How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Texas?

Start with the funders already giving to animals in Texas, currently Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Sheth Sangreal Foundation. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.

Who is the largest animals funder in Texas?

Communities Foundation of Texas Inc gives the most to animals organizations in Texas, $40M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to animals in Texas?

$938M reached 1,390 animals organizations in Texas, from 3,449 funders. 56% came from funders also based in Texas.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Texas · Animals

Who funds animals in Texas

Animals funding in Texas is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Rewild leads, and the money reaches 1,390 groups.

$938M

granted

1,390

organizations

56%

from in-state

The short version

3,449 funders gave $938M to 1,390 animals organizations in Texas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
56% of that came from funders also based in Texas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of animals in Texas is Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, at $40M.
The animals organization drawing the most is Rewild, at $86M.

Largest funders of animals in Texas

The funders giving the most to animals organizations in Texas, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Communities Foundation of Texas Inc$40M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$39M 3The Sheth Sangreal Foundation$32M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$31M 5Greater Houston Community Foundation$28M 6Network for Good$26M 7Petsmart Charities Inc$25M 8American Online Giving Foundation Inc$23M 9Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$22M 10Ruby McKibben Foundation for the Protection of Animals$21M

Animals organizations in Texas that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

1,380 other animals organizations$586M

Rewild$86M The Fort Worth Zoological Association$42M Austin Pets Alive Inc$37M Dallas Zoological Society$35M SPCA of Texas$25M

How to find animals funders in Texas

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Start with the funders already active in Texas
The funders giving the most to animals in Texas are Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Sheth Sangreal Foundation. A funder already writing animals checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
44% of animals money in Texas comes from funders elsewhere, so national animals funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Texas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Texas?: Start with the funders already giving to animals in Texas, currently Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Sheth Sangreal Foundation. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.
Who is the largest animals funder in Texas?: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc gives the most to animals organizations in Texas, $40M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to animals in Texas?: $938M reached 1,390 animals organizations in Texas, from 3,449 funders. 56% came from funders also based in Texas.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.