Texas · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Texas

Imperigo has identified 899 funders that made 14,527 grants totaling $1.2B to 1,692 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 899
Grants 14,527
Organizations funded 1,692

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Houston Academy of Medicine
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2024 · 93.1% of their giving
$900K
52. Arts Council of Brazos Valley
36 grants to 12 organizations · largest $57K · through 2024 · 30.7% of their giving
$765K
53. Houston Jewish Community Foundation
58 grants to 21 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$4.1M
54. Permian Basin Area Foundation
84 grants to 31 organizations · largest $274K · through 2025 · 4.0% of their giving
$3.7M
55. Safari Club International West Texas Chapter Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $295K · through 2024 · 32.2% of their giving
$722K
56. Bowling Proprietors Association of America Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $206K · through 2024 · 31.6% of their giving
$709K
57. Committee for Cotton Research Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $700K · through 2023 · 90.0% of their giving
$700K
58. The Village Store - a Community Thrift Shop
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $91K · through 2025 · 36.2% of their giving
$660K
59. Texas Energy Museum Foundation
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $194K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$646K
60. East Texas Communities Foundation
53 grants to 15 organizations · largest $375K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$2.7M
61. The Robison Excelsior Foundation
25 grants to 8 organizations · largest $70K · through 2024 · 20.8% of their giving
$602K
62. The Nathaniel Foundation Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 9.0% of their giving
$1.3M
63. Westminster Manor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $282K · through 2024 · 86.1% of their giving
$538K
64. Womens Symphony League of Tyler Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $105K · through 2024 · 79.4% of their giving
$530K
65. Civic Development Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $202K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$522K
66. Waco Foundation
43 grants to 12 organizations · largest $252K · through 2024 · 5.9% of their giving
$1.8M
67. East Texas Symphony Orchestra Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $189K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$505K
68. El Paso Holocaust Museum Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $112K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$502K
74. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
19 grants to 10 organizations · largest $4.0M · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$7.4M
75. Better Business Bureau
82 grants to 82 organizations · largest $20K · through 2020 · 6.1% of their giving
$1.5M
78. The Crystal Charity Ball
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $862K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$1.6M
86. Social Impact Fund
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $752K · through 2025 · 5.3% of their giving
$1.4M
88. St David's Foundation
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$5.1M
95. Coastal Bend Community Foundation
56 grants to 21 organizations · largest $134K · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$1.4M
98. The Onestar National Service Commission Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $477K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$1.9M

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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