Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2014.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
Who runs it and what they're paid
28 people listed on the 990; $130K paid to officers and key staff.
Katherine Sowell’s $69K as Executive Director is at the 59th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine Sowell | $68,757 | $67,080 | $65,000 | $65,000 | $45,471 | $43,000 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Provides education, advocacy, and direct services to meet community health and human needs.
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The barnabas connection community programs including its back to school fiesta, the christmas store, its community assistance fund, educational programming, logan's dugout, and the closet.
The barnabas connection provides various emergency services and programs including covid relief, emergency preparedness, and emergency relief.
Wimberley community assistance fund (previously named operation good shepherd- renamed in march of 2021)-IN march of 2008, the barnabas connection began administering the fund. This fund assists with rent, utilities, and medical needs.
Emergency preparedness-in october of 2021 barnabas formed the wimberley valley emergency preparedness team in order to have a coordinated effort of key stakeholders. The groups that make up this team represent first responders, FBC and CCC ( churches directly involved in sheltering and feeding during a community crisis), wimberley valley…
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Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $322K | $303K | $19K | $363K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $469K | $460K | $9K | $344K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $316K | $291K | $25K | $335K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $254K | $304K | −$50K | $309K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $316K | $290K | $26K | $360K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $287K | $210K | $77K | $339K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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