Texas · Nonprofit
TRUE TO LIFE MINISTRIES INC
TRUE TO LIFE MINISTRIES INC (Texas) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $683,230 to it, the largest being United Way of Brazoria County ($313,530). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $976k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $683k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What True to Life Ministries Inc does
Mission
True to life ministries brings hope, training, and support to those who are ready to overcome the barriers standing between them and self-sufficiency. Our continuum of services and programs offer practical skills and resources to prepare men, women, and youth to realize their life's greatest potential.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Social enterprise & job training: ttlm operates a social enterprise (a women's boutique and gift shop) that serves as a living classroom for our comprehensive job training program. Young adults employed here gain practical, hands-on experience in retail operations, customer service, merchandising, and workplace professionalism within a high-accountability, high-support environment. The boutique also functions as a workforce training lab for partner organizations, welcoming clients from other agencies for field tripstyle experiential learning. In addition to its training role, the boutique provides professional clothing to women preparing for court appearances, job interviews, or new employment, helping remove barriers to success. Together, these components equip participants with the skills, confidence, and resources they need to transition into gainful employment, pursue education opportunities, and build pathways toward long-term stability.
$152,035 spent$81,686 earned by the program23% of program spendingYouth & young adult services: ttlm equips young people with the skills, support, and opportunities they need to build stable, self-sufficient futures. Through levelup, we serve at-risk high school students with job readiness workshops, hands-on career exploration experiences, one-on-one success coaching, and paid internships that prepare them for life after graduation. Our next level program extends this support to disconnected youth and young adults through group meetups, personalized coaching, digital resources, and real-world work experience, helping participants overcome barriers, pursue education and employment, and chart a clear path forward.
$197,721 spent$40,400 earned by the program30% of program spendingAdult & family services: ttlm helps adults and families overcome barriers to employment and create pathways out of poverty through a holistic blend of practical support, coaching, and community. Services include one-on-one case management, job readiness workshops, life skills classes, and access to free professional attire for interviews, employment, or court. Adults can connect through weekly gatherings that combine peer support, mentoring, and practical skill-building, while personalized action plans and barrier-breaking resources address challenges like transportation, housing, and educationempowering clients to achieve stability, employment, and long-term self-sufficiency.
$150,979 spentof which $13,661 as grants$5,400 earned by the program23% of program spendingPersonnel expense for multiple program activities.
$157,407 spent24% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $658,142.
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 $1.3M to $1.4M (+11%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 2% · 2020 18% · 2021 21% · 2022 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of TRUE TO LIFE MINISTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% 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.
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
Meredith King
Executive director
Board chair
Randy Dane
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income fell $125k → $39k.
5 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 TRUE TO LIFE 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
TRUE TO LIFE MINISTRIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
69% 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 TRUE TO LIFE MINISTRIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 92% · 2019 69% · 2020 46% · 2021 75% · 2022 68% · 2023 52% — 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
56% of TRUE TO LIFE MINISTRIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
91% of TRUE TO LIFE 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. $131k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
TRUE TO LIFE MINISTRIES INC is better cushioned than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TRUE TO LIFE 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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TRUE TO LIFE MINISTRIES INC?
- TRUE TO LIFE MINISTRIES INC (Texas) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $683,230 to it, the largest being United Way of Brazoria County ($313,530). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRUE TO LIFE MINISTRIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $683,230 in grants to TRUE TO LIFE MINISTRIES INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRUE TO LIFE MINISTRIES INC?
- United Way of Brazoria County is the largest funder on record, with $313,530 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRUE TO LIFE 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 15 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