Tennessee · Nonprofit
ST ALEXIUS OUTREACH MINISTRIES
ST ALEXIUS OUTREACH MINISTRIES (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,648 to it, the largest being The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc ($51,587). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $266k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $77k
- Net assets
- $76k
What St Alexius Outreach Ministries does
Mission
The St. Alexius Outreach Ministries ("SAOM") mission is committed to acts of service that promote the well-being and dignity to those marginalized in our communities. A Catholic ministry and community where those in need are provided with supportive services, friendship, dignity and care for the whole person.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Mobile Delivery Tennessee Program, operated by St. Alexius Outreach Ministries, addresses food insecurity among individuals and families in the Chattanooga area who face transportation or mobility barriers that prevent access to food distribution sites. The program prioritizes households experiencing economic, health, or mobility challenges. The program receives food assistance requests through a partnership with United Way's 211 referral system. Referrals are coordinated with the Chattanooga Area Food Bank, which prepares emergency food boxes designed to provide approximately one month of nutrition for a household of four, including shelf-stable items and produce. St. Alexius Outreach Ministries delivers these boxes directly to recipients' homes within a 15 mile service area, Monday through Friday. In 2025, the program delivered 6,721 emergency food boxes, supporting food security for households facing transportation, health, and economic barriers and improving stability for vulnerable populations in the Chattanooga area. In addition to food delivery, the program expanded service to residents of a local homeless encampment, providing regular deliveries of food and basic…
$115,937 spent50% of program spendingThe Senior Center Delivery Tennessee Program targets food insecurity and social isolation among older adults in economically distressed counties in Southeast Tennessee. The program serves seniors with limited income, transportation challenges, or reduced access to grocery stores and public benefits. St. Alexius Outreach Ministries purchases non-perishable food items from local grocery stores and assembles them into food packages, which are distributed through senior activity centers. These centers serve as accessible distribution points, providing consistent and dignified access to food. In 2025, the program distributed 3,390 food packages, improving access to nutrition, supporting social engagement, and connecting seniors to additional community resources to meet their broader needs. In addition to food distribution, Brothers maintain a regular presence at participating senior centers to visit with seniors, engage in conversation, provide companionship, and offer prayer and spiritual support as requested. Their presence fosters meaningful social interaction, reduces isolation, and promotes a sense of dignity, connection, and community among older adults.
$64,052 spent28% of program spendingThe Shopping Shuttle Services Program, operated by St. Alexius Outreach Ministries, increases access to grocery stores and essential household goods for residents of five Chattanooga Housing Authority housing complexes located in designated food desert areas. The program primarily serves older adults and individuals with disabilities who face mobility limitations or lack personal transportation, ensuring equitable access to nutrition and daily necessities. The program provides free, door-to-door, round-trip transportation to local grocery stores on a weekly basis, offering two trips per day. A dedicated driver assists participants with boarding, unloading groceries, and navigating store access, promoting safe and independent participation. By removing transportation barriers, the program enables residents to independently obtain food, household items, and other essentials that are otherwise difficult to access. In 2025, the program provided transportation for 2,655 residents, directly supporting independent living, improving access to food and necessities, and enhancing social engagement among older adults and residents with disabilities. St. Alexius Outreach Ministries plans to…
$33,051 spent14% of program spendingThe Mobile Delivery Illinois Program, operated by St. Alexius Outreach Ministries, addresses food insecurity among low-income seniors, homebound individuals, and families on the west side of Chicago. The program serves individuals who experience barriers to accessing food assistance due to advanced age, disability, chronic health conditions, homelessness, social isolation, and limited access to reliable transportation. The program provides weekly delivery of nutritionally balanced food packages at no cost to participants. Food is delivered directly to recipients' residences or to designated community distribution locations to ensure consistent and dependable access to essential nutrition. Services are structured to reach individuals who are unable to utilize traditional food pantries or meal sites because of mobility limitations or other access challenges. Mobile Delivery Illinois operates through coordinated partnerships with the Franciscans of the Eucharist and the Mission of Our Lady of Angels Food Distribution Center. These partner organizations support food sourcing, logistical coordination, and community outreach, enabling the program to efficiently serve vulnerable…
$18,763 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $231,803.
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 $41k to $120k (+190%).
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: 2020 38% · 2021 20% · 2022 10% · 2023 0% · 2024 2% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Brother Steve C Fogt
President, treasurer & chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $45k → $28k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 ST ALEXIUS OUTREACH MINISTRIES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 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
ST ALEXIUS OUTREACH MINISTRIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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 ST ALEXIUS OUTREACH MINISTRIES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 96% · 2021 66% · 2022 100% · 2023 35% — 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.
Where its funders are
67% of ST ALEXIUS OUTREACH MINISTRIES'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 $25k that is directly attributable, 80% of it comes from funders outside Tennessee, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $52k 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 ST ALEXIUS OUTREACH 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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% 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
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Alexian Brothers Communities and Ministries · exempt
- Brothers of St Alexius Health and Welfare Fund Inc · exempt
- Congregation of Alexian Brothers Immaculate Conception Province · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ST ALEXIUS OUTREACH MINISTRIES?
- ST ALEXIUS OUTREACH MINISTRIES (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,648 to it, the largest being The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc ($51,587). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ST ALEXIUS OUTREACH MINISTRIES have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $76,648 in grants to ST ALEXIUS OUTREACH MINISTRIES, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ST ALEXIUS OUTREACH MINISTRIES?
- The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc is the largest funder on record, with $51,587 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ST ALEXIUS OUTREACH MINISTRIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 7 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