At CHRISTUS Health: helping you enjoy your best health is our purpose — a Catholic, faith-based ministry focused on elevating the health of those we serve (body, mind and spirit). The CHRISTUS Fund's mission: to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ by investing in long-term, transformative and sustainable strategies that respond to the expressed needs of our communities.
Christus Health’s grantmaking centers on community health needs assessments, with the CHRISTUS Fund supporting nonprofit agencies, collaboratives, and coalitions that improve community health and well-being. A 2024 grant of $236,700 to the Catholic Diocese of Dallas illustrates that approach: the award supported a medical mission trip to Bonito Oriental, Honduras. Another 2024 grant, $216,690 to the Congregation of the Sisters, also points to the funder’s emphasis on direct health access, with purpose text focused on underserved, high-poverty areas in northern coastal Peru. The foundation also funds service models that connect health care with social support, including food assistance, shelter, mental health, and transportation. Its program list includes the CHRISTUS Fund, a Disaster Relief Fund, a Medical Mission Fund, a Community Impact Fund, and a scholarship contest, showing a mix of community grants, emergency response, and youth-oriented awards. Recent grants also show support for health education, behavioral health, and aid for people facing homelessness or family violence. Across the file, the pattern is less about isolated project sponsorships than about programs tied to health access, prevention, and the social conditions that affect both.
Food security is a recurring theme in the recent grants. Christus Health gave $100,000 to Regional East Texas Food Bank in Tyler to expand food assistance and wrap-around services for low-income residents, and another $100,000 to Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas in Beaumont to make pantry services available six days a week. Behavioral health and trauma services appear in multiple awards as well. Solace Crisis Treatment Center in Santa Fe received $100,000 to expand no-cost therapy for children and adult victims of sexual abuse, stalking, teen dating violence, and human trafficking. Family and Youth Counseling Agency in Lake Charles received $100,000 to provide mental health services to people recovering from traumatic environmental events. The foundation also supports housing and stabilization. Corpus Christi Metro Ministries received $100,000 to provide a safe place for homeless people to live while they search for jobs and transition into stable housing. In disability services, Coastal Bend Center for Independent Living in Corpus Christi received $100,000 for transportation through its Mobility Options Program.
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Most grants fall between $15K and $100K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$100K
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Typical grant size sits at $15,000 at the 25th percentile, $50,000 at the median, and $100,000 at the 75th percentile, which shows a strong cluster around standard program grants with some larger awards. The recent list includes repeated recipients, including Clarity Child Guidance Center, Hays-Caldwell Womens Center, Harvest Texarkana Regional Food Bank Inc, Family And Youth Counseling Agency, the Diocese Of Lake Charles, and Christus-affiliated entities across more than one year, suggesting ongoing relationships rather than one-off support. Christus Health also makes program-related investments. The CHRISTUS Fund does not accept unsolicited applications, and its general grantmaking is tied to community health needs assessment-driven initiatives.
Grant activity is concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 70% of grants and is also the top state by count. San Antonio appears frequently, alongside Dallas, Corpus Christi, Tyler, Houston, and Texarkana. Louisiana is another recurring grant state, with awards in Alexandria, Lake Charles, and Beaumont. The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based in the file provided, with 125 grants recorded in the United States and none elsewhere.
The CHRISTUS Fund supports nonprofit community agencies, collaboratives, and coalitions working on community health and well-being. Listed focus areas include community health, social determinants of health, capacity building, and initiatives driven by community health needs assessments.
No. The CHRISTUS Fund and the other active programs listed here are marked as not accepting unsolicited applications.
The distribution is centered on mid-sized awards: $15,000 at the 25th percentile, $50,000 at the median, and $100,000 at the 75th percentile.
Texas is the top state by grant count, and 70% of grants go to recipients in Texas. Recent Texas recipients include organizations in San Antonio, Dallas, Corpus Christi, Tyler, Houston, and Texarkana.
