Texas · Nonprofit
URBAN CATALYST INC
URBAN CATALYST INC (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $121,184 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($69,900). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $199k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $121k
- Net assets
- $39k
What Urban Catalyst Inc does
Mission
Urban Catalyst exists to be a stimulus for peace and reconciliation among peiople of different ethnic, cutural and socioeconomic backgrounds in Houston and arounnd the world. Through education, literacy and community development initiaitives, we strive to encourage meaningful relationships, enhance cultural understanding and provide opportunities for personal, academic and economic advancement for all peoples
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Church Plant Assistance - We help establish churches that will be Catalysts for peace and recnociliation among people of various ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds. in 2023 Urban Catalyst provided Coaching, training support and resources to two church plants in Houston, TX - Refuge Church and The House Church Collective
$79,400 spent51% of program spendingRefugee relief program - we provide hands on relief for refugees from several countries both in the United States and overseas We partner with churches and non-profits to distribute food and supplies as well as provide educational and economic opportunities In 2023 Urban Catalyst served refugees and IDPs in the US, Jordan, and Ukraine
$33,960 spentof which $100,000 as grants22% of program spendingCultural Awareness Training - we provide cultural awareness training to those interested in learning more about how to Love and serve immigrants and refugees, promoting peace and reconciliation. in 2023 helped we trained over 200 People to participae in peacemaking.
$41,490 spentof which $1,150 as grants27% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $154,850.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $48k to $27k (−43%).
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.
100% of URBAN CATALYST INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (99% 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.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Andres Ramos III
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $25k.
5 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 URBAN CATALYST 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
URBAN CATALYST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 URBAN CATALYST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 51% · 2021 96% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
98% of URBAN CATALYST 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 $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $119k 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
URBAN CATALYST INC has grown faster than half of the 1,718 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,718 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like URBAN CATALYST 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.
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for URBAN CATALYST INC: 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 URBAN CATALYST INC?
- URBAN CATALYST INC (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $121,184 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($69,900). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does URBAN CATALYST INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $121,184 in grants to URBAN CATALYST INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of URBAN CATALYST INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $69,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like URBAN CATALYST 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 FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), and the filings of 6 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