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Foundations That Fund Religion in Texas

Imperigo has identified 759 funders that made 10,951 grants totaling $1.1B to 1,630 religion organizations in Texas, with a median grant of $17K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Religion Funding in Texas

Total granted $1.1B
Funders 759
Grants 10,951
Organizations funded 1,630

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Edm Institute Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $785K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$785K
27. Edgewater Broadcasting Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $772K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$772K
28. Kathleen M McGehee Trust C/O Ch Houston Jr
14 grants to 2 organizations · largest $72K · through 2025 · 25.5% of their giving
$716K
29. Austin Charis Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2023 · 14.9% of their giving
$700K
30. Dallas New Life Presbyterian Church
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024 · 50.0% of their giving
$500K
31. Operation Grace World Missions Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $110K · through 2025 · 20.5% of their giving
$488K
32. San Angelo Area Foundation
29 grants to 9 organizations · largest $260K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$2.1M
33. Amarillo Area Foundation Inc
30 grants to 11 organizations · largest $600K · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$2.3M
34. Hope for Children Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $277K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$377K
35. Means Database Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.9M · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$2.9M
36. The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $240K · through 2024 · 10.3% of their giving
$700K
37. The Nathaniel Foundation Inc
22 grants to 10 organizations · largest $208K · through 2024 · 6.9% of their giving
$1.0M
38. Texas Essential Healthcare Partnerships Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.5M · through 2023
$8.8M
39. United Way of Greater Baytown Area and Chambers County
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $181K · through 2024 · 8.6% of their giving
$777K
40. Waco Foundation
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $985K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$1.4M
41. Legacy Give Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $145K · through 2024 · 68.8% of their giving
$321K
42. Give Living Hope Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $163K · through 2024 · 87.7% of their giving
$304K
43. The Beach Ball Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$300K
44. Nina Jean Obel Charitable Trust
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $100K · through 2025 · 26.0% of their giving
$284K
45. Aubrey Smith Family Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2022 · 12.5% of their giving
$450K
46. Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax
112 grants to 40 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$3.2M
47. Matthew 620 Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 23.1% of their giving
$261K
48. The Global Orphan Project Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $122K · through 2024 · 10.3% of their giving
$495K
49. United Way of Greater Houston
23 grants to 5 organizations · largest $751K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$3.8M
50. Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 20.1% of their giving
$184K

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

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