El & Ruth Torrance Memorial Trust

The Farris Foundation

Harlingen, TX

The Farris Foundation supports health and well-being, including mental health, access to care, capacity building, leadership development, and disaster recovery, with a focus on underserved communities. Its 2025 grants ranged from $100 to $145,100, with a median of $1,200; it identifies communities in Florida, New York, New Jersey, Maine, New Mexico, and North Carolina, while most 2025 grant dollars went to Texas. It considers only invited 501(c)(3) organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Mr & Mrs Larkin Amos & Jerry Amos Foundation

New Orleans, LA

The Chicago Community Trust

Chicago, IL

The Chicago Community Trust funds nonprofits addressing economic mobility, wealth gaps, and urgent community needs, with priorities including homeownership, small businesses, education, quality jobs, and investment in underinvested communities. Its 2025 itemized grants had a median of $26,500, though awards vary widely; grants generally benefit Chicago-region residents, and the Trust directs applicants to open opportunities but does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

The WI & Inez Davis Foundation

Center, TX

The WI & Inez Davis Foundation supports Texas nonprofits, with recent grants spanning child advocacy, youth services, schools and scholarships, athletics, libraries, fire departments, and cemetery grounds. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,000 to $56,700, with a median of $17,500. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Guinn Foundation Inc

Wichita Falls, TX

The foundation supports organizations working in areas such as food assistance, youth, health care, senior services, housing, and family support, primarily in Texas. Its 2025 grants ranged from $100 to $60,000, with a median of $5,000. It accepts unsolicited written requests addressed to Alfred B. Guinn; no deadline is listed.

The Moran Family Foundation

Corsicana, TX

The Moran Family Foundation supports religious, educational, and charitable organizations, with grants for varied work including education, youth, basic needs, and research. Its 2025 grants ranged from $500 to $228,000, with a median of $10,000; awards are generally limited to Navarro County, Texas. It accepts written applications from qualified organizations and asks that they be submitted before March 31 each year.

Graham Community Foundation

Graham, TX

The organization will act as a centralized servicing agency to coordinate fundraising and grant application efforts of the various exempt organizations with the goal of reducing duplicated overhead expenses and educating staff of the various exempt organizations.

The Dallas Foundation

Dallas, TX

The Dallas Foundation funds nonprofits and other charitable organizations working on early childhood, maternal and child health, economic mobility, homelessness, youth mental health, and community needs, primarily in Dallas County. Its 2024 itemized grants had a median of $25,000; listed 2026 cycles seek requests of $5,000–$50,000 or $15,000–$50,000, depending on the program. It accepts applications through grant cycles when open; none are currently open, and organizations outside Dallas County may be eligible if most people they serve live there.

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.