Saint Francis Ministries Group Return

About Saint Francis Ministries Group Return

Saint Francis Ministries Group Return centers its giving on Texas foster care capacity, with grants used for property purchase, facility startup and stabilization, renovation, and placement incentives. The largest recent grant, $2,880,000 in 2025, went to Saint Francis Ministries Inc for property purchase to expand Texas residential capacity, showing a capital-intensive approach rather than small program-only awards. Across the recent record, the foundation supports agencies that recruit foster families, open or stabilize residential programs, and increase placements for youth needing care. Its recent awards also show a layered system of support around the same Texas child-welfare goal. Saint Francis Community Services in Texas Inc received $671,685 in 2023 for facility startup costs to increase capacity in Texas foster care, while Visionquest National Ltd received $411,415 in 2023 for facility startup and stabilization costs for the same purpose. Other awards support foster family recruitment, kinship care, and residential providers working inside Texas. The foundation’s stated purpose is to bring healing and hope to children and families and to support Saint Francis Ministries in providing healing and hope to children and families.

What Saint Francis Ministries Group Return Funds

A clear theme is residential foster care expansion in Texas. Saint Francis Ministries Group Return awarded $2,880,000 to Saint Francis Ministries Inc for property purchase to expand Texas residential capacity, and $671,685 to Saint Francis Community Services in Texas Inc for facility startup costs to increase capacity in Texas foster care. A second thread is provider stabilization. Visionquest National Ltd received $411,415 for facility startup and stabilization costs, while Rite of Passage Inc received $233,333 for facility startup costs tied to the same Texas foster care capacity goal. The foundation also funds recruitment and placement supports. Texas Center for Child & Family Studies received $150,242 for recruitment of foster families, and Presbyterian Home for Children Dba Amarillo Childrens Home received $112,500 for placement incentive payments to increase capacity in Texas foster care. Kinship support appears as well: Depelchin Childrens Center received a kinship grant to increase capacity in Texas foster care.

How Saint Francis Ministries Group Return Gives