The Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez

The Prairie Foundation

Midland, TX

The Prairie Foundation funds organizations working in health, education, housing and homelessness, food assistance, and animal welfare, with stated award areas in Midland, Odessa, and Laredo, Texas, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,500 to $200,000, with a median of $10,000. It does not restrict giving to preselected organizations; application materials are available from its grants committee chairman, and no deadline is stated.

Enterprise Holdings Foundation

Saint Louis, MO

Enterprise Holdings Foundation supports nonprofits in health, education, arts, disaster relief, reforestation, hunger relief, and community equity, with an emphasis on organizations actively supported by Enterprise employees and their families. Its reported grants range widely: 2024 giving averaged about $7,700 across 9,499 grants, while the foundation also offers awards of up to $40,000; it supports communities where Enterprise operates worldwide. Unsolicited requests are accepted at any time, but eligible applications must be submitted by an Enterprise team member or their spouse or domestic partner on behalf of a nonprofit they actively support.

D D Hachar Charitable Trust

Pittsburgh, PA

The trust funds healthcare, education, and poverty alleviation, with a focus on the Laredo, Texas area; recent grants went to Texas organizations. In 2025, grants ranged from $10,000 to $222,742, with a median of $25,000. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Lamar Bruni Vergara Trust

Laredo, TX

The Lamar Bruni Vergara Trust supports Catholic, educational, and health institutions and local social-service organizations, with most funding focused on nonprofit causes in Webb and Zapata counties, Texas. Recent grants ranged from $10,000 to $1 million, with a median of $40,000. Its filing says an application form is available on its website; applications are due October 15.

American Electric Power Foundation

Wilmington, DE

The American Electric Power Foundation funds STEM education, basic needs such as hunger and housing, social justice, and environmental protection. Its 2025 grants had a median of $10,000, with awards ranging from $500 to about $1.43 million; funding is concentrated in Ohio, with grants also going to states including Texas, Indiana, Virginia, and West Virginia. It accepts applications only from preselected organizations invited through a local AEP Operating Company and does not accept unsolicited requests.

South Texas Outreach Foundation

Laredo, TX

In its final reported year, South Texas Outreach Foundation funded food assistance, shelter, animal care, rehabilitation, and other charitable services, primarily in Texas, with some grants elsewhere. Its 2022 grants ranged from $5,000 to $207,000, with a median of $32,500; it funded only preselected organizations and did not accept unsolicited requests. The foundation’s assets were transferred to North Texas Charitable Foundation.

Raymond Martin & Melba P Gutierrez Charitable Trust

Laredo, TX

Raul Tijerina Jr Foundation

Kingwood, TX

The Raul Tijerina Jr Foundation funds eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofits working in youth, education, health, community development, culture and heritage, and environmental conservation, as well as educational scholarships. It serves Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, and Willacy counties in Texas; recent grants ranged from $1,881 to $30,000, with a median of $20,000. It accepts unsolicited requests year-round, with no submission deadline.

Laredo Area Community Foundation

Laredo, TX

The Laredo Area Community Foundation supports arts, education, the environment, health, religious services, and social services, including scholarships, in Laredo and surrounding South Texas communities. Its 2024 grants ranged from $5,025 to $133,115, with a median of $10,000. It states that its 2026 grant cycle is open, but the available information does not say 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.