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, United Way of Tarrant County. 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, $50M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in Texas?

$231M reached 276 food and agriculture organizations in Texas, from 1,004 funders. 70% 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 · Food and agriculture

Who funds food and agriculture in Texas

$231M reached 276 food and agriculture organizations in Texas, from 1,004 funders, with no single one dominating.

$231M

granted

276

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70%

from in-state

The short version

1,004 funders gave $231M to 276 food and agriculture organizations in Texas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
70% 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 $50M.
The food and agriculture organization drawing the most is Central Texas Food Bank Inc, at $32M.

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.

1Feeding Texas$50M 2Feeding America$25M 3United Way of Tarrant County$15M 4Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate$15M 5San Antonio Food Bank$10M 6American Online Giving Foundation Inc$6M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$5M 8Communities Foundation of Texas Inc$4M 9The Onestar National Service$4M 10The Blackbaud Giving Fund$3M

Food and agriculture organizations in Texas that draw the most

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

266 other food and agriculture organizations$80M

Central Texas Food Bank Inc$32M Collaborative for Fresh Produce$29M Meals on Wheels Inc of Tarrant County$19M El Pasoans Fighting Hunger$16M Southwestern Exposition$15M Coastal Bend Food Bank$10M Meals on Wheels and More Inc$8M Wichita Falls Area Food Bank$7M

How to find food and agriculture funders in Texas

1
Start with the funders already active in Texas
The funders giving the most to food and agriculture in Texas are Feeding Texas, Feeding America, United Way of Tarrant County. A funder already writing food and agriculture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See 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.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
30% 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, United Way of Tarrant County. 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, $50M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in Texas?: $231M reached 276 food and agriculture organizations in Texas, from 1,004 funders. 70% 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.