Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas (MHM) is set to invest nearly $214m this year to promote health equity and systemic change across its 74-county service area.
The investment aims to address systemic inequities and socio-economic barriers, and includes funding for direct services, community investments, partnerships, and advocacy initiatives.
MHM’s strategic focus on health equity drives its efforts to create a more level playing field for individuals.
The $213.6m commitment is allocated across grants, strategic operating initiatives, direct services, and administrative costs.
Particularly, MHM maintains its administrative expenses below 15% to ensure maximum community impact and secure high ratings from Charity Navigator.
For 2025, MHM has allocated $62.5m to over 185 nonprofit organisations and municipalities. This includes $35.6m in new grants awarded through an open grant cycle initiated in 2024.
The funding supports organisations addressing access to care, mental and behavioural health, digital equity, food security, housing, education, and workforce development.
Among the grant recipients, Alpha Home and Prosumers International are notable for their focus on mental and behavioural health care services.
Alpha Home, based in San Antonio, received $500,000 to renovate a 25,000ft2 facility for rehabilitation treatment and case management services.
Methodist Healthcare Ministries president and CEO Jaime Wesolowski said: “This investment captures the different ways MHM is advancing health equity across our 74-county service area, so more people and communities have an opportunity to thrive and reach their fullest potential for health and life.”
Cenikor president and CEO Bill Bailey said: “Recovery should never be out of reach. With Alpha Home joining the Cenikor family and support from the Methodist Healthcare Ministries grant, we are taking a bold step to expand from 36 to 80 beds with a new facility.
“We will also have residential services for men and women. This strengthens our continuum of care in Bexar County and helps more individuals and families thrive.”
In addition to grantmaking, MHM has earmarked nearly $27m for strategic initiatives aimed at removing systemic barriers to well-being.
The initiatives include the South Texas Safe Water Project, San Antonio GOALS Initiative, and the Community Health Accelerator, among others.
New initiatives addressing food security, economic mobility, rural health, and digital equity will be announced later in 2025.
MHM operates two primary health care clinics and one school-based health centre in San Antonio, providing services to low-income families and the uninsured.
The clinics, along with other programmes like community counselling and the Wesley Nurse programme, are central to MHM’s mission of creating access to care.
Since its inception, Methodist Healthcare Ministries has delivered over $1.66bn in health care services through its clinical programmes and partnerships.
Prosumers International executive director Anna Gray said: “Because of the MHM grant, we have been able to keep our programme in McAllen up and running and we are working to expand the bilingual Peer Run Warmline in collaboration with Hope Family Health Center, an MHM grant recipient from a previous cycle.
“It is hard to express in words the impact MHM is having for Prosumers International.”
