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

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

Who is the largest religion funder in Texas?

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc gives the most to religion organizations in Texas, $291M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to religion in Texas?

$2.5B reached 3,046 religion organizations in Texas, from 4,073 funders. 49% 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 · Religion

Who funds religion in Texas

Religion funding in Texas is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana leads, and the money reaches 3,046 groups.

$2.5B

granted

3,046

organizations

49%

from in-state

The short version

4,073 funders gave $2.5B to 3,046 religion organizations in Texas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
49% of that came from funders also based in Texas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of religion in Texas is Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, at $291M.
The religion organization drawing the most is Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana, at $241M.

Largest funders of religion in Texas

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

1Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$291M 2Texas Essential Healthcare Partnerships Foundation$194M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$134M 4Trinity Broadcasting of New York$115M 5Pure Inc$103M 6Trinity Broadcasting of Texas$82M 7Trinity Broadcasting of Florida$66M 8Christian Community Foundation Inc$61M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$60M 10Radiant Life Ministries Inc$60M

Religion organizations in Texas that draw the most

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

3,036 other religion organizations$1.3B

Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana$241M Christus Spohn Health System Corporation$188M Trinity Broadcasting of Texas$182M Strategic Resource Group Inc$145M E3 Partners Ministry$145M

How to find religion funders in Texas

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Start with the funders already active in Texas
The funders giving the most to religion in Texas are Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Texas Essential Healthcare Partnerships Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing religion checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the religion 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
51% of religion money in Texas comes from funders elsewhere, so national religion funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Texas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a religion nonprofit in Texas?: Start with the funders already giving to religion in Texas, currently Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Texas Essential Healthcare Partnerships Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.
Who is the largest religion funder in Texas?: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc gives the most to religion organizations in Texas, $291M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to religion in Texas?: $2.5B reached 3,046 religion organizations in Texas, from 4,073 funders. 49% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

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.