Foundations that fund organizations in Waco, Texas
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Waco nonprofits
356 private foundations gave $49M to Waco organizations in their latest filings; 43 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
654 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Waco around $75K. 72 of these funders are based in Texas; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 356
- Accept applications
- 43
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Waco
- $49M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 654
- Typical median grant
- $75K
- Based in TX
- 72%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Waco organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 5 | $12M | $50K | Yes | Pathways for tomorrow initiative; Christian faith&life storytellg init; Employee matching gift(s) |
| Flora Cameron Foundation | San Antonio, TX | 3 | $2.9M | $50K | Yes | Construction; General purpose; Donation of artwork for educational use |
| William a Badger Foundation | St Louis, MO | 3 | $2.8M | $1.2M | Preselected only | General operating |
| John Templeton Foundation | West Conshohocken, PA | 2 | $2.3M | $1.1M | Yes | Global flourishing study: piloting and waves 1-5; The role of meta-identity in developing moral communities w… |
| The Moody Foundation | Galveston, TX | 4 | $1.8M | $238K | Yes | Provide general operating support for programs serving chil…; Assistance with the Transforming School Readiness: A Commun…; Assistance in conituous, comprehensive support to survivors… |
| Emmett and Miriam McCoy Foundation | San Marcos, TX | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | General fund |
| American Electric Power Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $1.4M | $717K | Preselected only | National Child Identification Program; General & Unrestricted |
| The Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation | Richmond, TX | 5 | $1.4M | $25K | Yes | For scholarships and ranger relief within company a which i…; Provost fund support students - fort bend campus / fort ben…; To construct an education building for tstc fort bend |
| Heilmeier-Jarvie Family Foundation | Plano, TX | 1 | $1.3M | $1.3M | Preselected only | General operating funds |
| Paul & Jane Meyer Family Foundation | Waco, TX | 20 | $1.1M | $9,000 | Yes | Operations |
| The Rpksc Family Foundation | Waco, TX | 2 | $1.0M | $505K | Preselected only | Support |
| The Holt Catania Foundation | Midland, TX | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | Scholarship fund |
| The Gary & Diane Heavin Community Fund | Gatesville, TX | 15 | $978K | $20K | Preselected only | General operations; General operations: in-kind donations of rice & beans |
| The Robert a Welch Foundation | Houston, TX | 2 | $800K | $400K | Yes | Basic research in chemistry and related fields |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 2 | $785K | $393K | Yes | K-12 education; postsecondary education; public awareness a…; Postsecondary education; research and learning opportunities |
| Soma Foundation Inc | Columbus, GA | 1 | $750K | $750K | Preselected only | Financial support |
| The Angel Family Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $600K | $600K | Preselected only | General support |
| Hamon Charitable Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $500K | $500K | Yes | To educate men & women for leadership and service by integr… |
| Bernard & Audre Rapoport Foundation | Waco, TX | 16 | $481K | $25K | Yes | Support for technology upgrades; General operating support; Support for emergency food distribution |
| Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation | San Antonio, TX | 3 | $374K | $144K | Yes | General Support; Research Support |
| The Helen Marie Taylor Charitable Foundation Inc | Richmond, VA | 1 | $355K | $355K | Preselected only | Grants to expand the museum |
| Rsd Charitable and Educational Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | 1 | $350K | $350K | Preselected only | General contribution |
| Stoller Foundation | Houston, TX | 2 | $305K | $152K | Yes | Summer camp; Ministry |
| Christian Mission Concerns | Belton, TX | 12 | $301K | $11K | Preselected only | Operations; To support the global partners; To support missions of the organization |
| The Robbins Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $300K | $300K | Preselected only | Christian education |
| Dian Graves Owen Foundation | Abilene, TX | 2 | $290K | $145K | Preselected only | General support |
| Richard W George Jr Charitable Foundation | Henderson, TX | 1 | $285K | $285K | Preselected only | Charitable operations |
| Opal G Cox Charitable Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $260K | $260K | Yes | For scholarships |
| Cios | Wilson, WY | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | General funds |
