How much does Waco Foundation give?

Waco Foundation reported 98 itemized grants totaling $7,799,733, out of $8,126,318 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 48 and 85 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Waco Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (25%), Health (15%), Religion (12%).

Who are Waco Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Waco Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Collaborative Inc ($4.7M), Waco Family Practice Foundation ($2.6M), Connected Nation Inc ($2.2M).

Does Waco Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Waco Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cooper Foundation, United Way of Waco-McLennan County, Baylor University.

Where is Waco Foundation based?

Waco Foundation is based in Waco, TX.

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Waco, TX · Community foundation

Waco Foundation

As the commmunity foundation serving mclennan county, texas, Waco Foundation is an independent public charity that stewards philanthropic resources from institutional and individual donors and directs their use for the benefit of community-based charities. The goal of Waco Foundation is to increase quality of life in the geographic area…

$8.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 98
Itemized grants FY2025: 75
Organizations funded FY2024: 16%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $7.8M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $20,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $2,006,984
Organizations funded a year: 48 to 85; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 13
Total assets, FY2025: $148M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 16% of the organizations Waco Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $186k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EducationHuman ServicesReligionArts & CultureInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	92	$7.7M	28%
FY2024	75	$3.8M	16%
FY2023	75	$4.0M	23%
FY2022	85	$4.0M	27%
FY2021	65	$2.7M	20%
FY2020	68	$5.2M	29%
FY2019	53	$2.7M	36%
FY2018	48	$2.4M	44%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Community Improvement$9.5MHealth$5.7MReligion$4.7MEducation$4.0MHuman Services$2.7MArts & Culture$2.7MAnimals$1.8MPhilanthropy$1.8MOther$0

Where its grants go

Each grant at its grantee’s address, over the share of households in hardship around it.

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Waco Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Collaborative Inc	$4,725,333	7	96%
Waco Family Practice Foundation	$2,635,679	8	12%
Connected Nation Inc	$2,242,333	3	22%
Texas Rural Funders	$1,527,283	2	80%
Caritas of Waco	$1,070,092	9	1%
Highground Advisors	$985,100	1	n/a
Baylor University	$960,467	8	0%
Cameron Park Zoological & Botanical Society	$960,117	7	27%
Waco-McLennan County Public Health District	$796,356	7	n/a
Transformation Waco	$755,520	4	29%