The recipient country distribution in the file is entirely U.S.-based: 125 grants, or 100%, went to U.S. recipients.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc | Dallas, TX | $150,000 | 2026 | To reduce food insecurity for individuals through the operation of five "fixed" food pantries and five mobile food pantries. 2025 Bishop's Gala. |
| Congregation Of The Sisters Of Charity Of The Incarnate Word | San Antonio, TX | $120,000 | 2026 | To provide disaster risk preparedness and safeguard coastal communities in Haiti from natural disasters by restoring vital mangrove and forest ecosystems and strengthening local community organizations. To support single mothers in San Antonio as they pursue post-secondary education by providing wraparound services that promote academic success, family stability, and financial independence. |
| St Vincent De Paul Pharmacy | Dallas, TX | $112,500 | 2026 | To elevate the collection of plant species and enhance the education and mental well-being of guests by creating a trial garden area. To provide free prescriptions for a variety of chronic illnesses to uninsured, lower-incomed Texas residents. |
| Regional East Texas Food Bank | Tyler, TX | $110,000 | 2026 | To increase food distribution and expand services to low-income households in Smith County through the Tyler Resource Center and households in Gregg County through the Longview Resource Center. |
| Family Foundation Of Southwest La | Lake Charles, TX | $100,000 | 2026 | To provide court-appointment advocacy for children and youth in the foster care system by employing a program coordinator to work on more complex cases and support volunteer advocates. |
| Catholic Charities Of Southwest Louisiana In The Roman Catholic Diocese Of | Lake Charles, LA | $100,000 | 2026 | To supplement non-perishable foods that are distributed monthly with fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy products and lean meats to increase the variety of foods and nutritional profile of food served. |
| Family And Youth Counseling Agency Inc | Lake Charles, LA | $100,000 | 2026 | To provide counseling services to frontline workers experiencing negative mental health concerns. |
| Sabine Valley Regional Mhmr Center Dba Community Healthcore | Longview, TX | $100,000 | 2026 | To embed a Behavioral Triage RN at the CHRISTUS St. Michael ER to support individuals that present to the ER for behavioral health reasons. |
| Catholic Charities Of Southeast Texas | Beaumont, TX | $100,000 | 2026 | To improve food security to community members through their Market to HOPE program. |
| Central Louisiana Coalition To Prevent Homelessness Inc | Alexandria, LA | $100,000 | 2026 | To provide referrals to services to available short-term shelters, physical and mental health services, substance misuse treatment, and other supportive services to unhoused individuals. |
| Carevide | Greenville, TX | $100,000 | 2026 | To employ Nurse Care Coordinators to help coordinate care between providers, provide patient education, and make referrals to social services for patients. |
| St Vincent De Paul | Tyler, TX | $90,000 | 2026 | To increase food security to neighbors by offering pantry sessions every Monday night. |
| Harvest Texarkana Regional Food Bank Inc | Texarkana, TX | $80,000 | 2026 | To provide two healthy food boxes a month to patients who are hypertensive and/or diabetic. |
| Espanola Pathways Shelter | Espanola, NM | $75,000 | 2026 | To establish a comprehensive case management initiative to address the mental health and substance use disorder challenges for unhoused individuals in Espanola and the surrounding areas. |
| Coastal Bend Center For Independent Living | Corpus Christi, TX | $75,000 | 2026 | To provide transportation to health-related activities to individuals with disabilities and older adults. |
| Shreveport Green | Shreveport, LA | $75,000 | 2026 | To host farm-to-table markets, support local farmers, and provide nutritional education to empower residents to make healthier lifestyle choices. |
| The Salvation Army | Beaumont, TX | $75,000 | 2026 | To provide comprehensive wraparound services that address the physical and mental health needs of individuals facing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless. |
| Runners Refuge Ministries | Burleson, TX | $75,000 | 2026 | To provide food, clothing, hygiene items, and refuge to those who are homeless and underserved. |
| Womens Center Of East Texas | Longview, TX | $70,000 | 2026 | To ensure that survivors of domestic and sexual assault receive timely counseling from qualified, licensed professionals. |
| Crisis Center Of Comal County | New Braunfels, TX | $70,000 | 2026 | To provide counseling services and encourage sustainable healing and feelings of safety and autonomy for survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault. |
| Path People Attempting To Help | Tyler, TX | $65,000 | 2026 | To reduce mobility rates, support academic success, and strengthen family stability by providing housing financial assistance to families in the Tyler Independent School District. |
