BCFS Health and Human Services

Public charity · Grantmaker San Antonio, TX EIN: 74-1260710

BCFS Health and Human Services is a nonprofit established in 1944 specializing in community-based care for at-risk families and children, prevention and early intervention services, housing for young adults aging out of the foster care system, mental

BCFS Health and Human Services at a glance

Total assets
$21,039,520
-5.3% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$28,615,731
-17.6% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$531,633
-29.0% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$29,436,973
-14.2% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who BCFS Health and Human Services funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

3 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M1$1–5M2$5M+

The most common grant size was $5M or more: 2 grants of 3 (67%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

San Antonio

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200M$400M$600M0 grants2019 0 grants2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2021 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $4.4M (2023) to $443.4M (2021). In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $4.4M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Firstday Foundation San Antonio, TXGeneral Support$4,352,975
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$21,039,520$28,615,731$29,436,973——$531,633
2024$22,221,000$34,748,810$34,328,031——$748,434
2023$21,555,857$246,126,552$245,531,004$4,352,9751$163,104
2022$75,106,825$2,661,190,575$2,658,224,529$196,854,6311$48,406
2021$323,470,969$4,436,163,982$4,434,415,494$443,429,6351$11,066
2020$212,113,744$873,258,029$849,799,706——$54,876
2019$21,337,680$537,465,750$535,542,468——$18,060

About BCFS Health and Human Services

Based on IRS filings

BCFS Health and Human Services is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in San Antonio, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $21.0M in total assets. Net investment income was $532K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

BCFS Health and Human Services is led by Celeste Garcia, Executive Director since 2023 (on filings since 2019); 5 of 15 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Celeste Garcia

    Executive Director

    Executive Director → Executive Director & Csd, 2020

    Executive Director & Csd → Executive Director, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    50 hrs/week

    $135K (2019) → $317K (2025)

  • Chara McMichael

    Executive Director

    Executive Director & Hti → Executive Director, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    50 hrs/week

    $125K (2021) → $164K (2025)

  • Aaron Javener

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2024

    50 hrs/week

    $165K (2024) → $127K (2025)

  • Kevin Dinnin

    Chairman of the Board

    Chairman → Chairman of the Board, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Sprouse

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lanny Hall

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Martha Morse

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kenneth Kemp

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Llyas Salahud-din

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Silas Ragsdale

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adrian Lopez

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adriana Contreras

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • George Cowden III

    Vice Chairman & Secretary

    Vice Chair & Secretary → Vice Chairman & Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    $17K (2019) → $14K (2025)

  • Theresa Lowell

    Deputy Executive Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    50 hrs/week

    $210K (2025)

  • Claudia Oliveira

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (36)
  • Former: Sonya Thompson (2019–2024) — Executive Director
  • Former: Asennet Segura (2024) — Director
  • Former: Delkys Conde (2024) — State Director
  • Former: Eyra Montemayor (2024) — State Director
  • Former: Kissy Maurice (2024) — Regional Director
  • Former: Myra Starkey (2024) — Director
  • Former: Sharon Krietzburg (2024) — Executive Director
  • Former: Honorable Janet Littlejohn (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Andrew Carter (2020–2023) — Deputy Executive Director
  • Former: Lisa Amaya (2020–2023) — Deputy Executive Director Emd
  • Former: Floyd Hartsell (2021–2023) — Chief Medical Officer
  • Former: Dennis Graves (2023) — Deputy Executive Director
  • Former: Edward Lanier Hall (2023) — Director
  • Former: Mary Kirkendall (2023) — Medical Director
  • Former: Venessa Ortiz-Harry (2023) — National Program Director
  • Former: Karen Simmons (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Mark Smith (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Robert Ownby Jr. (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Dakota Duncan (2021–2022) — Executive Director Emd
  • Former: Alex O'Rourke (2022) — Logistics Section Chief
  • Former: Britt Nelson (2022) — Director
  • Former: Justin Oldt (2022) — Deputy Executive Director
  • Former: Matt Orwig (2022) — Director
  • Former: Garrett Vickery (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Kiesha Loftin-Gainer (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Scott Sharman (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Suraj Harilall (2020–2021) — Finance Section Chief
  • Former: Sakshi Faulkes (2021) — Chief Epidemiologist
  • Former: Jesus Gutierrez (2020) — Regional Director & Rsd
  • Former: Jorge Jalomo (2020) — Incident Management
  • Former: Henry Bonilla (2019) — Director
  • Former: Joshua Stearns (2019) — Incident Managment
  • Former: Kevin Soppet (2019) — Incident Management
  • Former: Mario Guerra (2019) — Director of Response & Recov
  • Former: Suraj Harillal (2019) — Incident Management
  • Former: Tammy Philips (2019) — Executive Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Celeste Garcia — Executive Director: $317KCeleste GarciaExecutive Director$317KTheresa Lowell — Deputy Executive Director: $210KTheresa LowellDeputy Executive Director$210KChara McMichael — Executive Director: $164KChara McMichaelExecutive Director$164KAaron Javener — Executive Director: $127KAaron JavenerExecutive Director$127KGeorge Cowden III — Vice-Chairman/Secretary: $14KGeorge Cowden IIIVice-Chairman/Secretary$14K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $317K, to Celeste Garcia (Executive Director). 5 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about BCFS Health and Human Services

How large is BCFS Health and Human Services?

BCFS Health and Human Services reported $21.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $28.6M.

What is BCFS Health and Human Services?

BCFS Health and Human Services is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in San Antonio, TX. It holds $21.0M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does BCFS Health and Human Services operate?

BCFS Health and Human Services has awarded grants in Texas.

What is BCFS Health and Human Services's EIN?

BCFS Health and Human Services's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 74-1260710. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 19, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 2, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 29, 2024)

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