| Jh Harvey Trust | St Louis, MO | 1 | $234K | $234K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation | Harlingen, TX | 1 | $211K | $211K | Yes | Texas Rural Funders Collaborative and fiscal sponsor for Th… |
| The Powell Foundation | Houston, TX | 3 | $206K | $3,000 | Yes | Designated Grant: General operating and support; Aligned Cradle to Career Education System: Effective Tools,… |
| The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc | Seattle, WA | 2 | $206K | $103K | Preselected only | Unrestricted grant; Site visit honorarium |
| Butt Rogers Charitable Trust | San Antonio, TX | 2 | $202K | $101K | Yes | General Charitable Purpose |
| Schumacher Foundation C/O Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter | Columbus, OH | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | Library jones flexible learning space to help complete new… |
| Carlton Family Foundation Trust | Little Rock, AR | 1 | $200K | $200K | Yes | Assist and support entrepreneurs |
| Ppa Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | Give light capital fund campaign |
| The Mark Deering Foundation C/O Frank Traplena | Waco, TX | 1 | $187K | $187K | Yes | Student financial aid |
| Houston Endowment Inc | Houston, TX | 3 | $186K | $75K | Yes | In Support of the Charitable Activities of Waco Foundation'…; General Operating Support |
| The Morris Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | 2 | $175K | $88K | Preselected only | Operations; Tarrant county census readiness assessment |
| Asco Foundation | Lubbock, TX | 1 | $173K | $173K | Yes | General purpose |
| Michael & Susan Dell Foundation | Austin, TX | 1 | $171K | $171K | Yes | Connecting Credentials to Career for Student Success |
| El & Ruth Torrance Memorial Trust #850600 | Waco, TX | 5 | $154K | $31K | Yes | Educational; Religous; listtotal 56346 |
| Price Family Foundation Inc | Sarasota, FL | 2 | $150K | $75K | Preselected only | New venture award; Geosciences program |
| Burkhart Private Foundation | Fairfield, TX | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | Truett dean's excellence |
| The Whitley Charitable Foundation | Waco, TX | 5 | $148K | $10K | Yes | Educational; Support student scholarships; Organized sports for youth |
| The Prichard Family Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $145K | $145K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Stenzel Elva E Foundation Tua | St Louis, MO | 1 | $130K | $130K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Sadie Jo Black Family Foundation C/O Extraco Bank | Waco, TX | 3 | $128K | $51K | Preselected only | General fund; To increase the following endowment funds: w.d. black jr. e…; Television ministry or alternatively the senior adult minis… |
| Barnabas Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 4 | $126K | $25K | Preselected only | Barnabas Endowed Fund for Biblical Financial Awareness, Ste…; Barnabas Endowed Mission Fund in the Louise Herrington Scho…; Charitable Event |
| Still Water Foundation | Austin, TX | 2 | $125K | $63K | Preselected only | Charitable - for general operating support.; Charitable - for the texas rural funders administrative fund |
| The Buddy Bostick Foundation | Waco, TX | 5 | $121K | $28K | Yes | Scholarship |
| Howmet Aerospace Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | 4 | $103K | $28K | Preselected only | Robotics and stem programs; Afterschool academies stem squads; Business to education program (industry spotlight) |
| Winifred Stevens Foundation | Tempe, AZ | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Mhga capacity building for expansion efforts 2024 |
| Edward J Mallinckrodt Jr Foundation | St Louis, MO | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | Scholar program (dr. samuel) |
| Jack Kent Cooke Foundation | Lansdowne, VA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | Support baylor tip as it provides programming to students w… |
| Carolyn and David Brooks Family Foundation | McKinney, TX | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General support |
| Belin Foundation | Richmond, TX | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | To educate men & women for worldwide leadership & service b… |
| The Harper Family Foundation Inc | Midland, TX | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Harper endowed scholarship |
| Clifton Foundation | Waco, TX | 28 | $95K | $1,500 | Yes | General use; Sponsor event; Capital projects |
| Ed Rachal Foundation | Corpus Christi, TX | 3 | $90K | $25K | Yes | General operations |
| Sholar Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $89K | $89K | Yes | Post-graduate fellowship program for social workers in texa… |
| Helene Bare Embry & William Glenn Embry | Chicago, IL | 1 | $86K | $86K | Preselected only | General |
| Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc | Temple, TX | 10 | $85K | $2,000 | Preselected only | Charitable contribution to public charity |
