How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Texas?

Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Texas, currently United Way of Greater Houston, The Onestar Foundation, FirstDay Foundation. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety 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 disaster and safety in Texas?

$496M reached 1,992 disaster and safety organizations in Texas, from 1,671 funders. 66% 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 · Disaster and safety

Who funds disaster and safety in Texas

Disaster and safety funding in Texas is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though BakerRipley leads, and the money reaches 1,992 groups. Funders are thin on the ground: 1,992 disaster and safety organizations share only 1,671 funders between them.

$496M

granted

1,992

organizations

66%

from in-state

The short version

1,671 funders gave $496M to 1,992 disaster and safety organizations in Texas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
66% of that came from funders also based in Texas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of disaster and safety in Texas is United Way of Greater Houston, at $78M.
The disaster and safety organization drawing the most is BakerRipley, at $44M.

Largest funders of disaster and safety in Texas

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

1United Way of Greater Houston$78M 2The Onestar Foundation$48M 3FirstDay Foundation$23M 4National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster Inc$20M 5Greater Houston Community Foundation$14M 6Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc$12M 7Samaritan's Purse$10M 8The Jewish Federations of North America Inc$10M 9Coastal Bend Community Foundation$9M 10The Lifespace Foundation$9M

Disaster and safety organizations in Texas that draw the most

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

1,982 other disaster and safety organizations$327M

BakerRipley$44M National Emergency Management and Response$19M

How to find disaster and safety funders in Texas

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Start with the funders already active in Texas
The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in Texas are United Way of Greater Houston, The Onestar Foundation, FirstDay Foundation. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the disaster and safety 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
34% of disaster and safety money in Texas comes from funders elsewhere, so national disaster and safety funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Texas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Texas?: Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Texas, currently United Way of Greater Houston, The Onestar Foundation, FirstDay Foundation. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.
Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Texas?: United Way of Greater Houston gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Texas, $78M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Texas?: $496M reached 1,992 disaster and safety organizations in Texas, from 1,671 funders. 66% 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.