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All grantees of Waco Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Waco Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Collaborative Inc	$4,725,333	7	96%
Waco Family Practice Foundation	$2,635,679	8	12%
Connected Nation Inc	$2,242,333	3	22%
Texas Rural Funders	$1,527,283	2	80%
Caritas of Waco	$1,070,092	9	1%
Highground Advisors	$985,100	1	n/a
Baylor University	$960,467	8	0%
Cameron Park Zoological & Botanical Society	$960,117	7	27%
Waco-McLennan County Public Health District	$796,356	7	n/a
Transformation Waco	$755,520	4	29%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc	$659,127	9	0%
City of Mart	$637,500	2	n/a
Waco Cultural Arts Fest	$602,975	8	65%
Greater Waco Collective Impact Initiative	$597,420	5	20%
St Vladimirs Orthodox Theological Seminary	$582,000	4	n/a
Historic Waco Foundation Inc	$577,057	9	22%
Heart of Texas Region Mental Health Mental Retardation Center	$548,915	7	n/a
Waco Creative Art Center	$519,775	6	47%
Mission Waco Mission World Inc	$519,690	9	4%
Scott & White Healthcare Foundation	$481,820	3	1%
Ascension Providence Foundation	$477,658	8	10%
Antioch Community Church of Waco	$470,000	3	n/a
McLennan Community College Foundation Attn Christopher Qualls	$468,559	9	18%
Talitha Koum Institute	$468,096	8	10%
Waco Habitat for Humanity	$427,585	9	13%
Jewish Federation of Waco & Central Tx	$375,387	9	38%
Waco Community Development Corporation Dba Grassroots Community Development	$329,788	7	12%
Compassion Ministries of Waco	$326,092	8	22%
McMurry University	$320,000	6	0%
Texas Tribune Inc	$279,341	8	0%
Family Abuse Center Inc	$246,930	6	3%
Meals on Wheels Waco	$236,867	9	2%
Animal Birth Control Clinic	$228,450	8	5%
Trinity Sports Organization	$221,000	1	61%
Humane Society of Central Texas	$214,347	8	8%
Congregation AgudathJacob	$188,738	9	n/a
The Salvation Army	$183,748	5	n/a
Brazos Valley Public Broadcasting Founda	$170,120	8	5%
Angelo State University	$165,000	6	n/a
Columbus Avenue Baptist Church	$160,587	1	n/a
Moody Community Library Inc	$155,500	3	n/a
Hope Pregnancy Centers Inc	$155,000	4	3%
The Arc of McLennan County	$153,400	1	17%
Greater Waco Legal Services	$151,622	5	15%
St Albans Episcopal Church	$150,160	5	n/a
Vanguard College Preparatory School	$149,952	4	1%
Community Cancer Association	$144,671	4	81%
Vanguard Foundation	$141,026	2	77%
Unbound Now	$141,000	4	1%
Waco Isd Education Foundation	$133,550	6	9%
Waco Civic Theatre	$118,500	2	13%
1st Presbt Church of Waco	$115,225	4	n/a
Care Net Pregnancy Center of Central Texas	$115,100	3	4%
El Cavario Presbyterian Church	$114,710	2	n/a
World Hunger Relief Institute	$109,700	2	n/a
McLennan Community Investment Fund	$109,000	5	25%
Lake Shore Baptist Church of Waco 010196	$106,749	5	n/a
United Way of Waco-McLennan County	$104,902	5	3%
St Pauls Episcopal Church	$103,760	8	n/a
American Gateways	$101,800	4	1%
Creative Waco	$99,750	6	2%
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Waco	$99,460	6	n/a
Valor Preparatory Academy	$98,500	3	3%
First Baptist Church of Glen Rose	$91,808	5	n/a
Keep Waco Beautiful Inc	$91,140	4	20%
Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute	$90,000	5	1%
Waco Family YMCA	$88,585	4	1%
Waco Symphony Association Inc	$88,428	5	5%
First Baptist Church of Waco Foundation	$87,833	3	n/a
Casa of McLennan County	$87,772	3	8%
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas	$85,000	4	0%
Midway Little League Inc	$85,000	1	20%
Locus Impact Investing	$85,000	2	2%
McLennan Community College	$79,371	3	n/a
Heart of Texas Community Health Center Inc	$76,550	2	0%
Texas 2036	$75,000	1	1%
Waco Regional Baptist Association Inc	$70,656	6	n/a
Fuzzy Friends Rescue	$66,325	6	1%
Cntrl Presbyterian Church	$65,119	5	n/a
The Cove - Heart of Texas Inc	$61,123	4	3%
Waco Chamber of Commerce Community Dev	$60,000	4	13%
Gods Children Haiti Bon Samaritan	$60,000	2	23%
Antioch Ministries International	$58,954	4	n/a
Haggai International Institute for Advanced Leadership Training Inc	$55,780	4	0%
Dayspring Baptist Church	$54,536	6	n/a
Fellowship of Christian Athletes	$52,000	4	0%
Seventh & James Baptist Church	$50,507	8	n/a
The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame Inc	$50,000	2	1%
First Presbyterian Church of Clifton Tx	$48,300	4	n/a
Waco Isd	$47,249	1	n/a
Reengaged Ministries	$45,000	3	31%
Church Under the Bridge	$45,000	3	n/a
Sun Valley Writers' Conference Inc	$43,400	6	0%
Helping Hands Ministry of Belton Inc	$41,914	1	2%
Salvation Army National Corp	$41,750	1	n/a
Mentoring Alliance	$40,324	1	0%
Catholic Foundation - Diocese of Austin	$40,000	4	n/a
Community Doulas of Waco	$40,000	1	34%
Whitehaven Canine Evaluators Inc	$40,000	1	n/a
Community Healthcare of Texas	$39,500	3	0%
Polk Street United Methodist Church	$39,000	2	n/a
Jobs for the Future Inc	$38,847	1	n/a
Neighborhood Housing Services of Waco	$38,350	1	2%
Texas Retired Teachers Residence Corp	$37,995	1	2%
Feed My Sheep Ministry Inc	$37,500	2	9%
Camp Fire Central Texas	$37,454	1	7%
Waco Rowing Club Inc	$36,000	1	10%
YMCA of the Rockies	$35,000	1	0%
American Cancer Society Inc	$35,000	2	0%
Community Loan Center of the Heart of Texas	$35,000	1	31%
Int'L Orthodox Christian Charities Inc	$34,000	4	0%
Avance	$31,750	1	n/a
Cen-Tex Hispanic Chamber of Comm	$31,008	2	7%
ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission	$30,000	2	1%
