How do I find funders for a international nonprofit in Texas?

Start with the funders already giving to international in Texas, currently Mercy Ships Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the international organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.

Who is the largest international funder in Texas?

Mercy Ships Foundation gives the most to international organizations in Texas, $96M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to international in Texas?

$502M reached 564 international organizations in Texas, from 1,820 funders. 37% 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 · International

Who funds international in Texas

$502M reached 564 international organizations in Texas, from 1,820 funders, with no single one dominating.

$502M

granted

564

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37%

from in-state

The short version

1,820 funders gave $502M to 564 international organizations in Texas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
37% of that came from funders also based in Texas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of international in Texas is Mercy Ships Foundation, at $96M.
The international organization drawing the most is Mercy Ships International, at $152M.

Largest funders of international in Texas

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

1Mercy Ships Foundation$96M 2Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$76M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$28M 4American Online Giving Foundation Inc$24M 5Mary K and Clifford Grum Foundation$22M 6Servant Foundation$18M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$17M 8Gates Foundation$10M 9National Philanthropic Trust$10M 10Allegro Organizational Solutions Inc$9M

International organizations in Texas that draw the most

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

554 other international organizations$195M

Mercy Ships International$152M Mission Mutual$50M Medical Benevolence Foundation$23M Dasra$22M

How to find international funders in Texas

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Start with the funders already active in Texas
The funders giving the most to international in Texas are Mercy Ships Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing international checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the international 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
63% of international money in Texas comes from funders elsewhere, so national international funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Texas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a international nonprofit in Texas?: Start with the funders already giving to international in Texas, currently Mercy Ships Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the international organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.
Who is the largest international funder in Texas?: Mercy Ships Foundation gives the most to international organizations in Texas, $96M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to international in Texas?: $502M reached 564 international organizations in Texas, from 1,820 funders. 37% 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.