 Revenue 114 ($3.0M) Expenses 101 ($3.0M) Net assets 84 ($3.2M)2024 Revenue 93 ($2.5M) Expenses 105 ($3.1M) Net assets 66 ($2.5M)
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Revenue (93)Expenses (105)Net assets (66)Peer revenue range

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 $3.2M to $2.6M (−20%).

$3.8M
$3.7M
$3.5M
$3.9M
$3.7M
$3.2M
$3.2M
$2.6M
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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.

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2018
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 8% · 2023 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

96% of Open Door Mission’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,814 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$347k
’17
−$89k
’18
−$182k
’19
$328k
’20
−$167k
’21
−$468k
’22
−$8k
’23
−$679k
’24
2.2
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

Thomas M Thompson

President & CEO

Board chair

Kevin Holt

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2628302626283031
Joined·+7+2+2+2+5+3+3
No longer listed·5062312
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 20 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $195k → $2.4M.

14 of 68 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 Open Door Mission’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 68 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

Open Door Mission leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 58%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

38%
largest funder
58%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 27% · 2019 23% · 2020 39% · 2021 21% · 2022 28% · 2023 66% — growing more concentrated.

“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

62% of Open Door Mission's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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

54% of Open Door Mission's grant income comes from Texas funders.

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

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Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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

Against its field

Open Door Mission's funding base is broadening — from 20 funders to 35 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−28% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 9%Fundraising 7%

Governance

29
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

92%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds Open Door Mission?
Open Door Mission (Texas) receives grants from 68 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,770,993 to it, the largest being THE CLAUDE AND BETTY HARRIS FOUNDATION INC ($2,925,000). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Open Door Mission have?
IRS filings report 68 organizations giving $7,770,993 in grants to Open Door Mission, 45 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Open Door Mission?
THE CLAUDE AND BETTY HARRIS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,925,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Open Door Mission 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 68 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