How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Texas?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in Texas, currently Salesmanship Club Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.

How much grant money goes to community development in Texas?

$462M reached 574 community development organizations in Texas, from 1,375 funders. 54% 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 · Community development

Who funds community development in Texas

Community development funding in Texas is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Operation Homefront Inc leads, and the money reaches 574 groups.

$462M

granted

574

organizations

54%

from in-state

The short version

1,375 funders gave $462M to 574 community development organizations in Texas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
54% of that came from funders also based in Texas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in Texas is Salesmanship Club Foundation, at $26M.
The community development organization drawing the most is Operation Homefront Inc, at $47M.

Largest funders of community development in Texas

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

1Salesmanship Club Foundation$26M 2National Philanthropic Trust$23M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$20M 4The Dallas Foundation$18M 5Salesmanship Club Charitable Golf of Dallas Inc$17M 6Communities Foundation of Texas Inc$13M 7Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$13M 8American Agape Foundation Inc$9M 9Bonton Enterprises$9M 10Feeding America$8M

Community development organizations in Texas that draw the most

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

564 other community development organizations$257M

Operation Homefront Inc$47M Salesmanship Club of Dallas$44M Peoplefund$16M National Association for Latino$13M Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation$12M

How to find community development funders in Texas

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Start with the funders already active in Texas
The funders giving the most to community development in Texas are Salesmanship Club Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development 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.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
46% of community development money in Texas comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Texas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Texas?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in Texas, currently Salesmanship Club Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in Texas?: Salesmanship Club Foundation gives the most to community development organizations in Texas, $26M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in Texas?: $462M reached 574 community development organizations in Texas, from 1,375 funders. 54% 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.

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The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

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

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.