Friends of the Children - Austin

The Forman Foundation

Birmingham, AL

The Forman Foundation supports cultural, educational, community, and service organizations, primarily in Alabama. Its 2025 grants ranged from $250 to $10,000, with a median of $1,585. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The H & a Charitable Foundation

Chicago, IL

The H & A Charitable Foundation supports schools, youth programs, and other community services, with 2025 grants of $25–$5,100 (median $1,500). Its 2025 funding went to organizations in Texas, Illinois, Massachusetts, California, and New York; it funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Baxter Trust co Private Foundation Services

Houston, TX

The Houston-based Baxter Trust supports smaller, newer nonprofits serving underserved communities, with priorities in basic needs, education, and healthcare. Its 2025 grants ranged from $15,000 to $100,000, with a median of $50,000, and went to organizations in Texas. It gives by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Gordon a Cain Foundation

Houston, TX

The Gordon A. Cain Foundation supports nonprofits providing valuable services and research, with grants spanning arts and culture, education, public policy, and community services; its giving is concentrated in Texas, with grants also going to other states. In 2024, grants ranged from $500 to $1.1 million, with a median of $15,000. It accepts unsolicited proposals from nonprofits.

The Elkins Foundation

Houston, TX

The Elkins Foundation funds education, healthcare, cultural, community, and religious organizations and projects, especially those serving Houston and the Greater Gulf Coast. Its 2025 grants ranged from about $11,000 to $1.5 million, with a median of $100,000. It accepts unsolicited requests through an online application, due by June 30.

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.

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.

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.