Felix Meyer Trust

Shirley and David Toomim Family

Houston, TX

The foundation supports Jewish community and educational institutions, museums, and human-services organizations, with most of its giving in Texas. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $1 million, with a median of $15,000. Its filing says giving is not restricted to preselected organizations and lists no prescribed application form or award restrictions; it does not explicitly state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

The Nathan J Klein Fund

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.

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.

Albert & Ethel Herzstein

Houston, TX

The foundation funds qualified nonprofits working in education, youth development, community services, heritage preservation, and related areas, with preference for Houston-area and Texas organizations. Its 2024 grants ranged from $2,000 to $1 million, with a median of $10,000. It accepts unsolicited requests through an online application on a rolling basis, limited to one request per organization in any 12-month period.

Greater Horizons

Kansas City, MO

Greater Horizons is a donor-advised fund provider whose donor-directed grants support eligible U.S. public charities across a broad range of causes; international organizations may also qualify with additional review and fees. In 2024, grants had a median of $15,000, with itemized awards ranging from $5,001 to $10,073,050, and recipients were located across the United States, especially in California, Texas, Nebraska, New York, and Kansas. It describes a grant-request process for donors, not an application process for organizations, so unsolicited requests are not stated as accepted.

The Finkelstein Foundation

Glen Echo, MD

The Sarofim Foundation

Houston, TX

The Sarofim Foundation supported education, arts, healthcare, human services and community organizations, with most 2023 grant dollars going to Texas recipients. Its 2023 grants ranged from $1,000 to $810,000, with a median of $25,000; its website says it does not accept unsolicited requests. The 2023 filing was marked as its final return, so its current grantmaking status is uncertain.

Dallas Jewish Community Foundation

Dallas, TX

The Dallas Jewish Community Foundation supports education, community development, human services, arts and culture, and religious causes, including Jewish and secular nonprofits and scholarship programs. Its 2025 grants had a median of about $19,000, with amounts ranging from $5,100 to $9.9 million; 51% of grant dollars went to Texas, with substantial funding also going to Indiana and New York. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Baroness Kandy Kaye Horn Foundation

Houston, TX

The foundation supports preselected charities across varied areas, including leadership, reproductive health, Native education, civil liberties, veterans’ services, poverty and injustice, history, and the arts; its reported grantees are in several states, with no broader geographic focus established. Recent grants range from $500 to $10,000 among the examples listed, while total annual giving was about $1.1 million to $2.7 million in 2021–2023. It does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

Houston Jewish Community Foundation

Houston, TX

The Houston Jewish Community Foundation funds community needs, education, youth, older adults, basic needs, health, and other charitable projects, with a strong focus on Houston and Greater Houston; its broader grantmaking also reaches organizations nationally. Its 2025 grants had a median of $14,000, while its 2024 competitive community-grant cycle awarded over $227,000 to 30 organizations. It accepts unsolicited requests through its community-grant program, starting with a Grant Abstract.

Shell USA Company Foundation

Houston, TX

In 2024, the foundation supported health and medical research, human services, education, and community organizations, with the largest share of grants going to Texas, followed by Louisiana. Grants ranged from $15 to $290,782, with a median of $1,000; it funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.