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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 2 of 4

26. Central Houston Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $209K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$650K
27. Texas Association of Community Action Agencies Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2025 · 6.7% of their giving
$1.6M
28. United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $828K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$4.3M
29. Quality of Life Foundation of Austin Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $330K · through 2023 · 30.2% of their giving
$506K
30. United Way of Waco-McLennan County
17 grants to 4 organizations · largest $77K · through 2023 · 13.2% of their giving
$732K
31. Cain Center Endowment Trust
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $117K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$417K
32. Houston Junior Forum Endowment Fund Inc
8 grants to 1 organization · largest $87K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$416K
33. Feeding Texas
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2023 · 1.9% of their giving
$3.6M
34. Greater Houston Community Foundation
167 grants to 60 organizations · largest $752K · through 2024
$8.7M
35. Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc
15 grants to 7 organizations · largest $710K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$3.7M
36. Car Donation Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $629K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$2.5M
37. Episcopal Health Foundation
21 grants to 8 organizations · largest $670K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$5.0M
38. United Way of Brazoria County
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $179K · through 2024 · 8.4% of their giving
$665K
39. LDF Nonprofit Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $198K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$277K
40. District 2S4 Lions Charities
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $192K · through 2024 · 66.7% of their giving
$274K
41. San Antonio Area Foundation
35 grants to 18 organizations · largest $740K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$3.1M
42. St David's Foundation
23 grants to 13 organizations · largest $950K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$4.5M
43. Texas Mutual Insurance Company
21 grants to 11 organizations · largest $125K · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$1.5M
44. Notley Foundation
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $150K · through 2020 · 26.9% of their giving
$250K
45. Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024 · 6.8% of their giving
$735K
46. Lubbock Area United Way Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $183K · through 2024 · 4.3% of their giving
$1.0M
47. Sotx Foundation South San Antonio Chamber
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $160K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$160K
48. Texas Center for Child and Family Studies
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $380K · through 2023 · 4.4% of their giving
$726K
49. Community Foundation of Abilene
30 grants to 10 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$1.8M
50. The Chicago Community Trust
9 grants to 7 organizations · largest $9.0M · through 2023
$15.5M

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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