United Way of the Brazos Valley

Edge Eugene III Charitable Trust

Saint Louis, MO

The trust supports charities, especially those carrying out charitable work primarily in Brazos County, Texas, and also awards college scholarships; its grants have supported food access, health care, education, arts, hospice, and social services. In 2025, grants ranged from $3,500 to $80,000, with a median of $6,500. It allows use of a standard online application form, but the available information does not clearly state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Lucille and John B Dougherty Trust

Saint Louis, MO

The Lucille and John B Dougherty Trust supports charitable organizations, with recent grants spanning health care, hospice, disability services, food access, and community programs; its remaining giving is restricted to Brazos County, Texas, though some funds go to charities named in the will. In 2025, grants ranged from $3,000 to $60,000, with a median of $5,000. It accepts requests through an application available from the Wells Fargo Bank Trust Department, due July 31.

Winkler Nina Astin Trust

Saint Louis, MO

The trust supports organizations in food access, housing and basic assistance, health, crisis and disability services, education, and the arts. Its 2025 grants ranged from $3,000 to $16,500, with a median of $8,000; most funding went to Texas, especially Bryan. It gives only to preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Gilbert & Thyra Plass Charitable Trust

Saint Louis, MO

The trust supports charitable organizations in the Brazos County, Texas area, with grants for services including food access, housing, health and hospice care, disability services, arts, and child advocacy. Its 2025 awards ranged from $3,000 to $10,000, with a median of $5,000. It accepts online requests through its stated application process; the listed annual deadline is July 31.

M Bookman Peters Charitable Foundation

Saint Louis, MO

The foundation supports charitable organizations serving Brazos County, Texas, with a focus on education, health, and human services; its 2025 grants ranged from $4,000 to $10,000, with a median of $5,000. It accepts requests through a Trust Department grant application, with July 31 listed as the annual deadline; the program description also says applications are accepted year-round.

Orr Waldon H and Adele Charitable Trust

Saint Louis, MO

The Orr Waldon H and Adele Charitable Trust supports health, human services, and religious purposes, with recent grants primarily going to organizations in Texas and others in Oklahoma and Washington, D.C. Its 2025 grants ranged from $6,000 to $60,000, with a median of $35,000. It accepts unsolicited requests through an online application.

Nina Heard Astin Charitable Trust

Saint Louis, MO

The trust funds 501(c)(3) organizations working in arts, education, environment and animals, health, human services, and religion, with an emphasis on Texas but no geographic limit stated. Its listed award range is $5,000–$10,000, though recent grants typically had a median of $20,000; it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations, but open unsolicited requests are not explicitly addressed.

Virginia & Christian Groneman Charitable

Saint Louis, MO

Communities Foundation of Texas Inc

Dallas, TX

Communities Foundation of Texas funds a broad range of community needs, including health, education, housing, and community development, primarily in North Texas and across Texas. Its 2025 grants had a median of about $18,800, though amounts varied widely; nearly all opportunities are by invitation, with some specific programs open for applications.

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.

BNSF Railway Foundation

Fort Worth, TX

The BNSF Railway Foundation funds civic, cultural, education, health and human services, environmental, and youth programs, including operating costs and specific projects. Its 2025 median grant was $2,500, though awards ranged from $100 to $500,000; it supports eligible organizations serving communities near BNSF rail lines across its 28 operating states. The foundation provides an online application process, but whether it accepts unsolicited requests is not stated.