First Methodist Church of Fort Worth Foundation
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About First Methodist Church of Fort Worth Foundation
Provide for the long-term operation and maintenance of First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth's facilities and programs through gifts and assets that are invested, managed, and administered with careful stewardship; solicit, receive, maintain and preserve gifts and bequests to support the ministries, programs and activities of the church.
Focus Areas
Church facilities and property maintenanceMission and outreachYouth ministriesChildren's ministriesMusic ministries and fine artsPlanned giving and endowments
Funding Style
unrestricted supportgeneral operating supportflexible/core funding
Topics
organizational/operational supportno program-specific restriction
About First Methodist Church of Fort Worth Foundation
A defining feature of First Methodist Church of Fort Worth Foundation Inc is its direct support for First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth through large general financial support grants. The three most recent awards on file all went to the church in Fort Worth for general financial support, including a 2025 grant of $3,067,946, a 2024 grant of $2,599,932, and a 2023 grant of $2,495,790. That pattern shows a foundation organized around sustaining the church’s ministries and operations rather than funding a wide mix of external nonprofits. The foundation’s stated purpose is to provide for the long-term operation and maintenance of the church’s facilities and programs through gifts and assets that are invested, managed, and administered with careful stewardship. Its supported areas include mission and outreach, youth ministries, children’s ministries, music ministries and fine arts, and planned giving and endowments. The grantmaking structure also includes designated funds and donor-designated endowments, which tie support to specific ministry areas at the church. Across the recent record, the funding relationship centers on the church itself and its ongoing ministry needs.
What First Methodist Church of Fort Worth Foundation Funds
The foundation’s program design is built around specific ministry areas at First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth. Under its designated funds, donors can direct gifts to Mission and Outreach, Youth Ministries, Children’s Ministries, Music Ministries, or the Foundation General Fund, keeping support tied to named parts of the church’s work. It also maintains Foundation Endowed Funds, where donor-designated endowments send investment earnings to support church operations and ministry areas in perpetuity. That structure links current giving with long-term support. Planned giving is another clear focus. The Helen W. Watt Society recognizes individuals who have made bequests, beneficiary designations, or other legacy gifts to the foundation. Together, these programs show a funder centered on operational support, legacy giving, and ministry-specific funding within one church community.
How First Methodist Church of Fort Worth Foundation Gives
Typical grants are in the multimillion-dollar range, with a p25 of $2,547,861, a median of $2,599,932, and a p75 of $2,833,939. The recent record also shows consistency across years: the same recipient appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, all for general financial support. The foundation is organized as a church foundation with designated funds, endowed funds, and planned-giving recognition, and it accepts unsolicited gifts in its named programs. Its philosophy is flexible and core support rather than project-specific funding.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$8.2M
Total Assets
$101.2M
Total Revenue
$5.8M
Total Expenses
$4.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2.5M and $2.8M, with a median of $2.6M.
25th Percentile
$2.5M
Median
$2.6M
75th Percentile
$2.8M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in TX.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
SID JOHNSTON
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