Mid-South Synergy Charitable Foundation concentrates on meeting basic needs in rural and small-town Texas communities, funding food distribution, emergency assistance, and faith-based service providers. The foundation regularly supports local churches, mission-driven shelters and food banks, and small community action organizations, while occasionally funding practical international development (rural electrification). Grants often target direct client services such as food, clothing, shelter, utility relief and job-rebuilding programs.
Mid-south Synergy Charitable Foundation Inc. puts most of its recent giving into practical help for rural and small-town Texas communities: food distribution, clothing, shelter, utility relief, and job rebuilding. The clearest pattern is direct-service support for organizations serving people with immediate needs, especially food banks, missions, churches, and community action groups. In recent grants, Brazos Valley Food Bank received $20,000 in 2025 and $16,000 in 2024 to distribute food and educational resources to neighbors in need. Montgomery County Food Bank also received recurring support, including $10,000 in 2025 and $8,000 in 2024, for collecting, purchasing, and distributing food in Montgomery County. The foundation also backs faith-based service providers such as Good Shepherd Mission and St Mary Catholic Church, along with local agencies addressing economic hardship. One recurring exception to the Texas pattern is rural electrification work through Nreca International Foundation, showing that the foundation’s basic-needs focus extends to energy access beyond the state.
Food security is a core theme. Brazos Valley Food Bank received $20,000 in 2025 and $16,000 in 2024, both for distributing food and educational resources to neighbors in need. Montgomery County Food Bank also received $10,000 in 2025 and $8,000 in 2024 for collecting, purchasing, and distributing food in Montgomery County. The foundation also funds broader human services. Good Shepherd Mission received $10,000 in 2025 and $8,000 in 2024 to provide feeding, clothing, sheltering, and counseling. Economic stabilization appears in grants such as $10,250 in 2024 to Brazos Valley Community Action Agency to help individuals, families, and communities reach their full potential, and $8,000 in 2024 to Crisis Assistance Center to help residents of Montgomery County regain self-sufficiency. Faith-based service is present as well, with St Mary Catholic Church receiving support for charitable work.
Grant size is tightly clustered: p25, median, and p75 are all $8,000. That suggests a standardized giving pattern, with a few larger awards above the typical amount. The recent record shows repeated support to several recipients across 2024 and 2025, including food banks, missions, and county-based assistance groups, which indicates recurring relationships rather than isolated one-time grants. The foundation appears to operate as a private charitable foundation rather than a donor-advised fund, and the grants are direct program support rather than program-related investments. No application process is shown in the data.
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Most grants fall between $8K and $8K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$8K
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Concentrated, repeat giving to a small set of local organizations (many recipients receive two grants), focused on mid-sized awards rather than large multi-year endowments; predominantly supports direct service programs addressing immediate basic needs with occasional targeted outside-the-region grants.
Notable grantees: Brazos Valley Food Bank, SonShine Outreach Center, Good Shepherd Mission, Montgomery County Food Bank, NRECA International Foundation
Giving is highly local and centered in Texas: 90% of grants go to recipients in the foundation’s home state, and the top state by grant count is TX. Recent grants cluster in Bryan, College Station, Conroe, Huntsville, Madisonville, and Bryan’s neighboring Brazos Valley area. Outside Texas, the only named recipient is Nreca International Foundation in Arlington, Virginia, which received support for rural electrification in developing countries. The recipient-country distribution is otherwise entirely U.S.-based.
The foundation backs food banks, community action agencies, missions, churches, and other local service providers. Recent examples include Brazos Valley Food Bank, Montgomery County Food Bank, Good Shepherd Mission, St Mary Catholic Church, and Brazos Valley Community Action Agency.
The grant-size distribution is flat at $8,000: p25 is $8,000, the median is $8,000, and p75 is $8,000. Recent awards do include larger grants such as $20,000 and $16,000.
Yes. Several recipients appear in more than one year, including Brazos Valley Food Bank, Montgomery County Food Bank, Sonshine Outreach Center, Good Shepherd Mission, Community Organization for Missionary Endeavor Inc, and Madison County House of Hope Inc.
Its giving is local and heavily Texas-based. 90% of grants go to recipients in TX, with recent awards landing in Bryan, College Station, Conroe, Huntsville, and Madisonville.