| Community Renewal | Shreveport, LA | $62,000 | 2026 | To build and grow positive caring relationships between and amongst the Highland neighborhood residents through the Friendship House strategy. |
| Food Bank Of Northwest Louisiana | SHreveport, LA | $60,000 | 2026 | To increase food access to low-income, rural areas through mobile food pantry deliveries. |
| Amistad Community Health Center | Corpus Christi, TX | $60,000 | 2026 | To provide patient navigator services, monthly health education workshops, expand preventative screenings, and expand telehealth services to the community. |
| Cope | Alamogordo, NM | $55,000 | 2026 | To provide comprehensive support services such as shelter, counseling, case management, job and housing assistance, and transportation assistance to survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault. |
| Catholic Charities Archdiocese of San Antonio Inc | San Antonio, TX | $55,000 | 2026 | To provide transitional shelter, educational training, access to birthing support, prenatal and postnatal programs, and mental health services to unhoused, pregnant women. Donation for Annual Gala. |
| ST FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL | Alexandria, LA | $52,500 | 2026 | Annual Donation and 75 Anniversary Donation |
| Children's Advocacy Network of Central Louisiana | Alexandria, LA | $51,500 | 2026 | To provide trauma-focused therapy to children in Central Louisiana by hiring an additional therapist and providing further training to existing clinicians. |
| Malteser International America | New York, NY | $50,795 | 2026 | To provide disaster risk preparedness and safeguard coastal communities in Haiti from natural disasters by restoring vital mangrove and forest ecosystems and strengthening local community organizations. To improve pregnancy health outcomes and reduce maternal risks for displaced Venezuelans and vulnerable communities in Santa Marta, Colombia. |
| New Mexico Farmers' Marketing Association | Santa Fe, NM | $50,000 | 2026 | To provide patients living with or at risk for diet related conditions with fresh, local produce in order to manage their conditions, address nutrition and food insecurity, and support the local food system. |
| Incarnate Word Academy | Houston, TX | $50,000 | 2026 | Donation for Annual Gala |
| Newgate Mission | Longview, TX | $50,000 | 2026 | To increase access to nutritious meals and healthy food to the community. |
| 100 Percent Otero | Alamogordo, NM | $50,000 | 2026 | To implement a Family Resource Center that will provide wrap-around services to over 3,000 individuals in Otero County. |
| Food Bank of Central Louisiana | Alexandria, LA | $50,000 | 2026 | To expand its permanent capacity to store and distribute food, while creating a space for neighbors to learn about nutrition and how to prepare healthy food. |
| Southwest Arkansas Counseling and Mental Health Center | Texarkana, AR | $50,000 | 2026 | To prevent, treat, and cure mental illnesses and related disorders regardless of the individual's ability to pay. |
| Samaritan Counseling Center of Southeast Texas | Port Arthur, TX | $50,000 | 2026 | To increase capacity to provide timely access to counseling for un/under insured individuals and families through the recruitment, training, and retention of fully licensed professional counselors. |
| With Many Hands | Hagerman, NM | $50,000 | 2026 | To provide beginner farmer training to empower 500 individuals to launch small-scale farms. |
| Crossroads Community Services | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 2026 | To reduce food crises of households through direct services, food and financial coaching, and partnering with other agencies to expand food distribution. |
| Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse of Northwest Louisiana (CADA) | Shreveport, LA | $50,000 | 2026 | To respond to crisis calls by deploying the CADA Mobile Response Team to the location, deescalating the crisis, determining appropriate services, and doing follow-up. |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central New Mexico in Otero County | Alamogordo, NM | $50,000 | 2026 | To provide one-to-one and group mentoring, with an emphasis on reading, to youth. |
| CASA of Central Texas | New Braunfels, TX | $45,000 | 2026 | To serve children and youth in the temporary and permanent care of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services with advocacy for medical and mental health, educational placement, and permanency needs. |
| San Antonio Food Bank | San Antonio, TX | $45,000 | 2026 | To provide food to CHRISTUS Santa Rosa patients who are food insecure and are experiencing heart failure or asthma. |
| The Purple Door | Corpus Christi, TX | $45,000 | 2026 | To provide trafficking survivors with safe, stable housing and case management services. |
