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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Texas

Imperigo has identified 866 funders that made 14,033 grants totaling $1.2B to 1,667 arts & culture organizations in Texas, with a median grant of $17K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Texas

Total granted $1.2B
Funders 866
Grants 14,033
Organizations funded 1,667

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Dallas Symphony Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $20.8M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$73.3M
2. Houston Arts Alliance
408 grants to 132 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 81.1% of their giving
$38.7M
3. Fort Worth Art Association Endowment Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $7.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$34.7M
4. Houston Symphony Endowment
14 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.3M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$26.1M
5. Houston Ballet Guild Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $6.2M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$23.5M
6. Community Foundation of Abilene
119 grants to 30 organizations · largest $8.2M · through 2024 · 20.6% of their giving
$20.2M
7. Houston Grand Opera Endowment Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.2M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$19.7M
8. Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc
229 grants to 124 organizations · largest $252K · through 2024 · 54.5% of their giving
$15.5M
9. Charles Butt Philanthropies
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $7.8M · through 2025 · 34.0% of their giving
$14.0M
10. The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts
157 grants to 42 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 85.3% of their giving
$13.8M
11. The Dallas Opera Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$10.4M
12. Greater Houston Community Foundation
850 grants to 144 organizations · largest $2.4M · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$47.5M
13. Communities Foundation of Texas Inc
859 grants to 230 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$39.8M
14. Arlington Tomorrow Foundation
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $3.5M · through 2022 · 25.5% of their giving
$8.5M
15. El Paso Community Foundation
36 grants to 11 organizations · largest $3.4M · through 2024 · 19.0% of their giving
$8.0M
16. Austin Community Foundation Inc
232 grants to 90 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 7.0% of their giving
$15.0M
17. Amarillo Area Foundation Inc
81 grants to 27 organizations · largest $800K · through 2024 · 12.6% of their giving
$8.3M
18. Dallas Theater Center Endowment Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.8M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.2M
19. Lady Lex Museum on the Bay Assoc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5.0M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.0M
20. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
143 grants to 8 organizations · largest $2.3M · through 2025 · 1.7% of their giving
$59.0M
21. Dallas Jewish Community Foundation
123 grants to 38 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2024 · 7.5% of their giving
$11.6M
22. Community Foundation of West Texas
57 grants to 15 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 27.8% of their giving
$4.3M
23. Holocaust Museum Houston Foundation
8 grants to 1 organization · largest $689K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.6M
24. Theater District Improvement Inc
7 grants to 7 organizations · largest $842K · through 2019 · 93.7% of their giving
$3.5M
25. The Austin Symphony Orchestra Society Endowment Fund Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $615K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.4M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Texas, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 17 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Texas. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Texas, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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