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

Start with the funders already giving to philanthropy in Texas, currently The Gordon & Mary Cain Foundation, W W Caruth Jr Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the philanthropy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.

Who is the largest philanthropy funder in Texas?

The Gordon & Mary Cain Foundation gives the most to philanthropy organizations in Texas, $91M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to philanthropy in Texas?

$1.3B reached 940 philanthropy organizations in Texas, from 2,409 funders. 67% 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 · Philanthropy

Who funds philanthropy in Texas

$1.3B reached 940 philanthropy organizations in Texas, from 2,409 funders, with no single one dominating.

$1.3B

granted

940

organizations

67%

from in-state

The short version

2,409 funders gave $1.3B to 940 philanthropy organizations in Texas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
67% of that came from funders also based in Texas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of philanthropy in Texas is The Gordon & Mary Cain Foundation, at $91M.
The philanthropy organization drawing the most is Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, at $164M.

Largest funders of philanthropy in Texas

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

1The Gordon & Mary Cain Foundation$91M 2W W Caruth Jr Foundation$82M 3American Online Giving Foundation Inc$71M 4Mercy Ships International$56M 5Woodnext Philanthropies$48M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$39M 7Swalm Foundation$36M 8The Brown Foundation Inc$31M 9Houston Endowment Inc$29M 10The Diamond Bar Fund$26M

Philanthropy organizations in Texas that draw the most

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

930 other philanthropy organizations$705M

Communities Foundation of Texas Inc$164M The Mary H Cain Foundation$45M Gordon a Cain Foundation$45M

How to find philanthropy funders in Texas

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Start with the funders already active in Texas
The funders giving the most to philanthropy in Texas are The Gordon & Mary Cain Foundation, W W Caruth Jr Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. A funder already writing philanthropy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the philanthropy 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
33% of philanthropy money in Texas comes from funders elsewhere, so national philanthropy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Texas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a philanthropy nonprofit in Texas?: Start with the funders already giving to philanthropy in Texas, currently The Gordon & Mary Cain Foundation, W W Caruth Jr Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the philanthropy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.
Who is the largest philanthropy funder in Texas?: The Gordon & Mary Cain Foundation gives the most to philanthropy organizations in Texas, $91M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to philanthropy in Texas?: $1.3B reached 940 philanthropy organizations in Texas, from 2,409 funders. 67% 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.