| Southwest Outreach for Older People dba Ride Connect Texas | San Antonio, TX | $45,000 | 2026 | To ensure that older adults and those with disabilities, unable to drive, can safely reach destinations for healthcare and social activities with free to low-cost transportation. |
| CHRISTUS FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHCARE | Irving, TX | $43,590 | 2026 | 2024 - 2025 Nun Run, 2025 Spring Luncheon Benefactor Underwriter, and 20% Reiburse for Marts & Lundy |
| Buckner Children and Family Services Longview | Dallas, TX | $43,000 | 2026 | To break the cycle of poverty for single women and their children by supporting their education and providing services to strengthen the family and move them toward financial independence and self-sufficiency. |
| Asbury House Child Enrichment Center | Longview, TX | $43,000 | 2026 | To continue the development of a fully bilingual pre-kindergarten classroom for children designed to support learning a second language. |
| Compassionate Hearts Alliance Corp | Longview, TX | $40,000 | 2026 | To create a network of community resilience hubs in Central Louisiana with Response Teams and commercial-scale solar power and back-up battery capacity to respond in the even of a power outage in Alexandria, LA. |
| Interfaith Community Shelter at Pete's Place | Santa Fe, NM | $40,000 | 2026 | To provide a secure, clean, and private setting for homeless individuals recovering from medical conditions that do not require acute care. |
| Family Justice Center of Central Louisiana | Pineville, LA | $40,000 | 2026 | To provide counseling and additional social services to survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault. |
Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc
$150,000To reduce food insecurity for individuals through the operation of five "fixed" food pantries and five mobile food pantries. 2025 Bishop's Gala.
Congregation Of The Sisters Of Charity Of The Incarnate Word
$120,000To provide disaster risk preparedness and safeguard coastal communities in Haiti from natural disasters by restoring vital mangrove and forest ecosystems and strengthening local community organizations. To support single mothers in San Antonio as they pursue post-secondary education by providing wraparound services that promote academic success, family stability, and financial independence.
St Vincent De Paul Pharmacy
$112,500To elevate the collection of plant species and enhance the education and mental well-being of guests by creating a trial garden area. To provide free prescriptions for a variety of chronic illnesses to uninsured, lower-incomed Texas residents.
To increase food distribution and expand services to low-income households in Smith County through the Tyler Resource Center and households in Gregg County through the Longview Resource Center.
Family Foundation Of Southwest La
$100,000To provide court-appointment advocacy for children and youth in the foster care system by employing a program coordinator to work on more complex cases and support volunteer advocates.
To supplement non-perishable foods that are distributed monthly with fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy products and lean meats to increase the variety of foods and nutritional profile of food served.
To provide counseling services to frontline workers experiencing negative mental health concerns.
Sabine Valley Regional Mhmr Center Dba Community Healthcore
$100,000To embed a Behavioral Triage RN at the CHRISTUS St. Michael ER to support individuals that present to the ER for behavioral health reasons.
To improve food security to community members through their Market to HOPE program.
Central Louisiana Coalition To Prevent Homelessness Inc
$100,000To provide referrals to services to available short-term shelters, physical and mental health services, substance misuse treatment, and other supportive services to unhoused individuals.
Carevide
$100,000To employ Nurse Care Coordinators to help coordinate care between providers, provide patient education, and make referrals to social services for patients.
St Vincent De Paul
$90,000To increase food security to neighbors by offering pantry sessions every Monday night.
To provide two healthy food boxes a month to patients who are hypertensive and/or diabetic.
To establish a comprehensive case management initiative to address the mental health and substance use disorder challenges for unhoused individuals in Espanola and the surrounding areas.
Coastal Bend Center For Independent Living
$75,000To provide transportation to health-related activities to individuals with disabilities and older adults.
To host farm-to-table markets, support local farmers, and provide nutritional education to empower residents to make healthier lifestyle choices.
The Salvation Army
$75,000To provide comprehensive wraparound services that address the physical and mental health needs of individuals facing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless.
Runners Refuge Ministries
$75,000To provide food, clothing, hygiene items, and refuge to those who are homeless and underserved.
