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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Texas, currently Johns Hopkins University, Endowment for Regional Sustainability, Brit Foundation. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Texas?

Johns Hopkins University gives the most to science organizations in Texas, $38M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Texas?

$102M reached 57 science organizations in Texas, from 217 funders. 36% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Texas

Funding is concentrated: Southwest Research Institute alone draws 41% of every science grant dollar in Texas. One funder dominates the giving, Johns Hopkins University, at 37% of the total.

$102M

granted

organizations

36%

from in-state

The short version

217 funders gave $102M to 57 science organizations in Texas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
36% of that came from funders also based in Texas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Texas is Johns Hopkins University, at $38M.
The science organization drawing the most is Southwest Research Institute, at $42M.

Largest funders of science in Texas

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

1Johns Hopkins University$38M 2Endowment for Regional Sustainability$9M 3Brit Foundation$8M 4Ed Rachal Foundation$6M 5Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax$5M 6Silicon Valley Community Foundation$5M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$4M 8Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$3M 9American Institute of Mining Metallurgical$3M 10Spe Foundation$2M

Science organizations in Texas that draw the most

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

Southwest Research Institute$42M Botanical Research Institute of Texas$17M Houston Advanced Research Center$11M

47 other science organizations$7M

Palacios Marine Agricultural Research$6M NumFOCUS INC$5M Society of Petroleum Engineers Inc$5M Institute for Creation Research$4M Brink Technology Inc$3M

How to find science funders in Texas

1
Start with the funders already active in Texas
The funders giving the most to science in Texas are Johns Hopkins University, Endowment for Regional Sustainability, Brit Foundation. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
64% of science money in Texas comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Texas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Texas?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Texas, currently Johns Hopkins University, Endowment for Regional Sustainability, Brit Foundation. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Texas?: Johns Hopkins University gives the most to science organizations in Texas, $38M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Texas?: $102M reached 57 science organizations in Texas, from 217 funders. 36% 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.