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Current Funding Opportunities:

Arnold Ventures
Communities Foundation of Texas
Moody Foundation
Houston Endowment
The Brown Foundation
The Dallas Foundation
San Antonio Area Foundation
Austin Community Foundation
The Welch Foundation
Episcopal Health Foundation
The Meadows Foundation
Valero Energy Foundation
The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation
Sid W Richardson Foundation
Ed Rachal Foundation
Texas Instruments Foundation

Government Offices:

Texas State Home Page

Governor Greg Abbott – (512) 463-2000, Austin

Senator John Cornyn – (202) 224-2934, Washington, DC

Senator Ted Cruz – (202) 224-5922, Washington, DC

General Resources:

Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations (TANO)

United Ways of Texas

Texas Association of Regional Councils

OneStar Foundation

TexVet

Texas Foundations Fund

Texas Commission on the Arts

Texas Economic Development Capital Access Program

Texas Health and Human Services Grants

Find Your Representative

Texas Veterans Commission

Texas Nonprofits

Texas E-Grants Grant Search

Texas Association of Community Development Corporations

The Meadows Foundation

Texas Connects – A Nonprofit Funding Database from UT Dallas

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Funding Opportunities

Texas Department of State Health Services Grant Finding Resources

Philanthropy Southwest

Humanities Texas Grants

Central And SE Resources:

(San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Brownsville)

Southeast Texas Nonprofit Development Center

United Way Nonprofit Connection

Texas Grants Resource Center (TGRC)

Executive Service Corps of Houston

San Antonio Area Foundation

The Center for Nonprofit Studies at Austin Community College

Texas CBAR

Mission Capital

Waco Foundation

Foundation for Southeast Texas

The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country

McLennan County Nonprofit Resources

Austin Community Foundation

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Nonprofit Resource Center

North And East Resources:

(Dallas/Fort Worth)

CNM Connect

Dallas Foundation

Communities Foundation of Texas

East Texas Center for Nonprofits

Amarillo Area Foundation

East Texas Communities Foundation

Dallas Women’s Foundation

Community Foundation of Abilene

North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce

The Nonprofit Center of Texoma

Community Council

Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation

North Texas Community Foundation

West Resources:

(El Paso/Midland Texas)

Nonprofit Management Center

The Community Foundation of West Texas

King Foundation

Paso Del Norte Health Foundation

West Texas Rural Philanthropy Days (WTXRPD)

El Paso Community Foundation

Hunt Family Foundation

El Paso Collaborative for Community and Economic Development

Top Foundations:

FOUNDATION NAME TOTAL ANNUAL GIVING 
Laura and John Arnold Foundation$176,840,978 
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation$131,041,279 
Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc.$114,590,637 
Greater Houston Community Foundation$105,114,803 
The Moody Foundation$72,630,020 
The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation$67,666,635 
Houston Endowment, Inc.$65,136,314 
The Brown Foundation, Inc.$59,583,533 
The Dallas Foundation$56,652,482 
San Antonio Area Foundation$43,771,436 
Amon G. Carter Foundation$30,836,551 
The PETCO Foundation$30,114,038 
The Robert A. Welch Foundation$29,899,732 
The Burnett Foundation$22,008,605 
Episcopal Health Foundation$21,828,674 
Austin Community Foundation$20,775,281 
The Meadows Foundation, Inc.$20,717,490 
Valero Energy Foundation$20,480,455 
Robert and Janice McNair Foundation$19,253,941 
T.L.L. Temple Foundation$18,550,536 
The Shell Oil Company Foundation$18,468,106 
Sid W. Richardson Foundation$18,285,317 
Ed Rachal Foundation$16,641,408 
Texas Instruments Foundation$15,909,218 
Harold Simmons Foundation, Inc.$15,851,000 
Albert and Bessie Mae Kronkosky Charitable Foundation$15,840,300 
John P. McGovern Foundation$13,379,800 
The Cullen Foundation$12,311,000 
The USAA Foundation, Inc.$11,906,550 
Robert J. Kleberg Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation$11,405,963 
John G. & Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation$11,137,654 
The Elkins Foundation$10,580,000 
Andeavor Foundation$10,503,034 
Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation$10,400,000 
The George Foundation$10,214,946 
BNSF Railway Foundation$10,211,598 
The Fondren Foundation$9,544,878 
Priddy Foundation$9,532,989 
William Stamps Farish Fund$9,298,500 
The Ewing Halsell Foundation$8,630,000

Community Foundations:

FOUNDATION NAME GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS 
Amarillo Area Foundation, Inc.The northern-most 26 counties of the Texas panhandle: Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress , Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, and Wheeler Counties, TX 
Austin Community Foundation5 counties of Central Texas: Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson 
Brazos Community FoundationBrazos Valley, Texas: Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson and Washington counties 
Brownsville Community Foundation, Inc.Metropolitan Brownsville, TX 
Chisholm Trail Communities FoundationWilliamson County, TX 
Coastal Bend Community FoundationCoastal Bend counties of Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and San Patricio, Texas 
Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc.Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton or Rockwall Counties, Texas 
Community Foundation of AbileneAbilene, TX area 
Community Foundation of Brazoria CountyBrazoria County, TX 
Community Foundation of the Texas Hill CountryBandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Real, and Uvalde counties, Texas 
Community Foundation of West TexasThe 15 counties of the South Plains area, TX 
East Texas Communities FoundationEastern TX 
El Paso Community FoundationThe greater El Paso region: West Texas, Southern New Mexico and northern Chihuahua, Mexico. 
Foundation for Southeast Texas, Inc.Hardin, Jefferson and Orange Counties, TX 
Greater Houston Community FoundationHarris County and Houston (which may include City residents in Fort Bend or Montgomery County), TX 
Hill Country Community FoundationBurnet, TX 
Laredo Area Community FoundationLaredo, TX 
Matagorda County Community FoundationBay City, TX 
Montgomery County Community FoundationMontgomery County, TX 
Navarro Community FoundationNavarro County, TX 
Permian Basin Area FoundationSoutheast NM; West TX 
Rio Grande Valley Community FoundationRio Grande Valley area, TX 
San Angelo Area FoundationGenerally in the San Angelo, TX area 
San Antonio Area FoundationAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina and Wilson counties, TX 
South Plains Foundation, Inc.Lubbock, TX 
The Dallas FoundationDallas County, TX 
The Texas Area Fund Foundation, Inc.TX 
The Waco FoundationMcLennan and Waco Counties, TX 
Wichita Falls Area Community FoundationCotton, Jackson, Jefferson, and Tillman counties, OK; North Central TX: Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young counties, TX;