Carter BloodCare Foundation

Hillcrest Foundation

Dallas, TX

Hillcrest Foundation funds Texas charitable organizations working in education, health, and poverty relief, with most grants going to Dallas County and nearby communities. Its typical grant is around $55,000, though awards range from $10,000 to $500,000. It accepts online applications from eligible organizations.

A Harry Bennett & Little Anne Bennett

Dallas, TX

Crystelle Waggoner Charitable Trust

Dallas, TX

The trust funds arts and social services, as well as organizations in areas such as education, health, animal welfare, and family services; applicants must be Texas organizations established before January 24, 1982. Its stated typical grants are $15,000–$40,000, though recent awards ranged from $15,000 to $1 million, and all 2026 grant dollars went to Texas recipients. It accepts requests, asking for a brief program or project description, the amount requested, and IRS tax-exempt status documents.

Cooper Foundation

Waco, TX

The Cooper Foundation funds eligible nonprofits and government agencies for education, health, arts and culture, community building, social services, and seniors, supporting projects in Waco, Texas; applicants must have programming and staff there. Recent grants ranged from $10,000 to $316,978, with a median of $44,780. It accepts unsolicited grant inquiries on an ongoing basis, with no set deadline.

Enterprise Holdings Foundation

Saint Louis, MO

Enterprise Holdings Foundation supports nonprofits in health, education, arts, disaster relief, reforestation, hunger relief, and community equity, with an emphasis on organizations actively supported by Enterprise employees and their families. Its reported grants range widely: 2024 giving averaged about $7,700 across 9,499 grants, while the foundation also offers awards of up to $40,000; it supports communities where Enterprise operates worldwide. Unsolicited requests are accepted at any time, but eligible applications must be submitted by an Enterprise team member or their spouse or domestic partner on behalf of a nonprofit they actively support.

Katrine Menzing Deakins Charitable Trust

Dallas, TX

The trust funds Texas 501(c)(3) organizations working in education, health, and human services, with particular support for Tarrant County. Its typical award is $10,000–$25,000, though larger grants have been reported. It does not limit giving to preselected organizations, and applications are directed through Bank of America’s philanthropic grant-search process.

Hall Forest Pauline Char T U

Saint Louis, MO

Leo Potishman Foundation XXXXX3002

Chicago, IL

The Leo Potishman Foundation supports 501(c)(3) organizations across areas including education, arts, health, community development, and human services, with a stated preference for Fort Worth; its 2025 grants went to Texas recipients. Grants ranged from $10,000 to $800,000, with a median of $75,000. It accepts applications through an online grants process and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.

Communities Foundation of Texas Inc

Dallas, TX

Communities Foundation of Texas funds charitable work in health, wealth, living, and learning, with much of its grantmaking supporting North Texas nonprofits; its 2025 grants had a median of $18,779, though award sizes varied widely. Nearly all opportunities are by invitation, and its Nonprofit Gateway profile is not a grant application.

Carol A Buch Foundation

Wilmington, DE

Greater Houston Community Foundation

Houston, TX

The Foundation makes grants through donor-advised and other donor-established funds for public benefit, human services, education, and health, including initiatives addressing economic mobility and poverty in Harris County. In 2024, its median grant was $25,000; it serves Greater Houston, while grants also go to recipients elsewhere in Texas and beyond. It does not accept proposals for the upcoming High-Impact Grantmaking cycle and plans to invite selected organizations or collaboratives to apply.

The Houston Food Bank

Houston, TX

The Houston Food Bank supports food distribution and related hunger-relief programs, including school, children’s, and senior food initiatives, through community organizations in 18 Southeast Texas counties. Its 2025 grants had a median of $33,402, though awards varied widely; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.