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Foundations That Fund Education in Texas

Imperigo has identified 2,144 funders that made 25,663 grants totaling $4.2B to 2,582 education organizations in Texas, with a median grant of $22K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Texas

Total granted $4.2B
Funders 2,144
Grants 25,663
Organizations funded 2,582

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Big 12 Conference Inc
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $48.3M · through 2024 · 18.1% of their giving
$479.5M
2. Communities Foundation of Texas Inc
1,316 grants to 394 organizations · largest $15.9M · through 2024 · 14.4% of their giving
$130.9M
3. J A Leta M Chapman TR 486002AC2
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $14.0M · through 2024 · 25.2% of their giving
$66.9M
4. National Collegiate Athletic Association
50 grants to 12 organizations · largest $38.4M · through 2023 · 5.8% of their giving
$172.8M
5. The Dallas Foundation
357 grants to 140 organizations · largest $3.7M · through 2024 · 16.6% of their giving
$57.1M
6. Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax
641 grants to 137 organizations · largest $10.0M · through 2024 · 19.1% of their giving
$36.8M
7. Greater Houston Community Foundation
969 grants to 234 organizations · largest $9.3M · through 2024 · 7.3% of their giving
$84.3M
8. Dallas Seminary Foundation
19 grants to 6 organizations · largest $6.1M · through 2024 · 54.9% of their giving
$26.7M
9. Community Foundation of Abilene
109 grants to 32 organizations · largest $4.0M · through 2024 · 24.0% of their giving
$23.6M
10. The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $21.1M · through 2025 · 98.4% of their giving
$21.1M
11. San Antonio Livestock Exposition Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$20.1M
12. Blue Learning
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $7.3M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$18.8M
13. The Onestar National Service Commission Inc
22 grants to 9 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2024 · 20.1% of their giving
$15.0M
14. The Nancy Ann Hunt Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $3.8M · through 2024 · 39.0% of their giving
$14.5M
15. Swmf Properties Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.6M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$13.5M
16. Permian Basin Area Foundation
136 grants to 46 organizations · largest $2.9M · through 2024 · 18.1% of their giving
$14.2M
17. America Can Cars for Kids
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.4M · through 2024 · 98.4% of their giving
$12.1M
18. San Antonio Area Foundation Group Return
61 grants to 30 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 39.7% of their giving
$11.3M
19. San Antonio Bowl Association
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.7M · through 2022 · 23.0% of their giving
$11.2M
20. United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc
188 grants to 57 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 10.1% of their giving
$21.7M
21. Shelton Landmark Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10.9M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$10.9M
22. Sugar Bowl
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.5M · through 2022 · 20.3% of their giving
$10.8M
23. StriveTogether Inc
26 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2025 · 14.9% of their giving
$13.8M
24. Liberty Bowl Festival Association CO Liberty Bowl Venture Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.6M · through 2024 · 46.1% of their giving
$10.2M
25. Methodist Hospital Group
16 grants to 8 organizations · largest $9.1M · through 2024 · 45.1% of their giving
$9.4M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 19 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 education 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 education funding in Texas, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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