Texas · Nonprofit
STAR OF HOPE MISSION
STAR OF HOPE MISSION (Texas) receives grants from 339 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,534,801 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($8,319,343). 230 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 339
- Grants received
- $56M
- Net assets
- $63M
What Star of Hope Mission does
Mission
Star of hope's mission is to mobilize our city in service of those facing homelessness so that, together, we lift-up our neighbors and create a sustainable future for all. Our services to single men are carried out at our men's development center, and our services to single women and single-parent families are performed at the women and family development center at cornerstone community, a 48-acre collaborative campus. This campus, anchored by the 500+ bed women and family development center (wfdc), is also populated by other nonprofit organizations that provide permanent supportive housing, job readiness, training and after school programs for children. The mission will continue development of the wfdc campus in future years as community support is secured to support expansion.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The star of hope doris & carloss morris men's development center (mdc) is a three-story downtown facility with housing for nearly 300 men which provides 24/7 emergency shelter and life-recovery programs to homeless men at various stages of self-sufficiency. Men who often have a long history of homelessness and substance abuse are helped to stabilize, overcome dependencies, find employment, and move towards a successful and independent life. Between january to june 2025, mdc served 1,157 men, providing 43,561 nights of lodging and 110,450 meals. In addition, the workforce development team assisted 26 men in finding employment in 2025.
$3,457,377 spentof which $25,683 as grants$14,894 earned by the program29% of program spendingThe women & family development center (wfdc) at cornerstone community is a campus like facility with housing for over 500, providing emergency shelter and life-recovery services for single women and single-parent families at various stages of self-sufficiency, which began operation in august 2017. Services provided include a medical clinic, a state-licensed daycare and pre-school, a teen program focusing on education and healthy living patterns and transition to college, a computer learning center, work force development and education to help set and achieve employment goals and independent living and referrals and assistance to secure permanent housing. Particular attention is given to providing stability to homeless children, including enrolling them in public schools and providing volunteer tutors to help them regain lost ground. Between january to june 2025, wfdc served 729 adults and 597 children, providing 79,295 nights of lodging and 133,651 meals. In addition, the workforce development team assisted 34 individuals in finding employment in 2025.
$7,207,026 spentof which $55,552 as grants$993,201 earned by the program60% of program spendingStar of hope's extended services program provides a wide array of services extending beyond our facilities. With programs to help formerly homeless families and individuals recover after a period of homelessness, an outreach effort to the unsheltered homeless on the street, and a variety of community outreach events and case management, star of hope serves an entire spectrum of homeless, near-homeless and formerly homeless through this outreach. There were 2,416 encounters with individuals living on the streets of houston which included distributing 9,181 bottles of water and 3,027 hygiene kits/care packs. Our outreach staff helped 4 homeless individuals obtain permanent supportive housing.
$1,295,806 spentof which $345,088 as grants11% of program spendingStar of Hope Mission leases a building to the city of houston. The city operates a sobriety center from that facility and pays monthly rent as well as reimbursement to soh for certain operating expenses as detailed in the lease agreement.
$0 spent$91,080 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,960,209.
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 2023 to 2024, from $83M to $72M (−13%).
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 4% · 2018 5% · 2019 7% · 2020 12% · 2021 5% · 2022 5% · 2023 5% · 2024 6% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of STAR OF HOPE MISSION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Douglas E Meikle
President & CEO
Board chair
Michael Bahorich
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 104 funders to 153 funders, grant income rose $6.3M → $7.2M.
35 of 339 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 STAR OF HOPE MISSION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 339 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
STAR OF HOPE MISSION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
59% 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 STAR OF HOPE MISSION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 28% · 2019 19% · 2020 13% · 2021 13% · 2022 13% · 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
51% of STAR OF HOPE MISSION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
95% of STAR OF HOPE MISSION's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24M arriving through sponsors registered in 23 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
STAR OF HOPE MISSION's funding base is broadening — from 104 funders to 153 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 488 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding STAR OF HOPE MISSION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10.3M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$10.3M
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 STAR OF HOPE MISSION
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Reed Road Partners LLC · disregarded
- Trees of Hope · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION?
- STAR OF HOPE MISSION (Texas) receives grants from 339 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,534,801 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($8,319,343). 230 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STAR OF HOPE MISSION have?
- IRS filings report 339 organizations giving $55,534,801 in grants to STAR OF HOPE MISSION, 230 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STAR OF HOPE MISSION?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $8,319,343 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STAR OF HOPE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 339 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