St Paul's United Methodist
Houston, TX · EIN 74-6062254. Reported 52 grants totalling $4,108,613 to 25 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For St Paul's United Methodist, by its IRS classification it exists to support one specific institution in religion -- typically its own parent hospital, university or school (NTEE X11).
- How spread out its giving is. 25 distinct organizations, with 89% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is extreme concentration. A grantmaker sending three quarters of its money to one organization is in practice a support fund for that organization, whatever its classification says, and an unsolicited request is very unlikely to go anywhere.
- How much its list changes. 57% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $9,000. Half of what it reported fell between $5,000 and $14,600; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $1,090,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul's United Methodist Church | Houston, TX | $3,644,363 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Search Homeless Services | Houston, TX | $97,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Chuch Inc | Atlanta, GA | $43,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Emergency Aid Coalition | Houston, TX | $43,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sojourn Landing | Houston, TX | $42,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Restoration Team | Houston, TX | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wesley Community Center Inc | Houston, TX | $29,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Iconoclast Artists | Houston, TX | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston | Houston, TX | $13,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Local Infant Formula for Emergencies Inc | Houston, TX | $13,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Benevolent Missions International | Kingwood, TX | $12,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| General Board of Global Ministries of the UMC | Nashville, TN | $12,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fam Intentional Community | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Houston Revision | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Houstons Amazing Place Inc | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Texas Annual Conference Central South District | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| U M Army | Huntsville, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Neighbors in Action Inc | Houston, TX | $9,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ministry of Jesus Christ and Life Center | Houston, TX | $6,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Hearing and Speech | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Child Advocates Incorporated | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Holly Hall | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| House of Peace-Beth Shalom Inc | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Main Street Ministries Houston | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Beacon of Downtown Houston | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
15 of 25 (60%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- St Pauls United Methodist Church
The Foundation granted $660,000 to the Church for support of the facilities and ministries of the Church. The amount is based on 4.75% of the fair market value of the average of three years total assets, reduced by budget items. The Choral Scholars music fund disbursed $3600 to the Church. The Capital Replacement Fund was increased by a calculated amount of $21,282. The Building Fund was increased by half of funds raised for Cornerstone $7825. - Search Homeless Services
SEARCH Homeless Services complements and partners with shelters and other agencies to fill the gaps for individuals struggling to change their lives. Going beyond services that address basic needs, SEARCH works to end the homeless experience. - General Board of Global Missions
Grant to General Board of Global Missions: Luz de Vida Church in Bolivia. Luz de Vida Church was started by Emmanuel Iglesia Metodista. It is on the other side of Cochabamba in a less affluent area. During 2022 this grant was wired directly to Luz de Vida by St. Paul's United Methodist Church. - Emergency Aid Coalition
The Emergency Aid Coalition (EAC) provides temporary assistance in the form of food, clothing, and other basic needs, with an emphasis on assisting the working poor and homeless. During the pandemic, the EAC expanded their operations with help from donors. Some of these donations were delivered to the EAC by Amazon and other vendors. Sacks of food were provided to anyone who asked. The Church is one of several institutions who partner with the EAC. - Iconoclast Artists
Iconoclast Artists is a growing community of young artists that provides unique support and encouragement for hundreds of under-served students within high schools, middle schools, and juvenile detention centers. Classroom instruction is given in creative writing and expression. - Texas Annual Conference Central South District
The Central South District had a program for helping with diversity in its many churches. The Foundation gave the grant that was given to other churches.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 20 of 25 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | $762,057 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 18 | $1,179,425 | $5,850 |
| 2023 | 18 | $1,241,200 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 9 | $925,931 | $14,100 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
99% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $9,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Texas.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from St Paul's United Methodist's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 8 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 5501 Main St, Houston, TX, 77004.
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