Fort Bend Junior Service League
Fort Bend Junior Service League (FBJSL) is a public charity based in Sugar Land, Texas. It is an organization of women that supports Fort Bend County through volunteer service and philanthropy, including grants to charitable organizations and member volunteers serving selected agencies.
Fort Bend Junior Service League at a glance
In short: Fort Bend Junior Service League gave $266K across 25 grants in 2025 (avg $11K), mostly in Texas. 36% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $265,620
- -3.4% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 25
- +4.2% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $10,625
- -7.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $144,778
- +33.5% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 36% first-time grantees (9 of 25, 2025)
- Primary geography
- Texas (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Fort Bend Junior Service League
- How to Apply
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For CAF grants, submit the application and eligibility materials provided by FBJSL; allow at least six weeks for review. Event beneficiary applications for the 2026 Sugar Plum Market are closed, with the next application information expected in spring 2027.
- Contact
Mailing address: PO Box 17387, Sugar Land, TX 77496
Phone: (281) 636-6272
Website: https://fbjsl.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Fort Bend Junior Service League funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Access Health ($20K). Together the top 10 received $150K.
Grant Size Distribution
109 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 109 grants of 109 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
FBJSL’s website describes its work as serving Fort Bend County. All grant dollars reported for 2025 went to recipients in Texas.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 25 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Fort Bend Junior Service League open to new grantees?
36%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 9 of 25 grantees (36%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $10K; repeat grants $11K. How we count
Medians: $8K first-time, $11K repeat.
- 56% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−19%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $124K (2021) to $328K (2022). In 2025 it made 25 grants totaling $266K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Access Health Sugar Land, TX | Healthcare | $20,000 |
| Hope for Three Sugar Land, TX | Autism Supp | $18,975 |
| East FB Human Needs Stafford, TX | Food Bank | $16,975 |
| George Ranch Richmond, TX | Youth Prog | $16,495 |
| God's Garden Missouri City, TX | Food Bank | $15,000 |
| Houston Museum of Nat Hist Sugar Land, TX | Education | $13,975 |
| Fort Bend Rainbow Room Sugar Land, TX | Youth Prog | $12,500 |
| Brazos Bend Guardianship Rosenberg, TX | Adult Prog | $12,000 |
| Child Advocates of FB Rosenberg, TX | Crisis Supp | $12,000 |
| College Community Career Stafford, TX | Education | $12,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $144,778 | $469,842 | $433,547 | $265,620 | 25 | $287 |
| 2024 | $108,483 | $369,922 | $414,264 | $275,050 | 24 | $80 |
| 2023 | $152,825 | $435,486 | $435,282 | $316,926 | 22 | $76 |
| 2022 | $152,621 | $429,131 | $458,605 | $327,540 | 23 | $177 |
| 2021 | $182,095 | $205,782 | $177,494 | $123,630 | 15 | $362 |
| 2020 | $153,919 | $296,499 | $414,834 | $310,500 | 23 | $1,116 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
FBJSL’s mission is to promote volunteerism, develop women, and improve Fort Bend County through community involvement and the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its website also describes its purpose as educational and charitable.
Recent grants show support for healthcare, autism services, food assistance, youth programs, adult programs, crisis support, and education. The grantees describe their own work in varied terms: Katy ARTReach says it connects community partners with artists to benefit underserved people and the community; Fort Bend Hope says it empowers families through education; Catholic Charities Inc. says it assists clients with needs including food, clothing, housing, utilities, prescriptions, and counseling; Justice Forward says it funds programs intended to help people in specialty courts become independent and productive; and SIRE says horses help people with disabilities and challenges.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, FBJSL reported 25 grants totaling $265,620. The grants ranged from $5,600 to $20,000, with a median of $10,000. Its largest reported grants included $20,000 to Access Health for healthcare, $18,975 to Hope for Three for autism support, $16,975 to East FB Human Needs for a food bank, $16,495 to George Ranch for a youth program, and $15,000 to God’s Garden for a food bank.
Other 2025 grants included $13,975 to Houston Museum of Natural History for education, $12,500 to Fort Bend Rainbow Room for a youth program, and $12,000 each to Brazos Bend Guardianship, Child Advocates of FB, College Community Career, and TOM Help Center. Additional reported recipients included Katy ARTReach ($10,000), Fort Bend Hope ($8,389), Catholic Charities Inc. ($7,274), Justice Forward ($6,000), and SIRE Inc. ($5,600).
