Nina Proler Brown Charitable Foundation

The Diana and Conrad Weil Jr Family

Houston, TX

Jewish Federation of Fort Worth

Fort Worth, TX

The mission of the Jewish Federation of Fort Worth and Tarrant county is to promote vibrant, engaged, and secure jewish communities locally, in israel, and around the world. The vision is to inspire, educate, and support our local jewish community, and our jewish family in israel and throughout the world, ensuring the continuity of our people.

The Brodsky Foundation

Houston, TX

The Brodsky Foundation supports preselected charitable organizations, including Jewish community and religious groups, cancer research, and community services. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,500 to $43,810, with a median of $8,000; funding went mainly to Texas, with additional grants in New York and Massachusetts. It does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

Sherry & Gerald Merfish Family

Houston, TX

The Houston-based foundation supports organizations working in areas such as violence prevention, Jewish community life, reproductive health, food access, education, and journalism. In 2024, grants ranged from $50 to $76,640, with a median of $5,000; most funding went to Texas, with additional grants in Washington, DC, Colorado, and New York. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

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 Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation

Houston, TX

Adler Foundation

Houston, TX

The Adler Foundation supports organizations working in the arts and culture, healthcare, education, wildlife conservation, and Jewish community services. Its 2025 grants ranged from $50 to $87,410, with a median of $1,000, and went mainly to Texas and Virginia recipients. It accepts requests by letter stating the purpose and amount requested; the filing names Louis Adler as the contact.

Houston Jewish Community Foundation

Houston, TX

The Houston Jewish Community Foundation funds nonprofit organizations addressing community needs, including education, youth, basic needs, health, support for older adults, Israel programming, and innovative projects, with a focus on Greater Houston and grants also reaching organizations nationally. Its 2025 grants had a median of $14,000, though amounts varied widely; it accepts unsolicited community-grant requests through a Grant Abstract process, inviting selected applicants to submit a full application.

Albert & Ethel Herzstein

Houston, TX

The foundation supports qualified nonprofits working in education, community strengthening, helping people overcome adversity, heritage preservation, and related efforts to help people reach their potential. Its 2024 grants ranged from $2,000 to $1 million, with a median of $10,000; it favors Houston-area and other Texas organizations, though it also funds elsewhere. It accepts proposals through an online portal on a rolling basis, with no more than one request per organization in any 12-month period.

Oscar J Tolmas Charitable Trust

Metairie, LA

The trust supports primarily local tax-exempt charities across varied fields, with nearly all 2025 grant dollars going to Louisiana organizations. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,200 to $325,000, with a median of $33,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Louis & Lillian Glazer Family Foundation

New Orleans, LA

The foundation funds religious and educational programs, schools, social services, arts and culture, and organizations serving children and families, with most grants going to Louisiana and some support in other states. Its 2025 grants ranged from $52 to $11,758, with a median grant of $1,000. It funds only preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Irving and Bernice Singer Family Foundation

Manchester, NH

In 2024, the New Hampshire foundation gave $45,108 in two grants, both to Temple Israel in Manchester, and reported that it had distributed its remaining assets and would terminate. Its final-year grants averaged $22,554; it supported organizations in New Hampshire and accepted only requests from preselected charities, not unsolicited applications.