Foundations
Private foundations in Texas
8,985 private foundations based in Texas gave $6.8 billion in 107,024 grants in their latest year, and 2,007 of them accept applications.
Foundations that fund causes in Texas
- Education
$2.0 billion from 5,514 foundations - Health
$761 million from 3,700 foundations - Faith communities
$647 million from 4,571 foundations - Youth programs
$494 million from 2,977 foundations - Arts and culture
$363 million from 1,858 foundations - Science and research
$311 million from 1,177 foundations - Environment and conservation
$268 million from 1,452 foundations - Human services
$217 million from 1,935 foundations - Community development
$210 million from 1,222 foundations - Food and hunger
$91.1 million from 1,429 foundations - Housing and homelessness
$81.1 million from 818 foundations - International
$67.5 million from 887 foundations - Animals
$60.4 million from 1,143 foundations - Veterans
$30.0 million from 359 foundations - Seniors
$21.2 million from 561 foundations - Disability
$20.2 million from 458 foundations
These count grants to recipients in Texas, including from foundations based elsewhere.
Foundations by city in Texas
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Texas foundations that accept applications
- Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Austin
Accepts applications $258 million a year · typical grant $19,324 · Education - O'Donnell Foundation · Dallas
Accepts applications $187 million a year · typical grant $1.0 million · Education - The Rees-Jones Foundation · Dallas
Accepts applications $157 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Youth programs - The Sarofim Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $130 million a year · typical grant $250,000 · Education - The Moody Foundation · Galveston
Accepts applications $121 million a year · typical grant $70,000 · Education - Houston Endowment Inc · Houston
Accepts applications $94.2 million a year · typical grant $125,000 · Education - The Brown Foundation Inc · Houston
Accepts applications $84.3 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Environment and conservation - The Eugene McDermott Foundation · Dallas
Accepts applications $55.5 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Arts and culture - Amon G Carter Foundation · Fort Worth
Accepts applications $40.0 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Arts and culture - Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation · Dallas
Accepts applications $37.7 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Arts and culture - Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation · Harlingen
Accepts applications $36.9 million a year · typical grant $55,000 · Health - Kate Marmion Charitable Foundation · San Antonio
Accepts applications $34.2 million a year · typical grant $125,000 · Education - Stoller Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $34.1 million a year · typical grant $36,250 · Faith communities - The Robert A Welch Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $31.0 million a year · typical grant $105,000 · Science and research - Ed Rachal Foundation · Corpus Christi
Accepts applications $27.5 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Environment and conservation - Scharbauer Foundation Inc · Midland
Accepts applications $27.3 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health - Texas Instruments Foundation · Dallas
Accepts applications $25.5 million a year · typical grant $500 · Education - The Addy Foundation · Dallas
Accepts applications $23.2 million a year · typical grant $55,750 · Community development - Sid W Richardson Foundation · Fort Worth
Accepts applications $21.2 million a year · typical grant $23.7 million - The Powell Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $20.8 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education - TLL Temple Foundation · Lufkin
Accepts applications $19.9 million a year · typical grant $19.9 million - The George Foundation · Richmond
Accepts applications $18.6 million a year · typical grant $18.6 million - Mays Family Foundation · San Antonio
Accepts applications $18.2 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health - Jerold B Katz Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $18.0 million a year · typical grant $580,000 · Health - The Cullen Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $17.9 million a year · typical grant $250,000 · Education - The Elkins Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $17.3 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education - The William Stamps Farish Fund · Houston
Accepts applications $16.7 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Health - Toyota USA Foundation · Plano
Accepts applications $15.5 million a year · typical grant $324,350 · Education - The John M O'Quinn Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $15.0 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Health - Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation · San Antonio
Accepts applications $14.9 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Faith communities - The Priddy Foundation · Wichita Falls
Accepts applications $14.2 million a year · typical grant $34,160 · Education - Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $14.0 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - Hildebrand Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $14.0 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - The Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation · Richmond
Accepts applications $14.0 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Health - Robert J & Helen C Kleberg Foundation · San Antonio
Accepts applications $13.1 million a year · typical grant $109,032 · Education - The Fondren Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $13.0 million a year · typical grant $13.0 million - Albert & Bessie Mae Kronkosky Charitable · Dallas
Accepts applications $12.9 million a year · typical grant $12.9 million - Kickapoo Springs Foundation · Abilene
Accepts applications $12.7 million a year · typical grant $12,500 · Education - The Legett Foundation · Abilene
Accepts applications $12.6 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Health - The Hunt Family Foundation · El Paso
Accepts applications $12.4 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education - Helen Jones Foundation Inc · Lubbock
Accepts applications $12.2 million a year · typical grant $87,500 · Arts and culture - Three Rivers Foundation for the Arts & Sciences · Crowell
Accepts applications $12.1 million a year · typical grant $36,620 - The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation · The Woodlands
Accepts applications $12.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Environment and conservation - MG and Lillie A Johnson Foundation Inc · Victoria
Accepts applications $12.0 million a year · typical grant $12.0 million - Abell-Hanger Foundation · Midland