| The McClane Brown Family Foundation | Waco, TX | 21 | $78K | $250 | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Ralph Buchanan Albaugh Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $77K | $77K | Yes | Support for scholarships |
| The Pillsbury Foundation | St Louis, MO | 1 | $76K | $76K | Preselected only | General support |
| Tres Grace Family Foundation | San Antonio, TX | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | Health & Human Services |
| The Billy & Patty Davis Foundation | Waco, TX | 1 | $75K | $75K | Yes | General fund |
| Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc | Houston, TX | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | General donation |
| Ruth and Lee Caldwell Foundation | Abilene, TX | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | Operational support |
| H Kay Jarvis and Kenneth B Jarvis Foundation | Carrollton, TX | 1 | $75K | $75K | Yes | General |
| The Spencer Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $75K | $75K | Yes | Food insecurity at selective, normatively affluent universi… |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 9 | $73K | $8,400 | Preselected only | Paraorthogonal polynomials, unitary matrices, and blaschke…; Algebraic aspects of abstract elementary classes; Baylor algebra & logic |
| Jones Family Right Hand Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $70K | $70K | Preselected only | Towards the Bosque Square Campaign |
| The Wise Family Foundation | Gatesville, TX | 1 | $69K | $69K | Preselected only | Charitable Contribution |
| Hammeredheart Foundation Inc | Dallas, TX | 2 | $66K | $33K | Preselected only | Grants/assistance |
| Isla Carroll Turner Friendship Trust | Houston, TX | 2 | $65K | $33K | Yes | Senior Programs; Kitchen Renovations |
| Virginia O'Donnell Charitable Trust Frost Bank Trustee - Wd274 | Fort Worth, TX | 1 | $64K | $64K | Preselected only | To aid and assist in the primary works of the beneficiary i… |
| The Leon Jaworski Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $62K | $62K | Preselected only | Educational |
| Doyle R Reddell Trust | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $61K | $61K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Charles C Matthews Foundation | Carthage, TX | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | Schlorships |
| Mays Foundation | Amarillo, TX | 2 | $55K | $28K | Yes | Programs; Building, scholarships |
| George & Fay Young Foundation Inc | Dallas, TX | 2 | $55K | $28K | Yes | General |
| Tracy Guthrie Charitable Trust Ab744 | San Antonio, TX | 1 | $55K | $55K | Yes | To support the mission of the organization |
| Raygar Foundation | Lindale, TX | 1 | $53K | $53K | Preselected only | Where needed |
| Prentice Farrar Brown and Alline Ford Brown | Dallas, TX | 1 | $51K | $51K | Yes | Unrestricted general |
| Don & Colletta McMillian Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | General purpose |
| Puente de Maravillas Foundation | San Antonio, TX | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Health & Human Services |
| Stedman West Foundation (fka Neva and Wesley West Foundation) | Houston, TX | 2 | $50K | $25K | Yes | Educational grant to support the pullin family baylor marin…; Educational grant to support the facilities specifically th… |
| Adam R Scripps Foundation | Fort Mitchell, KY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Panhandle Wildfire Relief Program |
| MD Anderson Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | Mock trial and moot court competition program |
| The Lc and Mary Worley Memorial Foundation | Longview, TX | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Budget |
| Tractor Supply Company Foundation | Brentwood, TN | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | General support |
| The William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Jacquelyn m royce endowed scholarship |
| The Paul and Sally Houdayer Foundation | Seguin, TX | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | Further 501(c)(3) services |
| Hord Foundation | Midland, TX | 1 | $49K | $49K | Preselected only | Operations |
| Fm and Gloria Young Family Foundation | Waco, TX | 6 | $46K | $5,000 | Preselected only | Texas collection-special; General opperating support; Community development |
| Painted River Foundation | China Spring, TX | 2 | $45K | $23K | Preselected only | Contribution for ministries of public charity |
| Barnes Charitable Foundation | Granbury, TX | 6 | $45K | $3,250 | Preselected only | General Operating Support |
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 Waco, Texas?
Lilly Endowment Inc, Flora Cameron Foundation, William a Badger Foundation, John Templeton Foundation, The Moody Foundation and 95 others reported grants to Waco 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 Waco. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.