Foundations that fund organizations in Bryan, Texas
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Bryan nonprofits
149 private foundations gave $11M to Bryan organizations in their latest filings; 39 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
387 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Bryan around $10K. 55 of these funders are based in Texas; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 149
- Accept applications
- 39
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Bryan
- $11M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 387
- Typical median grant
- $10K
- Based in TX
- 55%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Bryan organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Darwood Foundation C/O Tolleson Wealth Management | Dallas, TX | 5 | $2.8M | $300K | Preselected only | Children's and youth services; Education; Community/local initiatives |
| Je and Le Mabee Foundation Inc | Midland, TX | 2 | $1.5M | $734K | Preselected only | Community outreach; Youth development |
| Edge Eugene III Charitable Trust | St Louis, MO | 21 | $557K | $15K | Yes | General operating |
| Fw Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation | College Station, TX | 5 | $550K | $100K | Preselected only | General fund; New building |
| The Donald and Donna Adam Family Foundation | College Station, TX | 11 | $535K | $40K | Preselected only | To support the community; To support animals; To support health research |
| The Three Rule Foundation Inc | Bryan, TX | 5 | $470K | $13K | Preselected only | Sponsorship; Community outreach; Matching pledge |
| Foundation for Truth | San Angelo, TX | 3 | $325K | $50K | Preselected only | Financial assistance with their texas school of preaching e…; Financial assistance with future expansion to a new buildin…; Financial assistance with the barry hatcher indonesia missi… |
| The Morris L Lichtenstein Jr Foundation | Corpus Christi, TX | 1 | $291K | $291K | Preselected only | Choudhury research project |
| The John & Sally Godfrey Family Foundation | Bryan, TX | 8 | $281K | $7,500 | Preselected only | Charitable purposes |
| Timothy and Sheila Patton Family Charitable Trust | Ann Arbor, MI | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | Charitable - general operating |
| Orr Waldon H and Adele Charitable Trust | St Louis, MO | 6 | $205K | $35K | Yes | General operating |
| The Cross Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | Projects |
| Appelt Family Foundation | Houston, TX | 4 | $185K | $33K | Preselected only | General Support |
| Winkler Nina Astin Trust | St Louis, MO | 21 | $170K | $8,000 | Preselected only | General operating |
| The Marshal Verne Ross Foundation | Bryan, TX | 5 | $149K | $16K | Yes | Support for club programs; Kids camp/women's retreat; long term residentail students education fees |
| The Ben & Mary Doskocil Family Foundatio | Arlington, TX | 5 | $135K | $25K | Preselected only | General use |
| Lucille and John B Dougherty Trust | St Louis, MO | 14 | $127K | $6,250 | Yes | General operating |
| Orr Carl and Lena Charitable Trust | St Louis, MO | 7 | $126K | $18K | Yes | General operating |
| Nina Heard Astin Charitable Trust | St Louis, MO | 4 | $110K | $28K | Yes | General operating |
| Orr James Donald Charitable Trust | St Louis, MO | 8 | $108K | $10K | Yes | General operating |
| Clifton C & Henrietta C Doak Charitable | St Louis, MO | 5 | $108K | $22K | Preselected only | General operating |
| The Marie M and James H Galloway Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Texas a&m boot barn |
| The Joyce Nies and Peter Witt Foundation | College Station, TX | 9 | $88K | $5,025 | Yes | General op needs |
| The Gilbert & Thyra Plass Arts Foundation | College Station, TX | 5 | $86K | $15K | Yes | Arts & educational programs |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $83K | $83K | Yes | 80527 conducting a 'secret shopper' survey to understand co… |
| Gilbert & Thyra Plass Charitable Trust | St Louis, MO | 14 | $79K | $5,000 | Yes | General operating |
| Wolters Gus & Ethel Fndn Tr F0472000 | San Antonio, TX | 1 | $60K | $60K | Yes | Unrestricted scholarship |
| M Bookman Peters Charitable Foundation | St Louis, MO | 10 | $56K | $5,000 | Yes | General operating |
| B Don & Becky Russell Charitable Foundat | College Station, TX | 7 | $53K | $5,200 | Preselected only | Charitable purposes |
| The Bolick Foundation | Conover, NC | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Church planting |
| Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan | Littleton, CO | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Women's mercy center |
