Texas · Nonprofit
TRUEWORKS HOUSTON
TRUEWORKS HOUSTON (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $438,750 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($175,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $344k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $439k
- Net assets
- $-10929
What Trueworks Houston does
Mission
To see well-formed people create well-formed ventures and transform their city.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Trueworks Houston's (trueworks) mission is simple, yet profound, helping entrepreneurs and business leaders reimagine their role in god's redemptive story so they can re-enchant and impact the world for good. Their programs are aligned around the three strategic pillars teaches, ventures, and gathers, equipping leaders with the tools and mindset needed to make a difference in their workplace. This in turn impacts a myriad of sectors across the houston area and contributes to the city's flourishing. - they offer different formats to accomplish this, from a series of weekly meetings for several months to weekend intensives. They are the connective tissue of the faith-driven entrepreneurial ecosystem. ... See additional information at sch o
$295,106 spentof which $125 as grants$96,239 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $295,106.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $182k to $25k (−86%).
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.
72% of TRUEWORKS HOUSTON’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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
Doug Meikle
Chair & secr
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
6 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 TRUEWORKS HOUSTON’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
TRUEWORKS HOUSTON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 TRUEWORKS HOUSTON.
“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
100% of TRUEWORKS HOUSTON'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 $1k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $438k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
TRUEWORKS HOUSTON receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $439k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like TRUEWORKS HOUSTON
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
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TRUEWORKS HOUSTON: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TRUEWORKS HOUSTON?
- TRUEWORKS HOUSTON (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $438,750 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($175,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TRUEWORKS HOUSTON have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $438,750 in grants to TRUEWORKS HOUSTON, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRUEWORKS HOUSTON?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $175,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRUEWORKS HOUSTON 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 2023–2025), 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