Texas Council on Family Violence Inc
Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) is a public charity based in Austin, Texas, and a statewide nonprofit coalition dedicated solely to creating safer communities and freedom from family violence. It supports efforts to improve safety for survivors through work with service providers, public policy, and prevention, and makes grants to organizations providing domestic violence-related services and prevention in Texas.
Texas Council on Family Violence Inc at a glance
In short: Texas Council on Family Violence Inc gave $842K across 24 grants in 2025 (avg $35K), mostly in Texas. 29% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $842,148
- +13.1% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 24
- +9.1% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $35,090
- +3.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $30,000
- Total assets
- $12,691,292
- +0.5% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 29% first-time grantees (7 of 24, 2025; small sample)
- 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 Texas Council on Family Violence Inc
- Contact
Mailing address: PO Box 163865, Austin, TX 78716-1810
Phone: (512) 794-1133
Website: https://tcfv.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Texas Council on Family Violence Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Cross Timbers Family Services ($55K). Together the top 10 received $510K.
Grant Size Distribution
132 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 94 grants of 132 (71%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
TCFV describes its work as statewide in Texas. All reported 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in Texas.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 24 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Texas Council on Family Violence Inc open to new grantees?
29%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 7 of 24 grantees (29%) were first-time recipients. With only 24 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 4 points. First grants averaged $33K; repeat grants $36K. How we count
Medians: $30K first-time, $30K repeat.
- 38% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+13%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). 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 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $744K (2022) to $2.2M (2021). In 2025 it made 24 grants totaling $842K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Cross Timbers Family Services Stephenville, TX | Domestic Abuse Prevention | $55,000 |
| The Bridge Over Troubled Water Pasadena, TX | Domestic Abuse Prevention | $55,000 |
| The Family Place Dallas Dallas, TX | Domestic Abuse Prevention | $55,000 |
| Travis County District Austin, TX | Domestic Abuse Prevention | $55,000 |
| East Texas Crisis Center Tyler, TX | Domestic Abuse Prevention | $55,000 |
| Family Support Services Amarillo, TX | Domestic Abuse Prevention | $55,000 |
| Empowered Survivor Inc Houston, TX | Suppor Victims of Violence | $50,000 |
| Women Together Foundation McAllen, TX | Emergency service and shelter for adult victims of family violence | $50,000 |
| El Paso County El Paso, TX | To Specialize Services Such 911 | $50,000 |
| Denton County Friends of the Family Denton, TX | Domestic Abuse Prevention | $30,000 |
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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 | $12,691,292 | $5,410,145 | $5,516,294 | $842,148 | 24 | $337,482 |
| 2024 | $12,629,601 | $5,745,766 | $5,062,699 | $744,433 | 22 | $851,173 |
| 2023 | $11,671,929 | $5,224,941 | $4,958,289 | $770,284 | 22 | $108,395 |
| 2022 | $10,630,774 | $6,106,622 | $5,077,712 | $744,175 | 23 | $1,289,425 |
| 2021 | $12,074,537 | $6,499,959 | $6,625,387 | $2,157,508 | 41 | $406,925 |
| 2020 | $10,947,178 | $6,073,503 | $5,928,900 | $1,421,554 | 45 | $283,706 |
| 2019 | $10,058,299 | $5,440,630 | $5,728,960 | $1,219,698 | 32 | $172,806 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
TCFV’s stated mission is to create safer communities and freedom from family violence. Its work includes training, technical assistance, and capacity-building for service providers; policy and systems change; and prevention efforts, including building prevention educators’ capacity and amplifying youth advocacy.
Its 2025 grants include domestic abuse prevention and services for victims of violence. Grantees’ own mission statements describe work such as counseling and support for victims of domestic violence or crime (Cross Timbers Family Services); safety, shelter, and education for victims of family and dating violence, sexual assault, and other violent crime (East Texas Crisis Center); and temporary food and shelter for victims of family violence and sexual assault (Women Together Foundation). Other funded organizations describe work in education, shelter, counseling, housing, crisis services, and violence prevention.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, TCFV reported 24 grants totaling $842,148. Grant amounts ranged from $12,000 to $55,000, with a median of $30,000. The largest listed awards included $55,000 each to Cross Timbers Family Services, The Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Family Place Dallas, Travis County District, East Texas Crisis Center, and Family Support Services. Other listed awards included $50,000 to Empowered Survivor Inc and Women Together Foundation, and $30,000 each to Denton County Friends of the Family, Fort Bend Women’s Center, and Gateway Family Services.
