Texas · Nonprofit
RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INC
RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INC (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $507,271 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($467,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $66k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $507k
- Net assets
- $125k
What Relief Network Ministries Inc does
Mission
RNM exists to provide access to safe domestic water, medical relief, and vocational job skills training to the poor and needy in various communities; and in particular, the 3rd World Countries - with the current focus on Nigeria and the Niger Republic in West Africa, Widows and Orphanage care through partnerships in India, & Nigeria. Furthermore, RNM is committed to addressing the need to remove conditions that lead to abject poverty, cycles of disease, and ill health, especially among children and women through sustainable development. Working with donor partners and volunteers, RNM focuses on reducing shortages of sanitary water access as it shares the gospel of Christ the living water to improve school attendance, health & hygiene habits for the desperately poor. RNM also promotes solar pumps for safe Water Access, and Hygiene education as a tool for its integral mission, thereby using the opportunity to share the love of Christ through its intentional gospel proclamation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
We had 2 fundraising campaigns in 2024 during the 2nd quarter in May- a Walk 4 Water and the October Water Relief Gala events to raise money for the ministry. Both functions were reasonably well attended by about 250 participants or volunteers with many also donating money to support the ministry. Key accomplishments: 1. We drilled 13 new wells in Nigeria and rehabilitated 7 well projects. 2. We drilled 10 new wells in India and rehabilitated 7 existing wells. Total new wells: 23 and rehab wells: 14 for a total of 37 well projects accomplished by RNM field teams alone. Distribution of gifts and refreshment are given during these well projects dedication ceremonies with gospel proclamations, and some Bible distribution as needed in a given area or location. 4. Other Accomplishments include: A. WASH Hygiene and Sanitation teams - conducted 8 Well Site visits of previous projects done by RNM for water quality testing, hygiene training for behavior changes and evangelism. B. Dorcas Tailoring Training in India ran their annual program supported by RNM with the addition of 3 more new sewing machines, and materials provided to the women. C. Provision of food and supplies to 4 Orphanages…
$21,200 spentof which $24,618 as grants84% of program spendingOther international charity work we did was to provide food, clothing and support for widows and elders to deliver love and care to vulnerable seniors. We also gave some support for staff/teachers at 4 Orphanages / Widow Care ministries or partners in India and Nigeria. We also provided Tailoring training at the DORCAS TAILORING INSTITUTE to some 15 young Indian Ladies and Widows in Andra Pradesh State, as well as provided 3 additional sewing machines for them.
$1,000 spentof which $1,500 as grants4% of program spendingFinally, we invested in our Workshop landed property in Benue State Nigeria by erecting a fence and drilling a functional borehole on the property. Also engaged an architect to design the workshop plan for the Aba Workshop and did some maintenance work within the yard to check erosion nearby.
$3,000 spentof which $2,500 as grants12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $25,200.
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 2021 to 2022, from $77k to $112k (+46%).
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.
72% of RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Lisa Kurrass
Board Co-Chair/Events Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $57k → $6k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES 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
RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 89% · 2019 86% · 2020 93% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
92% of RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $40k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $467k 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.
Against its field
RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INC's revenue fell 66% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,851 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INC?
- RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INC (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $507,271 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($467,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $507,271 in grants to RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $467,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES 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 3 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