Texas · Nonprofit
THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE INC
THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE INC (Texas) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,751,306 to it, the largest being PURE INC ($5,207,865). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $6.8M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What The Mercy Maternity House Inc does
Mission
Mercy house exists to empower vulnerable families in jesus' name by creating opportunities that provide hope.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mercy house global supports three maternity homes in kenya called the rehema rescue center foundation, a local non-governmental organization. The program provides hope and support to vulnerable young girls who have become pregnant through desperate and often violent circumstances. In 2025, mercy house global rescued six pregnant girls and saw six new babies born. Between 2010 and 2025, 91 girls have been rescued and 91 babies have been born at rehema house. At the three residential homes in kenya, the teen moms receive weekly trauma-informed individual and group counseling. Beyond meeting physical needs, the programs provide for spiritual discipleship and educational training. Tutors provide the girls with a basic education with a goal to reintegrate them back to school or to transition them to a vocational job program once their children reach the age of two. When the girls reach this transition point, mercy house global's sponsorship program provides for their school fees, uniforms, and books, as well as for their children's education. Vocational training ensures that the teen moms do not end up homeless or victims of human trafficking after their time at rehema house. The girls…
$791,741 spentof which $650,944 as grants43% of program spendingMercy house global assists vulnerable families in developing countries by teaching them artisan trades as well as creating distribution avenues for their goods to be sold. Providing the families with reliable income prevents homelessness, food scarcity, and becoming victims of human trafficking, and allows them to help support their own families and communities. Mercy house global sells the artisans' products in online and physical retail stores, as well as through monthly subscription clubs called mhg clubs. The four monthly clubs consist of more than 1700 subscribers, and the quarterly club has a subscriber base of about 600. The items featured in these clubs empower women from all over the globe, consisting of over 50 groups in approximately 30 countries and countless artisans. For these vulnerable families, the support of mercy house global and the sales of their products is helping them be able to provide for themselves and their families with dignity.
$746,579 spent$789,482 earned by the program41% of program spendingThe local hope program supports vulnerable families (refugees, trafficking survivors) by providing workforce development, training, and education as they settle into their new lives in houston, texas. In 2025, the local hope program welcomed refugees and their children to our weekly esol classes that are free of charge, as well as our quarterly empowerment lunches that help build skills and community. The esol ministry team practices conversational english through weekly esol classes, meal and grocery assistance through a partner food pantry, and answers questions about daily life in america. In 2025, mercy house global also welcomed our second in- house human trafficking survivor to participate in the local hope intern program. She is expanding her workforce development skills, as well as personal and developmental skills that will be needed as she plans to reach her future goals and dreams.
$296,183 spentof which $15,387 as grants16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,834,503.
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 2020 to 2021, from $962k to $1.5M (+58%).
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 5% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Kristen Welch
Director/CEO
Board chair
Mike Rusch
Chairman/dir
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $408k → $795k.
12 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% 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 THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE 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
THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 90% · 2019 87% · 2020 91% · 2021 74% · 2022 78% · 2023 80% — 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
50% of THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
87% of THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE 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 $848k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 798 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 798 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE 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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE INC?
- THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE INC (Texas) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,751,306 to it, the largest being PURE INC ($5,207,865). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $6,751,306 in grants to THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE INC?
- PURE INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,207,865 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE 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 25 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