Texas · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Texas

Imperigo has identified 813 funders that made 4,678 grants totaling $674.3M to 630 community improvement organizations in Texas, with a median grant of $23K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Texas

Total granted $674.3M
Funders 813
Grants 4,678
Organizations funded 630

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Salesmanship Club Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $7.1M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$31.0M
2. Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $24.1M · through 2023 · 76.8% of their giving
$25.6M
3. The Dallas Foundation
76 grants to 38 organizations · largest $6.8M · through 2024 · 7.0% of their giving
$24.1M
4. Junior League of Houston Foundation
8 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$8.1M
5. Waco Foundation
30 grants to 8 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 22.1% of their giving
$6.6M
6. The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $4.3M · through 2024 · 30.7% of their giving
$6.4M
7. Communities Foundation of Texas Inc
207 grants to 73 organizations · largest $6.0M · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$30.3M
8. Market Lubbock Economic Development Corporation
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2023 · 28.1% of their giving
$3.0M
9. Eleven East Corp
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.9M
10. United Way of Greater Houston
47 grants to 10 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2024 · 4.3% of their giving
$12.7M
11. THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2024 · 4.3% of their giving
$12.6M
12. Austin Community Foundation Inc
66 grants to 29 organizations · largest $6.1M · through 2024 · 4.9% of their giving
$10.6M
13. National Rhca Training and Safety Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.1M
14. McAllen Foreign Trade Zone Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $454K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.9M
15. Cooper Foundation
19 grants to 6 organizations · largest $232K · through 2024 · 17.7% of their giving
$2.1M
16. United Way of Tarrant County
12 grants to 6 organizations · largest $4.3M · through 2024 · 6.9% of their giving
$4.6M
17. Houston Chapter of Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $252K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.5M
18. San Antonio Tourism Public Improvement District Corporation (Satpid)
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2022 · 43.1% of their giving
$1.0M
19. Texas Association Against Sexual Assault Inc
11 grants to 2 organizations · largest $335K · through 2024 · 10.0% of their giving
$1.8M
20. Greater Brownsville Incentive Corp
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2023 · 21.3% of their giving
$750K
21. Christian Community Foundation Inc
11 grants to 8 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$9.7M
22. Meeting Professionals International
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $166K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$685K
23. Covenant Neighborhoods Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $294K · through 2023 · 98.8% of their giving
$678K
24. Urban Partnerships Community Development Corporation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $556K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$666K
25. El Paso Community Foundation
17 grants to 7 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 5.6% of their giving
$2.3M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 14 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Texas, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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