Funding · Texas · Food and agriculture
Who funds food and agriculture in Texas
Food and agriculture funding in Texas is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though North Texas Food Bank leads, and the money reaches 1,644 groups.
The short version
- 4,160 funders gave $2.0B to 1,644 food and agriculture organizations in Texas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 58% of that came from funders also based in Texas; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of food and agriculture in Texas is Feeding Texas, at $233M.
- The food and agriculture organization drawing the most is North Texas Food Bank, at $167M.
Largest funders of food and agriculture in Texas
The funders giving the most to food and agriculture organizations in Texas, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Food and agriculture organizations in Texas that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find food and agriculture funders in Texas
- 1Start with the funders already active in Texas
The funders giving the most to food and agriculture in Texas are Feeding Texas, Feeding America, Dairy Promotion Inc. A funder already writing food and agriculture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the food and agriculture 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.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
42% of food and agriculture money in Texas comes from funders elsewhere, so national food and agriculture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Texas.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in Texas?
- Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in Texas, currently Feeding Texas, Feeding America, Dairy Promotion Inc. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.
- Who is the largest food and agriculture funder in Texas?
- Feeding Texas gives the most to food and agriculture organizations in Texas, $233M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in Texas?
- $2.0B reached 1,644 food and agriculture organizations in Texas, from 4,160 funders. 58% 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
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.