The website describes a limited-grant project, At the Table, for communities beginning or enhancing a coordinated response to domestic violence. An applying community must include a local domestic violence service provider and two other community-response leaders. Selected communities develop annual goals and objectives, complete e-learning modules, and submit two brief progress reports; TCFV provides support and consultation. Funding may be available for one to three years, depending on resources, with an annual application and review. The website says announcements are typically made in October and November when resources are available.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Gloria A. Terry as chief executive officer. Listed directors and officers include Chair Twila D. Carter; Vice Chair and Region 9 Director Darlene Lanham; Treasurer and Region 4 Director Toni Johnson-Simpson; Secretary and Region 6 Director Whitney Burran; and directors Marta Prada Pelaez, Maricarmen Garza, Rhonda Williamson, Deborah Tomov, and Andres Contreras.
Texas Council on Family Violence Inc is led by Gloria A. Terry, Chief Executive Officer on every filing since 2019; 1 of 17 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Gloria A. Terry
Chief Executive Officer
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$153K (2019) → $157K (2025)
Twila D. Carter
Chair
At-Large Director → Vice Chair, 2022
Vice Chair → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Deborah Tomov
Region Area Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maricarmen Garza
At Large Director
Secretary → Vice Chair, 2024
Vice Chair → At Large Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Toni Johnson-Simpson
Treasurer & Region Director
Region Area Director → Treasurer, 2023
Treasurer → Treasurer & Region Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Darlene Lanham
Vice Chair & Region Director
Region Area Director → Secretary & Region Director, 2024
Secretary & Region Director → Vice Chair & Region Director, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rhonda Williamson
Region Area Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Whitney Burran
Secretary & Region Director
Region Area Director → Secretary & Region Director, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andres Contreras
Director at Large
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chris Fobbs
Region Area Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Emilee Whitehurst
Director at Large
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marian Harper
Director at Large
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sandra Garcia
Region Area Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alana Jeter
Region Area Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leigha Simonton
Director at Large
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Melissa Rodriguez
Region Area Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marta Prada Pelaez
Executive Officio
Chair → Immediate Past Chair Region, 2024
Immediate Past Chair Region → Executive Officio, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (21)
- Former: Lyndia Allen (2019–2024) — Region Area Director
- Former: Staley Heatly (2019–2024) — At-Large Director
- Former: Frances Wilson (2019–2023) — Past Chair & Ex- Officio
- Former: Lorie Dunnam (2020–2023) — Region Area Director
- Former: Elizabeth Lippincott (2020–2022) — At-Large Director
- Former: Katie Pothier (2020–2022) — At-Large Director
- Former: Zena Stephens (2020–2022) — At-Large Director
- Former: Heather Martinez (2022) — Region Area Director
- Former: Jim Womack (2019–2021) — Region Area Director
- Former: Shirley Cox (2019–2021) — At-Large Director
- Former: Ryan Shriver (2020–2021) — Region Area Director
- Former: Jaime Esparza (2019–2020) — Ex-Officio Member
- Former: Julia Spann (2019–2020) — Region Area Director
- Former: Danielle Agee (2019) — At-Large Director
- Former: Heather Kartye (2019) — Ex-Officio Director
- Former: Jeff Allar (2019) — At-Large Director
- Former: Jim Malatich (2019) — Region Area Director
- Former: Karen Pieper Hildebrand (2019) — Region Area Director
- Former: Laura Squiers (2019) — At-Large Director
- Former: Roger Pharr (2019) — Region Area Director
- Former: Sherri Kendall (2019) — Region Area 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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $157K, to Gloria a Terry (Chief Executive Officer).
Frequently asked questions about Texas Council on Family Violence Inc
How much does Texas Council on Family Violence Inc give each year?
Texas Council on Family Violence Inc gave $842K across 24 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $744K across 22 grants.
What is Texas Council on Family Violence Inc's typical grant size?
Texas Council on Family Violence Inc's median grant in 2025 was $30,000, and its average grant was $35,090, across 24 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Texas Council on Family Violence Inc that year got $33K on average.
Where does Texas Council on Family Violence Inc give grants?
Texas Council on Family Violence Inc 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 Pasadena, TX (2 grants) and El Paso, TX (2 grants).
Does Texas Council on Family Violence Inc give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 24 grants with a stated purpose on Texas Council on Family Violence Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Domestic Abuse Prevention" (9 grants) and "Domestic Violence Prevention" (3 grants).
Who are Texas Council on Family Violence Inc's largest grantees?
Texas Council on Family Violence Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Cross Timbers Family Services ($55,000), The Bridge Over Troubled Water ($55,000) and The Family Place Dallas ($55,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 20% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Texas Council on Family Violence Inc?
Texas Council on Family Violence Inc reported $12.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $5.4M.
What does Texas Council on Family Violence Inc fund?
TCFV’s stated mission is to create safer communities and freedom from family violence. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Texas Council on Family Violence Inc?
Texas Council on Family Violence Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check tcfv.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Texas Council on Family Violence Inc's EIN?
Texas Council on Family Violence Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 06-1826451. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 10, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 26, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 24, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 6, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS July 12, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 29, 2024)
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