Texas Agricultural Land Trust
Funding Overview
From IRS Form 990 filings · 2019–2025
Total received
$16.5M
Foundation funders
37
Grants recorded
92
Years covered
2019–2025
Who funds Texas Agricultural Land Trust?
Texas Agricultural Land Trust is funded by 37 grantmakers, led by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ($5.5M), Greater Houston Community Foundation ($1.8M), Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation ($1.8M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $16.5M in grants to Texas Agricultural Land Trust between 2019–2025.
Show all 37 funders
| Communities Foundation of Texas Inc | $10,080 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mays Family Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Nancy and Clive Runnells Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2021 |
| The William Stamps Farish Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 2020 |
| Simple Generosity Foundation | $8,552 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Brown Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Ruth and Edward Austin Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 2024–2025 |
| The O'Connor & Hewitt Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bamert Seeds for Success Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 2022 |
| Joseph & Martye Rubin Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 2022 |
| James & Susan Martin Charitable Tr | $500 | 1 | 2020 |
| Libra Foundation | $100 | 1 | 2020 |
Funding over time
Grant dollars and counts received per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $149K (2019) to $8.6M (2023). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $336K.
What grants has Texas Agricultural Land Trust received?
Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first
| Year | Funder | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas Agricultural Land Trust Foundation | Monitoring, Forever Texas Fund Distribution | $234,620 |
| 2025 | The Ewing Halsell Foundation | Program Support | $100,000 |
| 2025 | The Ruth and Edward Austin Foundation | General Purpose | $1,000 |
| 2024 | Greater Houston Community Foundation | ENVIRONMENTAL | $1,800,000 |
| 2024 | The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation | To Secure and Share Land Legacies and Advocate for Private Lands Through the Texas Land Policy Center | $300,000 |
| 2024 | Meadows Foundation Inc | Toward supporting the facilitation of conservation easements to protect Texas' natural resources | $250,000 |
| 2024 | Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation | CONSERVATION/EDUCATION | $230,000 |
| 2024 | The Horizon Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT | $200,000 |
| 2024 | Still Water Foundation | CHARITABLE - FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. | $150,000 |
| 2024 | The Knobloch Family Foundation | Parks Ranch, Goliad County, Texas: A Conservation Easement | $110,565 |
| 2024 | The Ewing Halsell Foundation | Program Support | $100,000 |
| 2024 | The Horizon Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT | $67,600 |
| 2024 | Texas Agricultural Land Trust Foundation | Monitoring of conservation easement portfolio | $53,531 |
| 2024 | The Perry R Bass II Foundation | TO HELP STOP THE DEVELOPMENT AND FRAGMENTATION OF TEXAS LAND, KEEP FARM AND RANCH FAMILIES WORKING THEIR LAND, AND PROTECT WILDLIFE HABITAT, CLEAN AIR, AND WATER FOR ALL TEXANS TO ENJOY. | $50,000 |
| 2024 | Kickapoo Springs Foundation | OPERATIONS | $50,000 |
| 2024 | Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation | Toward the purposes of Ratcliff CBO | $35,000 |
| 2024 | The Dixon Water Foundation | LAND MANAGEMENT | $25,000 |
| 2024 | FB Doane Foundation | GENERAL | $25,000 |
| 2024 | Shield-Ayres Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION | $20,000 |
| 2024 | Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE | $13,000 |
| 2024 | Mays Family Foundation | GENERAL | $10,000 |
| 2024 | The Ruth and Edward Austin Foundation | General Purpose | $1,000 |
| 2023 | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation | COASTAL HABITAT PROTECTION | $5,440,419 |
| 2023 | Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation | CONSERVATION/EDUCATION | $800,000 |
| 2023 | Kickapoo Springs Foundation | TALT ENDOWEMENT | $750,000 |
| 2023 | The Legett Foundation | CHARITABLE - ENDOWMENT SUPPORT | $750,000 |
| 2023 | The Ewing Halsell Foundation | Program Support | $300,000 |
| 2023 | Still Water Foundation | CHARITABLE - FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. | $150,000 |
| 2023 | The Perry R Bass II Foundation | TO HELP STOP THE DEVELOPMENT AND FRAGMENTATION OF TEXAS LAND, KEEP FARM AND RANCH FAMILIES WORKING THEIR LAND, AND PROTECT WILDLIFE HABITAT, CLEAN AIR, AND WATER FOR ALL TEXANS TO ENJOY. | $110,000 |
| 2023 | The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation | For Additive Conservation in Texas: Stacking Conservation Value | $75,000 |
Showing 30 most recent of 92 recorded grants.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who funds Texas Agricultural Land Trust?
Texas Agricultural Land Trust is funded by 37 grantmakers, led by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ($5.5M), Greater Houston Community Foundation ($1.8M), Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation ($1.8M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $16.5M in grants to Texas Agricultural Land Trust between 2019–2025.
Who is Texas Agricultural Land Trust's largest funder?
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is the largest recorded funder of Texas Agricultural Land Trust, with $5.5M across 4 grants (2019–2023).
How much grant funding has Texas Agricultural Land Trust received?
IRS 990 filings record $16.5M in grants to Texas Agricultural Land Trust across 92 grants from 37 funders between 2019–2025. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.
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