Hobbs Foundation

Margaret CB & S Spencer N Brown

Temple, TX

The foundation supports maintenance of three historical cemeteries and gives to charities working in areas such as food assistance, homelessness, history, arts, and human trafficking response. In 2025, grants ranged from $1,000 to $50,000, with a median of $5,000; most funding went to Texas, followed by Washington, Virginia, and Mississippi. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Clifton Foundation

Waco, TX

Based in Waco, Texas, the Clifton Foundation supports a range of charitable work, including human services, education, community improvement, culture, and animal welfare, with most of its 2024 giving going to Texas organizations. Grants ranged from $75 to $21,000, with a median of $1,000. It accepts requests for consideration, asking applicants to submit an outline of charitable activities or programs and an IRS tax-exemption letter; the deadline is September 1.

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.

The McClane Brown Family Foundation

Waco, TX

Bernard & Audre Rapoport Foundation

Waco, TX

The Bernard & Audre Rapoport Foundation funds arts and culture, community services, civic participation, education, and health, with particular attention to basic needs and resilience. Its 2025 grants ranged from $10,000 to $336,733, with a median of about $26,500; it supports Waco-area work as well as selected projects elsewhere in Texas and the U.S. It accepts letters of inquiry during two open cycles each year, and full applications are by invitation.

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.

The Fentress Foundation

Waco, TX

Jack and Nancy Munson Foundation

Woodway, TX

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.

The Houston Food Bank

Houston, TX

The Houston Food Bank supports food distribution and related hunger-relief programs, including school, children’s, and senior food initiatives, through community organizations in 18 Southeast Texas counties. Its 2025 grants had a median of $33,402, though awards varied widely; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

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.