Accepts applications $11.7 million a year · typical grant $6,250 · Education - James N McCoy Foundation · Wichita Falls
Accepts applications $11.5 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Faith communities - The Lanier Theological Library Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $10.9 million a year · typical grant $17,500 · Education - The Cockrell Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $10.8 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Health - Hamon Charitable Foundation · Dallas
Accepts applications $10.7 million a year · typical grant $37,626 · Health - Onesight Essilorluxottica Foundation Fund · Dallas
Accepts applications $10.3 million a year · typical grant $27,725 · International
Largest foundations in Texas
- Musk Foundation · Austin
Preselected only $474 million a year · typical grant $1.0 million · Education - Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Austin
Accepts applications $258 million a year · typical grant $19,324 · Education - Laura and John Arnold Foundation · Houston
Preselected only $193 million a year · typical grant $122,776 · Education - O'Donnell Foundation · Dallas
Accepts applications $187 million a year · typical grant $1.0 million · Education - The Rees-Jones Foundation · Dallas
Accepts applications $157 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Youth programs - The Sarofim Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $130 million a year · typical grant $250,000 · Education - The Moody Foundation · Galveston
Accepts applications $121 million a year · typical grant $70,000 · Education - Houston Endowment Inc · Houston
Accepts applications $94.2 million a year · typical grant $125,000 · Education - The Brown Foundation Inc · Houston
Accepts applications $84.3 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Environment and conservation - Je and Le Mabee Foundation Inc · Midland
Preselected only $78.2 million a year · typical grant $500,000 · Youth programs - The T Boone Pickens Foundation · Flower Mound
Preselected only $77.8 million a year · typical grant $12.5 million · Education - Kinder Foundation · Houston
Preselected only $67.1 million a year · typical grant $94,658 · Environment and conservation - The Eugene McDermott Foundation · Dallas
Accepts applications $55.5 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Arts and culture - Luke and Lori Morrow Family Foundation · McKinney
Preselected only $51.2 million a year · typical grant $600,000 - Rainwater Charitable Foundation · Fort Worth
Preselected only $43.6 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - Amon G Carter Foundation · Fort Worth
Accepts applications $40.0 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Arts and culture - Dan L Duncan Foundation · Houston
Preselected only $39.5 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation · Dallas
Accepts applications $37.7 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Arts and culture - Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation · Harlingen
Accepts applications $36.9 million a year · typical grant $55,000 · Health - Swalm Foundation · Wellington
Preselected only $36.3 million a year · typical grant $18.1 million - Kate Marmion Charitable Foundation · San Antonio
Accepts applications $34.2 million a year · typical grant $125,000 · Education - Stoller Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $34.1 million a year · typical grant $36,250 · Faith communities - The Robert A Welch Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $31.0 million a year · typical grant $105,000 · Science and research - Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation · Houston
Preselected only $28.8 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Education - Ed Rachal Foundation · Corpus Christi
Accepts applications $27.5 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Environment and conservation - Scharbauer Foundation Inc · Midland
Accepts applications $27.3 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health - The Mulva Family Foundation · Austin
Preselected only $25.7 million a year · typical grant $310,000 · Faith communities - Leducq Foundation · Houston
Preselected only $25.6 million a year · typical grant $156,184 · Education - Texas Instruments Foundation · Dallas
Accepts applications $25.5 million a year · typical grant $500 · Education - Dian Graves Owen Foundation · Abilene
Preselected only $24.1 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Arts and culture - The Addy Foundation · Dallas
Accepts applications $23.2 million a year · typical grant $55,750 · Community development - The Terry Foundation · Houston
Preselected only $22.5 million a year · typical grant $1.6 million · Education - The Hook Family Foundation · Houston
Preselected only $21.7 million a year · typical grant $471,949 · International - Meadows Foundation Inc · Dallas
$21.5 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Education - Sid W Richardson Foundation · Fort Worth
Accepts applications $21.2 million a year · typical grant $23.7 million - Exxonmobil Foundation · Spring
Preselected only $20.8 million a year · typical grant $4,200 · Education - The Powell Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $20.8 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education - TLL Temple Foundation · Lufkin
Accepts applications $19.9 million a year · typical grant $19.9 million - Victor Wilson Charitable Trust · Dallas
Preselected only $19.6 million a year · typical grant $9.8 million · Education - Beloved in Christ Foundation · Marble Falls
Preselected only $19.3 million a year · typical grant $9.7 million · Human services - The George Foundation · Richmond
Accepts applications $18.6 million a year · typical grant $18.6 million - The Rose Family Foundation · Dallas
Preselected only $18.5 million a year · typical grant $112,500 · Environment and conservation - The Philecology Foundation · Fort Worth
Preselected only $18.4 million a year · typical grant $607,500 · Arts and culture - Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Houston
Preselected only $18.3 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education - Mays Family Foundation · San Antonio
Accepts applications $18.2 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health - Petersen Family Foundation · Sugar Land
Preselected only $18.1 million a year · typical grant $18.1 million - Jerold B Katz Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $18.0 million a year · typical grant $580,000 · Health - The Cullen Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $17.9 million a year · typical grant $250,000 · Education - David and Eula Wintermann Foundation · Eagle Lake
Preselected only $17.5 million a year · typical grant $300,000 · Education - The Elkins Foundation · Houston
Accepts applications $17.3 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education
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