| Marshall and Ellen Peters Family Foundation | St Louis, MO | 10 | $49K | $5,000 | Yes | General operating |
| Mervin and Annete Peters Family Foundation | St Louis, MO | 6 | $48K | $5,000 | Yes | General operating |
| Esther McCulloch Dansby & Pauline McCulloch Grant Foundation Inc | Bryan, TX | 2 | $47K | $23K | Preselected only | Fund shelter and support services for 2 families; Launch program for services |
| Greater Texas Foundation | Bryan, TX | 1 | $45K | $45K | Preselected only | To support brazos valley independent school districts parti… |
| Tyrous R & Ruth F Williams Charitable Tr | St Louis, MO | 6 | $45K | $5,000 | Yes | General operating |
| Kings Purse Foundation | Bryan, TX | 2 | $44K | $22K | Preselected only | Charitable contributions |
| Virginia & Christian Groneman Charitable | St Louis, MO | 4 | $38K | $11K | Yes | General operating |
| The Sue and Jc Lee Foundation | College Station, TX | 1 | $32K | $32K | Preselected only | General support for the symphony organization |
| Lb Danford Charitable Trust | St Louis, MO | 3 | $30K | $10K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Ed Rachal Foundation | Corpus Christi, TX | 2 | $25K | $13K | Yes | Program support; General operations |
| A B Gilbert Foundation | Santo, TX | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | General support |
| Bellinger Foundation | San Antonio, TX | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Support programs |
| Rea Charitable Trust | Cincinnati, OH | 2 | $20K | $10K | Yes | Support for daily operation |
| Gloria S Salebryan Coca-Cola Beautification and Parks Trust | College Station, TX | 1 | $19K | $19K | Preselected only | Annual contribution for maintenance of park |
| Gloria S Sale St Andrews Church Trust Co Frost Financial Management Group | College Station, TX | 1 | $19K | $19K | Preselected only | Annual contribution for operation of church activities |
| The Polasek Family Foundation | Abbott, TX | 2 | $18K | $9,000 | Preselected only | Help womensave theirbabies.; Catholic Education |
| Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc | Delray Beach, FL | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Humanitarian charity |
| The New Foundation for Art History C/O Christian Kleinbub | New York, NY | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Thesis research |
| The Grant Family Fund | Galveston, TX | 4 | $15K | $4,000 | Preselected only | Helping animals; Child advocacy; Emergency food assistance |
| The Teufel Family Charitable Foundat | Pennington, NJ | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | General operating |
| The Warren J and Marylou Hayford Family Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | 1 | $14K | $14K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| The Stewart Family Catholic Education Catholic Scholarship Foundation | Tomball, TX | 1 | $13K | $13K | Yes | Tuition |
| Keown Charitable Foundation | Bryan, TX | 2 | $13K | $6,500 | Preselected only | Scholarship; Hospice |
| Oldham Little Church Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $13K | $13K | Yes | Children's Indoor Play Equipment & Furniture |
| The Willard & Anne Levin Foundation | Hallettsville, TX | 1 | $12K | $12K | Preselected only | Unrestricted Operating Funds |
| Calvert Foundation | Katy, TX | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Foster home for needy children |
| 1248 Foundation | Artesia, NM | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General support |
| Mjd Starfish Foundation | Plano, TX | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Pats Legacy | Round Top, TX | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Social services |
| Earl W & Hazel C Pierson Foundation | Dimebox, TX | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Home for children removed from broken homes |
| Mark a Chapman Foundation | Sealy, TX | 3 | $10K | $3,000 | Preselected only | Scholarship; Adoptions/fostering/spay & neuter; Meals and programs for homeless |
| McElfatrick Charitable Foundation Inc | Austin, TX | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Operating Funds |
| The Nanette C Wickham Charitable Fndn | College Station, TX | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | General operations |
| Shell USA Company Foundation | Houston, TX | 5 | $8,872 | $1,000 | Preselected only | 5580; 2142.06; 50 |
| Once Upon a Time Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | 17 | $8,850 | $500 | Preselected only | General support |
| D3 Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $8,000 | $8,000 | Yes | General support |
