Texas · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Civil Rights & Social Justice in Texas

Imperigo has identified 539 funders that made 3,767 grants totaling $496.1M to 272 civil rights & social justice organizations in Texas, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Civil Rights & Social Justice Funding in Texas

Total granted $496.1M
Funders 539
Grants 3,767
Organizations funded 272

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Dallas Jewish Community Foundation
29 grants to 8 organizations · largest $183K · through 2024
$1.2M
52. United Way of Denton County Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $37K · through 2022 · 9.2% of their giving
$104K
53. Dallas Seminary Foundation
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $239K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$663K
54. Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $210K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$500K
55. United Way of Smith County
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $54K · through 2024 · 4.2% of their giving
$202K
56. Texas Retired Public Employee Council Retiree Chapter 12 - AFSCME
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2025 · 66.0% of their giving
$40K
57. Houston Jewish Community Foundation
19 grants to 5 organizations · largest $121K · through 2024
$945K
58. The Pew Charitable Trusts
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2022
$2.5M
59. The Heising-Simons Action Fund
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$650K
60. United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $202K · through 2024
$1.1M
63. Greater Houston Community Foundation
90 grants to 28 organizations · largest $529K · through 2024
$2.7M
64. Austin Community Foundation Inc
29 grants to 15 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$1.2M
66. Women Donors Network
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$538K
68. St David's Foundation
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $405K · through 2024
$1.4M
71. Amarillo Area Foundation Inc
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $92K · through 2024
$526K
73. United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc
16 grants to 4 organizations · largest $135K · through 2024
$915K
82. Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $412K · through 2024
$772K
85. United States Energy Foundation
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $280K · through 2024
$1.2M
86. Permian Basin Area Foundation
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $115K · through 2025
$486K
87. San Antonio Area Foundation
17 grants to 10 organizations · largest $225K · through 2024
$673K
93. Dayton Foundation Plus Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $200K · through 2023
$550K
95. Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax
35 grants to 8 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$607K
96. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
27 grants to 18 organizations · largest $125K · through 2024
$1.2M
108. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
44 grants to 23 organizations · largest $163K · through 2025
$1.6M
114. United Way of Greater Houston
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $340K · through 2021
$540K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to civil rights & social justice 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. 16 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 civil rights & social justice 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 civil rights & social justice funding in Texas, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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