How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Texas?

Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Texas, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Donors Trust Inc. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.

Who is the largest public benefit funder in Texas?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to public benefit organizations in Texas, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to public benefit in Texas?

$142M reached 246 public benefit organizations in Texas, from 832 funders. 45% 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 · Public benefit

Who funds public benefit in Texas

$142M reached 246 public benefit organizations in Texas, from 832 funders, with no single one dominating.

$142M

granted

246

organizations

45%

from in-state

The short version

832 funders gave $142M to 246 public benefit organizations in Texas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
45% of that came from funders also based in Texas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of public benefit in Texas is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $7M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is Texas Public Policy Foundation, at $29M.

Largest funders of public benefit in Texas

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$7M 2Michael & Susan Dell Foundation$7M 3Donors Trust Inc$5M 4The Dallas Foundation$5M 5The Hook Family Foundation$5M 6Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$4M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$4M 8New Venture Fund$3M 9American Online Giving Foundation Inc$3M 10Houston Endowment Inc$3M

Public benefit organizations in Texas that draw the most

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

236 other public benefit organizations$56M

Texas Public Policy Foundation$29M Texas 2036$15M Dallas Leadership Foundation$9M Center for Public Policy Priorities$6M

How to find public benefit funders in Texas

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Start with the funders already active in Texas
The funders giving the most to public benefit in Texas are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Donors Trust Inc. A funder already writing public benefit checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the public benefit 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
55% of public benefit money in Texas comes from funders elsewhere, so national public benefit funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Texas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Texas?: Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Texas, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Donors Trust Inc. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.
Who is the largest public benefit funder in Texas?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to public benefit organizations in Texas, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in Texas?: $142M reached 246 public benefit organizations in Texas, from 832 funders. 45% 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.