Texas · Public charity
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (TPWF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization thatadvances Texas proud outdoor traditions through meaningful, high-impact programs,partnerships, and a wide range of projects that conserve and enhance our states lands, waters, and wildlife. This is accomplished through private fundraising and the strategic…
- $16M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $2.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $46,800
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,284,650
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $91M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 58% of the organizations Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 21 | $2.6M | 57% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $2.7M | 58% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $3.7M | 47% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $1.2M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $1.1M | 44% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $3.8M | 45% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $1.6M | 57% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $5.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Parks & Wildlife Department | $17,216,582 | 8 | n/a |
| Texas Foundation for Conservation | $1,419,010 | 7 | 77% |
| Borderlands Research Institute | $933,481 | 7 | n/a |
| Chasing the Tide | $279,188 | 1 | n/a |
| American Bird Conservancy | $240,370 | 4 | 1% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $140,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Town of Fulton | $139,765 | 3 | n/a |
| Friedkin Conservation Fund | $100,000 | 1 | 99% |
| Friends of the Pecos River | $97,500 | 2 | 59% |
| Texas Children in Nature | $84,910 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Parks & Wildlife Department | $17,216,582 | 8 | n/a |
| Texas Foundation for Conservation | $1,419,010 | 7 | 77% |
| Borderlands Research Institute | $933,481 | 7 | n/a |
| Chasing the Tide | $279,188 | 1 | n/a |
| American Bird Conservancy | $240,370 | 4 | 1% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $140,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Town of Fulton | $139,765 | 3 | n/a |
| Friedkin Conservation Fund | $100,000 | 1 | 99% |
| Friends of the Pecos River | $97,500 | 2 | 59% |
| Texas Children in Nature | $84,910 | 2 | n/a |
| Texas Alliance for Conservation | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Huston-Tillotson University | $74,800 | 5 | 0% |
| Wildlife Habitat Federation | $74,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Texas Land Conservancy | $62,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Native Prairies Association of Texas | $58,090 | 1 | 2% |
| Coastal Prairie Conservancy | $55,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Harte Research Institute Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Texas | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Agricultural Land Trust Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Society for Ecological Restoration Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Audubon Outdoor Club of Corpus Christi Inc | $43,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Galveston Bay Foundation Inc | $42,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wildlife Association of Texas | $40,282 | 3 | 1% |
| Flatsworthy Inc | $32,775 | 1 | 65% |
| Park Cities Quail | $31,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Borderlands Research Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Artist Boat Inc | $26,000 | 3 | 0% |
| South Texas Charity Weekend Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Armand Bayou Nature Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Arizona Quail Alliance | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Auburn University Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Government Canyon Natural History Association | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Quail Federation Inc Dba Greater Houston Quail Coalition Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Fort Worth Mountain Bikers | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ecology Action of Texas Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Trans-Pecos Bird Conservation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bat Conservation International | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brazoria County | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Texas Botanical Gardens | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Exploration Green Conservancy | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Creative Visions Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Peregrine Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fort Worth Zoo | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Port Aransas | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Estero Llano Grande State Park | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rio Brazos Audubon Society | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ducks Unlimited Inc | $5,929 | 1 | 0% |
| Pheasants Forever Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Luck Family Found- Acf | $5,150 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · The Brown Foundation Inc · The Knobloch Family Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc · The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · The Nature Conservancy · Shell USA Company Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation
How this is measured
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About Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas
- How much does Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas give?
- Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas reported 23 itemized grants totaling $2,681,370, out of $15,624,502 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (89%), Environment (7%), Science & Tech (2%).
- Who are Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department ($17M), Texas Foundation for Conservation ($1.4M), Borderlands Research Institute ($933k).
- Does Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation.
- Where is Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas based?
- Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas is based in TX.
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