FBJSL describes two grant pathways on its website. Event beneficiaries receive awards greater than $5,000 and are selected based on agency needs, the League’s goals, and alignment with its position statements for Fort Bend County. The 2026 Sugar Plum Market beneficiary application cycle is closed; the website says to check back in spring 2027. The CAF offers grants of up to $5,000 for local charitable causes, including critical needs, pilot programs, and emergency expenses. CAF applications are accepted on an ongoing basis, and the League says review requires a minimum of six weeks. The application and eligibility details are available through its request-support process.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Kelsea Weatherford as President, Lindsay Rolph as President-Elect, April Bray as Vice President, Sarah Amyx as Treasurer, and Misty Gasiorowski as Secretary. Other listed directors and liaisons are Michelle Vargas, Director of New Members; Jennifer Bombach, Director of Membership; Kaila Williams, Director of Public Relations; Erin Curtis, Director of Community Service; and Monica Hasty, Sugar Plum Market Liaison.
Fort Bend Junior Service League is led by Kelsea Weatherford, President since 2025 (on filings since 2024); none of the 13 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kelsea Weatherford
President
President-Elect → President, 2025
On filings since 2024
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Terri Stuart
Sustainer President
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Leslie Fish
Director of Technology
On filings since 2021
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Vargas
Director of New Members
Director of Public Relations → Director of New Members, 2025
On filings since 2024
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Erin Curtis
Director of Community Service
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Bombach
Director of Membership
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kaila Williams
Director of Public Relations
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jessica Gregory
Past President
President-Elec → President, 2024
President → Past President, 2025
On filings since 2021
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lindsay Rolph
President-Elect
Director of Community Service → President-Elect, 2025
On filings since 2024
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
April Bray
Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Misty Gasiorowski
Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Monica Hasty
Sugar Plum Market Liaison
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Amyx
Treasurer
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (32)
- Former: Dana Loper (2020–2024) — Director of Membership
- Former: Tanesha Moseley (2020–2024) — Past President
- Former: Laura Kagy (2023–2024) — Vice President
- Former: Brenda Woodbury (2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Chelsi Oestreich (2024) — Spm Liaison
- Former: Katie Parsons (2024) — Secretary
- Former: Sarah Kaivani (2024) — Director of New Members
- Former: Sheryl Slot (2024) — Sustainer President
- Former: Heather Allen (2021–2023) — Past President
- Former: Kelly Evans (2021–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Brandy Edwards (2022–2023) — Vice President
- Former: Karen Dulyunan (2022–2023) — Director of Technology
- Former: Elizabeth Keshani-Fisher (2023) — Director of Public Relations
- Former: Jamila Carroll (2023) — Director of New Members
- Former: Michelle Cano (2023) — Director of Community Service
- Former: Sarah Kuehl (2023) — Director of Membership
- Former: Theresa Shmerling (2023) — Spm Liaison
- Former: Colleen Fox (2020–2022) — Past President
- Former: Kimberly Camp (2021–2022) — Director of Membership
- Former: Stacy Roncal (2021–2022) — Director of Community Service
- Former: Heather Brown (2022) — Spm Liaison
- Former: Katara Goings (2022) — Vice President
- Former: Sarah Khuel (2022) — Director of Public Relations
- Former: Emily Rhodes (2020–2021) — Past President
- Former: Megan Leonhardt (2020–2021) — Director of Membership
- Former: Gillian Parker (2021) — Director of Public Relations
- Former: Emily Calbert (2020) — Past President
- Former: Jennifer Looper (2020) — Director of Community Service
- Former: Kari Opaleski (2020) — Director of Public Relations
- Former: Kristen McQuillin (2020) — Director of New Members
- Former: Nilou Iken (2020) — Vice President
- Former: Treilycious Walker (2020) — Treasurer
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Fort Bend Junior Service League
How much does Fort Bend Junior Service League give each year?
Fort Bend Junior Service League gave $266K across 25 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $275K across 24 grants.
What is Fort Bend Junior Service League's typical grant size?
Fort Bend Junior Service League's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $10,625, across 25 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Fort Bend Junior Service League that year got $10K on average.
Where does Fort Bend Junior Service League give grants?
Fort Bend Junior Service League gives mostly in Texas: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Sugar Land, TX (6 grants), Rosenberg, TX (6 grants), Houston, TX (5 grants) and Richmond, TX (3 grants).
Does Fort Bend Junior Service League give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 25 grants with a stated purpose on Fort Bend Junior Service League's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Youth Prog" (5 grants), "Education" (5 grants) and "Healthcare" (3 grants).
Who are Fort Bend Junior Service League's largest grantees?
Fort Bend Junior Service League's largest 2025 grantees include Access Health ($20,000), Hope for Three ($18,975) and East FB Human Needs ($16,975), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 21% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Fort Bend Junior Service League?
Fort Bend Junior Service League reported $145K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $470K.
What does Fort Bend Junior Service League fund?
FBJSL’s mission is to promote volunteerism, develop women, and improve Fort Bend County through community involvement and the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its website also describes its purpose as educational and charitable. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Fort Bend Junior Service League?
For CAF grants, submit the application and eligibility materials provided by FBJSL; allow at least six weeks for review. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Fort Bend Junior Service League's EIN?
Fort Bend Junior Service League's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 76-0664152. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS September 2, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 10, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 5, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 8, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 7, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 17, 2026)
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