Puentes De Cristo

Name

Puentes De Cristo

Legal name

Puentes de Cristo

Website

https://puentesdecristo.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hidalgo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Puentes de Cristo operates primarily through donations from individuals, churches, and faith-based organizations. The organization receives support from Presbyterian churches throughout Texas, including FPC-McAllen and Valley Presbyterian Churches.
2. Research and Program Grants: The Healthy Lifestyles Program is funded by PC(USA) to assess effects of healthy lifestyles education and practices in adults with diabetes or elevated BMI. Additional funding from Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas for the Building a Healthy Temple program.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Puentes de Cristo is a faith-based nonprofit borderlands ministry that delivers health and wellness education, food assistance, community gardening, and migrant support services to underserved colonias communities in Hidalgo County, Texas and migrants in northern Mexico. Its offerings are organized into five programs (Colonias Project, Healthy Lifestyles Program, Hispanic Ministries Resource Center, Building a Healthy Temple, and Welcoming the Stranger/Borderlands Project) delivered free of charge through partner churches, universities, and NGO networks.

Product overview

Puentes de Cristo is a single-program community ministry offering five interconnected service programs focused on health and wellness, food security, and migrant support along the US-Mexico border. The programs include the Colonas Project (health education and food distribution), Healthy Lifestyles Program (diabetes prevention education), Hispanic Ministries Resource Center (support for Hispanic churches), Building a Healthy Temple (cancer screening), and Welcoming the Stranger/Borderlands Project (migrant assistance). These are charitable community programs rather than commercial technology products or software offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Colonias Project A community outreach initiative in partnership with Texas A&M University serving Hidalgo County Colonias, providing health education, coordination of health care services for pregnant women, and food distribution to address food insecurity.
• Healthy Lifestyles Program A research project funded by PC(USA) to assess the effects of healthy lifestyles education and practices in adults with diabetes or elevated Body Mass Index, including nutritional education, gardening classes, and community garden cultivation (with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension).
• Hispanic Ministries Resource Center A resource center providing Hispanic ministries with resources, ministry supplies, and technical assistance to help expand their community engagement programs, including leadership training and quarterly assessments.
• Building a Healthy Temple A health education and cancer screening program in partnership with the University of Texas at San Antonio and the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, providing free colon cancer screening for uninsured or underinsured church members.
• Welcoming the Stranger / Borderlands Project A migrant assistance program that supports NGOs serving migrants in Mexico, including financial support and donations to shelters such as Dulce Refugio Shelter, Resource Center Matamoros, Senda de Vida Migrant Shelter, and the Sidewalk School in Reynosa.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serving Hidalgo County Colonias with health education, health care coordination for pregnant women, and food assistance
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Texas A&M University - Colonias ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMain strategic partnership with Texas A&M University Colonias Program serving Hidalgo County. Texas A&M provides community health workers, health education coordination, and resources. Puentes de Cristo serves as a community partner for food distribution and outreach in colonias communities.
• Border MissionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner that provides food for families served by Puentes de Cristo in the colonias. Border Missions has nearly six decades of service along the US-Mexico border.
• Presbyterian Church (USA) / PC(USA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent denomination providing funding for the Healthy Lifestyles research program and recognition as a Matthew 25 organization. PC(USA) is a main source of organizational support and identity.
• University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Building a Healthy Temple program providing health education in congregations and free colon cancer screening for uninsured church members.
• Texas A&M AgriLife ExtensioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides gardening classes as part of the Healthy Lifestyles second phase program. Participants receive certificates and gardening tools, and garden beds are built for community gardens.
• Comunidad de Fe Nueva VidacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary partner church in McAllen led by Rev. Ezequiel Herrera. Hosts community events, participates in mission trips, and serves as site for various community programs.
• Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of TexascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding partner for Building a Healthy Temple program providing free colon cancer screening for uninsured church members.
• Texas ImpactminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterfaith legislative network representing over 5 million Texans. Puentes de Cristo participates in their border mission activities and advocacy work on behalf of vulnerable communities.
• South Texas Human Rights CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinates the annual Antorcha Guadalupana Pilgrimage of Remembrance. Puentes de Cristo is a financial supporter and helps coordinate public relations events.
• Asylum Seeker Network of SupportcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive partner providing infrastructure support at the Santa Rosa Matamoros Respite Migrant Camp serving asylum seekers.
• Migrant Health ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides community health workers who work alongside Puentes de Cristo staff to address health disparities in border communities.
• Dulce Refugio Shelter (Matamoros)minorOthersMigrant shelter in Matamoros, Mexico. Puentes de Cristo provides donations of goods and services to support their operations.
• Resource Center MatamorosminorOthersNGO serving migrants in Matamoros. Puentes de Cristo provides donations of goods and services.
• Senda de Vida Migrant ShelterminorOthersMigrant shelter receiving donations of goods and services from Puentes de Cristo.
• Sidewalk School (Reynosa)minorOthersEducational organization for migrant children in Reynosa receiving support from Puentes de Cristo.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/puentesdecrist2016

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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