In the Fields / feature
Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas
Health Begins Before the Appointment
Methodist Healthcare Ministries connects clinical care with the household and community conditions that determine whether care can work.
The work, made visible
Care, close to home.
The clinic is one doorway. Community programs and partnerships carry the work into a much wider region.
2025
24,134Patients and clients served
Individuals receiving services; not a count of appointments or health outcomes.
MHM · 2026 investment announcement2025
350,000+Health care services delivered
Services delivered across MHM programs; multiple services may support one person.
MHM · 2026 investment announcement2026 service area
74Texas counties in its service area
Geographic scope reported in April 2026; not a count of clinic locations.
MHM · 2026 investment announcementHow the work connects
Start with people
Patients and families bring medical, behavioral and everyday needs.
Connect the care
Clinical services, counseling and community health programs provide different kinds of support.
Reach further
Partnerships and community-led work extend beyond the clinic.
Patient and service figures cover 2025. The 74-county service area is reported in MHM’s April 2026 announcement.
How to read these numbers
These figures describe the organization’s reported activity or service reach. Each keeps its own reporting period and definition. They are not a ranking, a count of identical outcomes, or a promise of what a particular gift will buy.
The Short Version
A faith-based healthcare provider and grantmaker working across 74 counties, with integrated clinical care and investments in the conditions that shape health.
A wider definition of care
The appointment is only one part of a person's health. Getting there, paying household bills during treatment and finding the right support afterward can matter to the experience of care. Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas has organized its work around that broader view. Its service area spans 74 counties, bringing a regional perspective to needs that are often intensely personal.
Based in San Antonio, MHM combines direct services with grantmaking, community partnerships and policy work. It traces its modern structure to the 1995 partnership that created Methodist Healthcare System. Earnings from its position as a co-owner of Methodist Healthcare help finance its charitable work. That structure makes it both a provider people can turn to and an institution that invests in the capacity of other organizations.
Several kinds of care, one person
MHM operates the Wesley Health & Wellness Center and Dixon Health & Wellness Center in San Antonio. Its programs page describes medical, dental and behavioral healthcare for uninsured people, with charges based on a sliding scale that considers household income, family size and ability to pay. The organization also offers community-based services beyond those two clinics.
Its integrated model brings different professionals into a patient's care team. The practical idea is straightforward: a person does not experience a dental problem, emotional distress and other health needs as separate institutional departments. Coordination can make the service experience easier to navigate. For prospective partners, a useful conversation begins with how referrals, follow-up and community resources connect around the patient.
Investing in the conditions around health
The grantmaking portfolio reaches into food security, housing, digital equity, economic mobility, education and workforce development, alongside access to general and behavioral healthcare. These priorities express MHM's view that health is influenced by the conditions in which people live. An organization working on broadband access or housing may therefore be part of the same philanthropic conversation as a clinic.
MHM's grantmaking page also describes a change in how it funds that work: its first general operating multiyear grants were awarded in 2025. For a nonprofit partner, flexible support over more than one year can change planning possibilities. Readers interested in that model should examine the published grant priorities and current cycle requirements, rather than assume every organization or project falls within the funding criteria.
A practical way to help a patient
MHM's Bridge of Blessings offers a direct public participation route. Created with The WiTT Group, the online registry lets patients identify financial and nonfinancial needs connected to their lives during treatment. The official description includes help with transportation, food, housing and other expenses, as well as practical assistance such as rides and childcare.
The registry places the request in the patient's hands. Supporters can respond to what someone has actually identified, and public registries allow people outside a patient's existing circle to help. MHM's Bridge of Blessings page explains how to participate and links to the giving platform. Contributions through this route help with patient needs; supporters seeking a different kind of partnership can contact MHM to discuss the appropriate options.
Connecting care with community
President and Chief Executive Officer Jaime Wesolowski leads MHM. Charito Lincoln is Vice President of Community Investments, and Jessica Muñoz is Vice President of Communications. For organizations considering a partnership, the published grantmaking priorities and central contact office provide a starting point for understanding where their work intersects with MHM's regional mission.
MHM's combination of immediate care and longer-term community investment asks a consequential question: what must happen around an appointment for a person to benefit fully from it? Its work approaches that question at several levels, from an individual patient's request for transportation to an investment in a community organization. For supporters, the choice of how to participate begins with understanding those different needs and the role each kind of assistance can play.
The people behind the work
Leadership & contacts
Select a person’s card to open their official leadership page. Public roles and contact routes reviewed 2026-10-12.
Jaime Wesolowski
President & Chief Executive Officer
Open leadership sourceCharito Lincoln
Vice President of Community Investments
Open leadership sourceJessica Muñoz
Vice President of Communications
Open leadership sourceConnect with the organization
info@mhm.org210-692-0234Contact the organization ↗Use the organization’s public contact route for profile inquiries, partnerships and introductions.
More than one way in
Bring what you can.
Participation routes checked October 13, 2026. Contact the organization for current availability and requirements.
Where the work reaches
Selected clinical-service locations; broader programs and grantmaking reach a 74-county region. This is not the full regional roster.
Bexar counties.
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Stay connected.
Official patient-support giving route. Direct patient gifts differ from gifts to the Methodist Healthcare Ministries Fund; review the organization's giving FAQs for the distinction. Bridge of Blessings questions: Bridgeofblessings@mhm.org or 210-253-3204.
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Organization-published sources, reviewed 2026-10-12.