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, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Pure Inc. 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, $87M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to religion in Texas?

$560M reached 1,563 religion organizations in Texas, from 1,885 funders. 40% 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 Broadcasting of Texas leads, and the money reaches 1,563 groups. Funders are thin on the ground: 1,563 religion organizations share only 1,885 funders between them.

$560M

granted

1,563

organizations

40%

from in-state

The short version

1,885 funders gave $560M to 1,563 religion organizations in Texas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
40% 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 $87M.
The religion organization drawing the most is Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, at $55M.

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$87M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$45M 3Pure Inc$32M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$28M 5Investment and Research in Education Inc$21M 6Trinity Broadcasting of Florida$18M 7Servant Foundation$16M 8Christian Community Foundation Inc$10M 9Dallas Seminary Found Vision Fund$10M 10Trinity Christian Center$9M

Religion organizations in Texas that draw the most

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

1,553 other religion organizations$333M

Trinity Broadcasting of Texas$55M E3 Partners Ministry$48M

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, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Pure Inc. 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
60% 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, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Pure Inc. 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, $87M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to religion in Texas?: $560M reached 1,563 religion organizations in Texas, from 1,885 funders. 40% 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.