Heart of Texas Childrens Theatre	$30,000	2	n/a
St Peter Catholic Student Center Waco Texas	$30,000	3	n/a
Bosqueville United Methodist Church Trust Fund Committee	$28,750	4	n/a
Project World Prayers	$28,580	4	n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc	$28,550	3	0%
Temple Rodef Sholom	$28,165	4	n/a
First Baptist Church of Waco	$25,800	3	n/a
Austin Trinity School	$25,000	1	0%
Brite Divinity School	$25,000	1	0%
Wallbuilder Presentations Inc	$25,000	1	1%
High Spirit East Community Inc	$25,000	1	27%
University of Texas	$24,500	2	n/a
Council on Foundations Inc	$24,250	4	0%
City of Refuge Church Inc	$24,000	1	n/a
Calvary Chapel Church Inc	$23,285	1	n/a
Saint Tikhons Theological Seminary	$23,000	2	n/a
Catholic Diocese of Austin	$22,000	2	n/a
St Andrew Orthodox Church - Woodway	$22,000	2	n/a
Commonwealth of Kentucky	$20,773	1	n/a
University of Denver	$20,000	1	0%
Bosque Museum	$20,000	3	3%
Total Placement II Ltd	$18,792	1	n/a
Better at Last	$18,000	1	n/a
Hispanic Leaders Network Inc	$17,910	2	7%
The Tstc Foundation	$17,643	2	0%
Junior League of Waco Inc	$17,500	1	7%
You Can Mentor Inc	$17,000	1	n/a
Waco Montessori School Inc	$15,223	1	1%
Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children	$15,200	2	0%
Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina St James Episcopal Church	$15,000	1	n/a
Viable Options in Community Endeavors VOICE	$15,000	1	1%
Act Locally Waco	$15,000	1	n/a
Communities in Schools of the Heart of Texas	$15,000	2	0%
Young Catholic Professionals	$15,000	1	n/a
Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate	$13,220	1	0%
St Pauls Episcopal Day School	$13,000	1	n/a
Empower Schools Inc	$12,500	1	0%
Nations of Coaches Inc	$12,500	1	1%
Patt Laidler Memorial Foundation Inc	$12,086	1	n/a
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc	$11,000	1	0%
Christian Womens Job Corps of McLennan County	$10,600	1	7%
Bartimaeus Ministries	$10,500	1	n/a
American Heart Association Inc	$10,040	1	0%
21 Wilberforce Global Freedom Center	$10,000	1	2%
Xolo Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
The Catholic University of America	$10,000	1	0%
Waco Shepherd's Heart Inc	$10,000	1	0%
East Waco Empowerment Project	$10,000	1	n/a
Abundant Hope Ministries Inc	$10,000	1	16%
ThirstySouls Ministries Inc	$10,000	1	2%
Hht Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
Catholic Relief Services	$10,000	1	n/a
International Corrugated Packaging Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
Miles Christi	$10,000	1	n/a
Midway Booster Club	$10,000	1	3%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
American Center for Law and Justice Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America	$10,000	1	n/a
National Domestic Violence Hotline	$10,000	1	n/a
McLennan County Fair Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Hopehealth Hospice & Palliative Care	$9,500	1	0%
Howard Payne University	$9,459	1	0%
Lake Air Little League Park Inc	$9,250	1	10%
Cenikor Foundation	$8,966	1	0%
Unbound	$8,500	1	0%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$8,000	1	0%
St Louis Catholic Church	$8,000	1	n/a
Bowen Family Foundation	$7,793	1	2%
Samaritan's Purse	$7,500	1	0%
Central Texas Food Bank Inc	$7,125	1	0%
Global Outreach Doctors Attn Andrew Lustig Nd	$7,000	1	37%
Reicher Catholic High School Waco Texas	$7,000	1	n/a
A Glimmer of Hope Foundation	$7,000	1	0%
Philanthropy Southwest	$7,000	1	1%
Glacier National Park Conservancy	$7,000	1	0%
Waco Symphony Foundation	$6,000	1	8%
Foster Village Waco	$5,700	1	5%
Girl Scouts of Central Texas	$5,564	1	0%
Waco Mammoth Foundation Inc	$5,322	1	n/a
Texas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts	$5,300	1	n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc	$5,100	1	0%
Storybook Christmas	$5,100	1	n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.

Waco Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 15 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 128 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 128.

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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.

Cooper FoundationTX86.1× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cooper Foundation · United Way of Waco-McLennan County · Baylor University · Bernard & Audre Rapoport Foundation · Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc · Clifton Foundation · The McClane Brown Family Foundation · The Fentress Foundation · Ascension Providence · Once Upon a Time Foundation · Bowen Family Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Waco Foundation

How much does Waco Foundation give?: Waco Foundation reported 98 itemized grants totaling $7,799,733, out of $8,126,318 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 48 and 85 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Waco Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (25%), Health (15%), Religion (12%).
Who are Waco Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Waco Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Collaborative Inc ($4.7M), Waco Family Practice Foundation ($2.6M), Connected Nation Inc ($2.2M).
Does Waco Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Waco Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cooper Foundation, United Way of Waco-McLennan County, Baylor University.
Where is Waco Foundation based?: Waco Foundation is based in Waco, TX.