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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.

United Way of Waco-McLennan County

Waco, TX

United Way of Waco-McLennan County funds nonprofit programs in education, health, financial stability, safety-net services, youth opportunity, and community resiliency across McLennan County. Its recent two-year grant cycles have awarded about $1 million total, with individual grants varying; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests. The next eligibility application window is scheduled for fall 2026.

Baylor University

Waco, TX

Baylor University funds research subcontracts, nonprofit activities, and programming costs, with research focused mainly on health, data sciences, materials science, human flourishing, and Latin America. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,280 to $2,450,127, with a median of $38,898, and went chiefly to recipients in Iowa and Texas. The application processes described are for Baylor faculty and staff; the profile does not state whether Baylor accepts unsolicited requests.

Scott & White Healthcare Foundation

Dallas, TX

The foundation primarily supports Baylor Scott & White Health and affiliated institutions in Texas, funding patient care, medical research, education and training, and community health. Its 2025 grants ranged from $6,000 to $7.06 million, with a median of about $37,800; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

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.

Baker Hughes Foundation

Houston, TX

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.

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.

American Heart Association Inc

Dallas, TX

The American Heart Association funds basic, clinical, behavioral, translational, population, and other research on cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and brain health, mainly through research awards to eligible U.S.-based nonprofit institutions. In 2025, grants ranged from $5,000 to $9.9 million, with a median award of $20,000. Applications are submitted through designated programs; the profile does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.