Recent grants center on food distribution, emergency assistance, shelter and counseling, faith-based charitable work, job rebuilding, and utility relief. The foundation also supports rural electrification through Nreca International Foundation.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK | BRYAN, TX | $20,000 | 2025 | DISTRIBUTE FOOD AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO BRAZOS VALLEY NEIGHBORS IN NEED |
| GOOD SHEPHERD MISSION | HUNTSVILLE, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | PROVIDE BASIC HUMAN NEEDS THROUGH FEEDING, CLOTHING, SHELTERING & COUNSELING |
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK | CONROE, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | COLLECT AND PURCHASE FOOD AND DISTRIBUTE TO THE NEEDY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY |
| SONSHINE OUTREACH CENTER | MADISONVILLE, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | COLLECT AND PURCHASE FOOD & CLOTHING AND DISTRIBUTE TO THE NEEDY |
| ST MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH | COLLEGE STATION, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES OTHERS THROUGH CHARITABLE WORK |
| MADISON COUNTY HOUSE OF HOPE INC | MADISONVILLE, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE JOBS TO THE NEEDY & HELP REBUILD |
| COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION FOR MISSIONARY ENDEAVOR INC | HUNTSVILLE, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS' ELECTRIC BILLS |
| NRECA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION | ARLINGTON, VA | $8,500 | 2025 | HELPS BRING ELECTRICITY TO PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS IN DEV. COUNTRIES |
| BRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK | BRYAN, TX | $16,000 | 2024 | DISTRIBUTE FOOD AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO BRAZOS VALLEY NEIGHBORS IN NEED |
| BRAZOS VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY | COLLEGE STATION, TX | $10,250 | 2024 | EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL |
| CRISIS ASSISTANCE CENTER | CONROE, TX | $8,000 | 2024 | ASSIST RESIDENTS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY FINANCIALLY TO REGAIN SELF-SUFFICIENCY |
| GOOD SHEPHERD MISSION | HUNTSVILLE, TX | $8,000 | 2024 | PROVIDE BASIC HUMAN NEEDS THROUGH FEEDING, CLOTHING, SHELTERING & COUNSELING |
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK | CONROE, TX | $8,000 | 2024 | COLLECT AND PURCHASE FOOD AND DISTRIBUTE TO THE NEEDY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY |
| ST MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH | COLLEGE STATION, TX | $8,000 | 2024 | RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES OTHERS THROUGH CHARITABLE WORK |
| COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION FOR MISSIONARY ENDEAVOR INC | HUNTSVILLE, TX | $8,000 | 2024 | PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS' ELECTRIC BILLS |
| SONSHINE OUTREACH CENTER | MADISONVILLE, TX | $8,000 | 2024 | COLLECT AND PURCHASE FOOD & CLOTHING AND DISTRIBUTE TO THE NEEDY |
| NRECA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION | ARLINGTON, VA | $6,500 | 2024 | HELPS BRING ELECTRICITY TO PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS IN DEV. COUNTRIES |
| MADISON COUNTY HOUSE OF HOPE INC | MADISONVILLE, TX | $6,000 | 2024 | TO PROVIDE JOBS TO THE NEEDY & HELP REBUILD |
DISTRIBUTE FOOD AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO BRAZOS VALLEY NEIGHBORS IN NEED
PROVIDE BASIC HUMAN NEEDS THROUGH FEEDING, CLOTHING, SHELTERING & COUNSELING
COLLECT AND PURCHASE FOOD AND DISTRIBUTE TO THE NEEDY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SONSHINE OUTREACH CENTER
$10,000COLLECT AND PURCHASE FOOD & CLOTHING AND DISTRIBUTE TO THE NEEDY
ST MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH
$10,000RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES OTHERS THROUGH CHARITABLE WORK
MADISON COUNTY HOUSE OF HOPE INC
$10,000TO PROVIDE JOBS TO THE NEEDY & HELP REBUILD
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION FOR MISSIONARY ENDEAVOR INC
$10,000PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS' ELECTRIC BILLS
NRECA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
$8,500HELPS BRING ELECTRICITY TO PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS IN DEV. COUNTRIES
DISTRIBUTE FOOD AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO BRAZOS VALLEY NEIGHBORS IN NEED
BRAZOS VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY
$10,250EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL
ASSIST RESIDENTS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY FINANCIALLY TO REGAIN SELF-SUFFICIENCY
PROVIDE BASIC HUMAN NEEDS THROUGH FEEDING, CLOTHING, SHELTERING & COUNSELING
COLLECT AND PURCHASE FOOD AND DISTRIBUTE TO THE NEEDY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
ST MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH
$8,000RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES OTHERS THROUGH CHARITABLE WORK
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION FOR MISSIONARY ENDEAVOR INC
$8,000PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS' ELECTRIC BILLS
SONSHINE OUTREACH CENTER
$8,000COLLECT AND PURCHASE FOOD & CLOTHING AND DISTRIBUTE TO THE NEEDY
NRECA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
$6,500HELPS BRING ELECTRICITY TO PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS IN DEV. COUNTRIES
MADISON COUNTY HOUSE OF HOPE INC
$6,000TO PROVIDE JOBS TO THE NEEDY & HELP REBUILD