How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Texas?

Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Texas, currently Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Legal Services Corporation, Children's Advocacy Centers. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.

Who is the largest crime and legal funder in Texas?

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Texas, $446M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Texas?

$852M reached 286 crime and legal organizations in Texas, from 1,138 funders. 21% 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 · Crime and legal

Who funds crime and legal in Texas

Most of it comes from outside Texas: only 21% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: The 85 Fund alone draws 53% of every crime and legal grant dollar in Texas.

$852M

granted

286

organizations

21%

from in-state

The short version

1,138 funders gave $852M to 286 crime and legal organizations in Texas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
21% of that came from funders also based in Texas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of crime and legal in Texas is Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, at $446M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is The 85 Fund, at $454M.

Largest funders of crime and legal in Texas

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

1Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$446M 2Legal Services Corporation$145M 3Children's Advocacy Centers$69M 4Texas Casa Inc$16M 5Texas Access to Justice Foundation$15M 6Blue Meridian Partners Inc$7M 7National Philanthropic Trust$7M 8Ffwd$7M 9The Chicago Community Trust$6M 10Ach Child and Family Services$5M

Crime and legal organizations in Texas that draw the most

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

The 85 Fund$454M

276 other crime and legal organizations$166M

Texas Riogrande Legal Aid Inc$74M Lone Star Legal Aid$54M Legal Aid of Northwest Texas$39M

How to find crime and legal funders in Texas

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Start with the funders already active in Texas
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in Texas are Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Legal Services Corporation, Children's Advocacy Centers. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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
79% of crime and legal money in Texas comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Texas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Texas?: Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Texas, currently Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Legal Services Corporation, Children's Advocacy Centers. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.
Who is the largest crime and legal funder in Texas?: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Texas, $446M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Texas?: $852M reached 286 crime and legal organizations in Texas, from 1,138 funders. 21% 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 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.