Clayton Youth Enrichment Foundation

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.

Helen Irwin Littauer Educational Trust

Dallas, TX

The Trust supports charitable organizations, primarily in Tarrant County, in areas including education, arts, health, housing, and human services, with particular interest in student scholarships—especially journalism—and alleviating human suffering. Recent grants were typically $10,000–$30,000, with a median of $20,000. It accepts requests through an application process and asks for a program or project description, the amount requested, and IRS tax-exempt-status documents.

Meadows Foundation Inc

Dallas, TX

The Meadows Foundation funds Texas organizations working in areas such as education, arts and culture, the environment, homelessness, health, and mental health. Its 2024 grants ranged from $500 to nearly $4.93 million, with a median grant of $75,000. It accepts proposals, allowing one proposal every 12 months.

Texas Mutual Insurance Company

Austin, TX

Texas Mutual funds Texas nonprofits working on economic opportunity for working Texans, early childhood care and basic needs, workforce development, small-business resilience, career pathways, and workplace or emergency-responder safety. Its 2024 grants ranged from $10,000 to $600,000, with a median of $86,250; one 2026 grant program offered awards of $25,000 to $100,000.

Boston Foundation Inc

Boston, MA

The Boston Foundation funds equity-focused work in child well-being, economic opportunity, community wealth, and community leadership, primarily in Greater Boston. Its 2025 grants had a median of $25,000, while specific programs offer awards from up to $15,000 to $50,000; it accepts applications through some competitive initiatives, but whether it accepts unsolicited requests generally is not stated.

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.

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.

BNSF Railway Foundation

Fort Worth, TX

The BNSF Railway Foundation supports civic, cultural, educational, health and human services, environmental, and youth programs, as well as general operating costs, in communities served by BNSF across its 28-state network. Its 2025 median grant was $2,500; its current grants program lists awards of $1,000–$10,000.

Baker Hughes Foundation

Houston, TX

Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax

Fort Worth, TX

The Community Foundation of North Texas supports nonprofits through grants for areas including animal welfare, conservation, community development, nonprofit capacity, and opportunity, primarily in North Texas, including seven listed counties. Its 2024 grants had a median amount of $14,250, with awards ranging from $5,100 to $1.5 million. It offers competitive grants through application cycles; nonprofits cannot apply for donor-advised grants.

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

Austin, TX

The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation funds education, health, family economic stability, and nonprofit capacity, with a strong focus on children and families and its deepest investment in Texas, especially Greater Austin; it also supports work elsewhere in the U.S. and internationally. Its 2024 grants ranged from $75 to $50 million, with a median of $19,324. It accepts unsolicited requests through an online application.