Rev Father James Willard Yoder
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to charitable giving, focusing on a range of humanitarian causes. Its mission emphasizes support for vulnerable populations, including initiatives aimed at rescuing battered women, feeding the hungry and poor, and providing medical assistance to those in need. Additionally, the foundation supports religious organizations that promote the gospel. Through its funding, it serves various sectors such as domestic violence shelters, food banks, health charities, and faith-based organizations.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Small or mid-sized charities working in hunger relief, basic medical support, domestic violence services or faith-based outreach, especially those with programs or partnerships in Texas or with an existing relationship to the trustees or prior grantees.
Good Fit
- • Programs focused on feeding the poor or emergency food services.
- • Health or medical mission work serving underserved populations.
- • Faith-based or gospel-spreading activities aligned with prior grantees.
- • Existing relationship or introduction via a previously funded organization or trustee.
- • Capacity to use modest one-off grants in the $250–$6,000 range.
Geography
The foundation funded organizations in five different states in the latest year, indicating a multi-state footprint, although about two-thirds of the dollars that year supported recipients in Texas.
Recipient Variety
In the latest year the foundation made six grants to six independent nonprofits across hunger relief, medical missions, domestic violence support and faith-based groups; most grantees recur across years, suggesting a modest but stable portfolio rather than wide exploratory funding.
New Applicants
Filings explicitly state only preselected applicants are considered, and across three years the foundation added only about one new grantee per year while largely repeating the same cohort, so unfamiliar organizations face low plausibility of entry based on observed behavior and the lack of public contact routes.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