| Freedom for Faith Foundation | Madison, OH | 1 | $8,000 | $8,000 | Yes | General fund |
| Kehe Cares Foundation Inc | Naperville, IL | 1 | $7,916 | $7,916 | Preselected only | Community development |
| John R Woods Foundation | Detroit, MI | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 | Yes | Support for daily |
| The Narayanan Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| The Larry Ezell Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $7,000 | $3,500 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Jpmorgan Chase Foundation | New York, NY | 5 | $6,690 | $600 | Preselected only | Matching contribution (general operating support) |
| Schoenvogel Family Foundation | College Station, TX | 3 | $6,000 | $1,000 | Preselected only | HealthCare; Welfare; Healthcare |
| Gelco Charitable Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| The Kroger Co Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Organization's charitable purpose |
| 1984 Aaa Corporation | College Station, TX | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Contribution for Chapter operation and activities |
| New Place Fund Inc | Berkeley, CA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Operations |
| Mb and Edna Zale Foundation | Dallas, TX | 2 | $5,000 | $2,500 | Yes | Social services |
| Joseph J Schott Foundation | Mount Pleasant, SC | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | General operation |
| The Swan Family Charitable Foundation | Jacksboro, TX | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Russell Reineke Foundation | Carroll, IA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General charity |
| Berry Foundation Inc | Wichita, KS | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Annual gift |
| Jon L Hagler Foundation | Dover, MA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General grant |
| Land O'Lakes Foundation | St Paul, MN | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Member co-op matches |
| The Cluthe and William B Oliver Foundation for Health and Aging | Houston, TX | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Health & nutrition programs |
| Conte Family Foundation | College Station, TX | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Serving all people seeking Christian guidance prayers and s… |
| Texas Instruments Foundation | Dallas, TX | 4 | $4,903 | $375 | Yes | Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations… |
| Badders Foundation | Nacogdoches, TX | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 | Yes | Support |
| James R Ash Foundation | College Station, TX | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 | Preselected only | Charitable purposes |
| 2cor89 Foundation | Westlake, TX | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 | Preselected only | Provide learning and meaningful work for adults with intell… |
| Palasota Char Tr Fbo St Joseph Fd | St Louis, MO | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 | Preselected only | General operating |
| George T Handyside Memorial Scholarship Foundation | Eighty Four, PA | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 | Yes | Education |
| Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 | Providence, RI | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 | Yes | Matching gift to education |
| Rodie Family Foundation | College Station, TX | 2 | $3,400 | $1,700 | Preselected only | Charity |
| Simmons FIRST Foundation Inc | Pine Bluff, AR | 3 | $3,000 | $1,000 | Yes | Summer camp program; Read to succeed program; Conseling program - play therapy supplies program |
| William J Cammack Foundation Co William D Cammack | Front Royal, VA | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Yes | General purposes |
| David P and Maria G Wong Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Stephens Charitable Foundation | Corpus Christi, TX | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Preselected only | Preserve & support cadets from tamu |
| Joe T and Billie Carole McMillan Charitable Foundation | College Station, TX | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Preselected only | Fund programs |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Bryan, Texas?
The Darwood Foundation C/O Tolleson Wealth Management, Je and Le Mabee Foundation Inc, Edge Eugene III Charitable Trust, Fw Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation, The Donald and Donna Adam Family Foundation and 95 others reported grants to Bryan organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Bryan. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.