Texas · Nonprofit
SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC
SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC (Texas) receives grants from 98 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,351,045 to it, the largest being CLARA FRESHOUR NELSON FOUNDATION ($1,748,000). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 98
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What San Antonio Metropolitan Ministries Inc does
Mission
San antonio metropolitan ministry, inc. Dba samministries, is an interfaith ministry, the mission of which is to help the homeless, and those at risk of becoming homeless, to attain self-sufficiency by offering, with dignity and compassion, shelter, housing, and services. Samministries' purpose also includes helping impoverished and homeless people progress from crisis to self-sufficiency through a "continuum of care" model to break the cycle of homelessness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Homeless prevention program: samministries provides homeless prevention services for individuals and families in bexar county to prevent evictions and/or utility disconnections. Short-term (up to 4 months) financial assistance and case management services are provided to households at risk of immediate homelessness. Samministries served 389 households and prevented 987 individuals from becoming homeless in 2025. Ninety-four percent of those assisted maintained housing for at least 12 months after financial assistance was provided. Samministries has become the community's largest provider of homeless prevention services and continues to be a leader in this area, with expertise utilizing and maximizing multiple public and private streams of funding to offer services that prevent individuals and families from falling into homelessness.
$1,414,172 spentof which $625,364 as grants$29,384 earned by the program7% of program spendingRapid re-housing (rrh) services: samministries' rrh program targets homeless families and individuals and assists them in rapidly securing and maintaining permanent housing. Credit/criminal history, inadequate income, disabilities, and behavioral health disorders do not impact individuals' ability to receive services in this program. Case managers assist households in locating apartments that meet hud housing quality standards, help them with applying to lease, and provide assistance with security and/or utility deposits. Once housed, samministries provides rental assistance typically for a period of 12-18 months, while individuals and families are offered intensive case management services to assist them in addressing challenges that impacted their housing stability. Program clients are helped with integrating into their neighborhoods, accessing needed mental/physical health and employment services, securing income/benefits for which they are eligible, and accessing an array of other services. All participants have access to samministries' adult education program, which offers financial and other assistance for individuals working to further their education and/or to engage in…
$3,232,392 spentof which $1,429,403 as grants$67,164 earned by the program16% of program spendingPermanent supportive housing program (psh): permanent supportive housing services target individuals and families impacted by physical and/or mental health disabilities and periods of long-term (more than 12 months) of homelessness. Samministries operates san antonio's largest psh program, aiding to quickly house individuals and families, and providing long-term rental subsidy and ongoing intensive case management to help those served access services to address mental and physical health care needs, substance use treatment, education and employment services, and life skills education. Households must have a member with a documented physical and/or mental health disability and must have experienced homelessness for a period of at least 12 months to qualify for psh program services. Samministries' psh program clients are housed in apartment complexes across san antonio with whom the organization has formal partnerships. The hudson apartments, acquired by the organization in december 2021, began serving as a home for clients in samministries' first site-based permanent supportive housing program in 2023. In 2025, samministries served 497 clients, 286 households (353 adults/144…
$5,050,613 spentof which $2,233,443 as grants$104,943 earned by the program25% of program spendingOther programs undertaken by the ministry include but are not limited to street outreach, emergency shelter, transitional housing program, permanant housing (affordable), and yass (young adult stability and support)
$10,505,276 spentof which $4,645,560 as grants$218,281 earned by the program52% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,202,453.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $7.9M to $13M (+60%).
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 36% · 2018 36% · 2019 39% · 2020 39% · 2021 42% · 2022 48% · 2023 48% · 2024 65% · 2025 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Nikisha Baker
CEO
Board chair
Martin Edward Loeber
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 42 funders, grant income rose $630k → $2.3M.
14 of 98 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 98 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
SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
55% 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 SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 43% · 2019 23% · 2020 15% · 2021 32% · 2022 18% · 2023 15% — 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
42% of SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
93% of SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC?
- SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC (Texas) receives grants from 98 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,351,045 to it, the largest being CLARA FRESHOUR NELSON FOUNDATION ($1,748,000). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 98 organizations giving $14,351,045 in grants to SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC, 54 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC?
- CLARA FRESHOUR NELSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,748,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN 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.
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 98 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