Womens Center Of East Texas
$70,000To ensure that survivors of domestic and sexual assault receive timely counseling from qualified, licensed professionals.
Crisis Center Of Comal County
$70,000To provide counseling services and encourage sustainable healing and feelings of safety and autonomy for survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault.
To reduce mobility rates, support academic success, and strengthen family stability by providing housing financial assistance to families in the Tyler Independent School District.
To build and grow positive caring relationships between and amongst the Highland neighborhood residents through the Friendship House strategy.
To increase food access to low-income, rural areas through mobile food pantry deliveries.
To provide patient navigator services, monthly health education workshops, expand preventative screenings, and expand telehealth services to the community.
Cope
$55,000To provide comprehensive support services such as shelter, counseling, case management, job and housing assistance, and transportation assistance to survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault.
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of San Antonio Inc
$55,000To provide transitional shelter, educational training, access to birthing support, prenatal and postnatal programs, and mental health services to unhoused, pregnant women. Donation for Annual Gala.
ST FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL
$52,500Annual Donation and 75 Anniversary Donation
Children's Advocacy Network of Central Louisiana
$51,500To provide trauma-focused therapy to children in Central Louisiana by hiring an additional therapist and providing further training to existing clinicians.
To provide disaster risk preparedness and safeguard coastal communities in Haiti from natural disasters by restoring vital mangrove and forest ecosystems and strengthening local community organizations. To improve pregnancy health outcomes and reduce maternal risks for displaced Venezuelans and vulnerable communities in Santa Marta, Colombia.
To provide patients living with or at risk for diet related conditions with fresh, local produce in order to manage their conditions, address nutrition and food insecurity, and support the local food system.
Incarnate Word Academy
$50,000Donation for Annual Gala
Newgate Mission
$50,000To increase access to nutritious meals and healthy food to the community.
100 Percent Otero
$50,000To implement a Family Resource Center that will provide wrap-around services to over 3,000 individuals in Otero County.
To expand its permanent capacity to store and distribute food, while creating a space for neighbors to learn about nutrition and how to prepare healthy food.
Southwest Arkansas Counseling and Mental Health Center
$50,000To prevent, treat, and cure mental illnesses and related disorders regardless of the individual's ability to pay.
To increase capacity to provide timely access to counseling for un/under insured individuals and families through the recruitment, training, and retention of fully licensed professional counselors.
With Many Hands
$50,000To provide beginner farmer training to empower 500 individuals to launch small-scale farms.
To reduce food crises of households through direct services, food and financial coaching, and partnering with other agencies to expand food distribution.
To respond to crisis calls by deploying the CADA Mobile Response Team to the location, deescalating the crisis, determining appropriate services, and doing follow-up.
To provide one-to-one and group mentoring, with an emphasis on reading, to youth.
To serve children and youth in the temporary and permanent care of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services with advocacy for medical and mental health, educational placement, and permanency needs.
To provide food to CHRISTUS Santa Rosa patients who are food insecure and are experiencing heart failure or asthma.
To provide trafficking survivors with safe, stable housing and case management services.
Southwest Outreach for Older People dba Ride Connect Texas
$45,000To ensure that older adults and those with disabilities, unable to drive, can safely reach destinations for healthcare and social activities with free to low-cost transportation.
CHRISTUS FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHCARE
$43,5902024 - 2025 Nun Run, 2025 Spring Luncheon Benefactor Underwriter, and 20% Reiburse for Marts & Lundy
To break the cycle of poverty for single women and their children by supporting their education and providing services to strengthen the family and move them toward financial independence and self-sufficiency.
Asbury House Child Enrichment Center
$43,000To continue the development of a fully bilingual pre-kindergarten classroom for children designed to support learning a second language.
Compassionate Hearts Alliance Corp
$40,000To create a network of community resilience hubs in Central Louisiana with Response Teams and commercial-scale solar power and back-up battery capacity to respond in the even of a power outage in Alexandria, LA.
To provide a secure, clean, and private setting for homeless individuals recovering from medical conditions that do not require acute care.
Family Justice Center of Central Louisiana
$40,000To provide counseling and additional social services to survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault.