Funding search · immigration and refugees · Texas
Who funds immigration and refugees work in Texas
15 funders have a record of paying for immigration and refugees work by Texas recipients: 46 grants totaling $38.1M, most recently in 2025 — mostly grantmaking charities, which often run real application cycles. The largest by matched giving are Houston Endowment ($703,333), International Rescue Committee ($3.6M) and Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 ($57,500).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Texas recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort WorthFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $373.1M · through 2024Largest: $13.1M to Refugee Services of Texas — to provide refugee case management assistance and refugee social services to eligible refugee clients.
Largest: $200,000 to Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative — program support for the houston immigration legal services immigrant resource hotline
Dallas Jewish Community FoundationDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $262,518 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to CENTER FOR REFUGEE SERVICES — human service
International Rescue CommitteeNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $10.8M · through 2024Largest: $3.0M to Refugee Services of Texas Inc — refugee programs
Communities Foundation of TexasDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $173,814 · through 2024Largest: $89,375 to REFUGEE SERVICES OF NORTH TEXAS — this grant is designated for general support.
Lutheran Immigration & Refugee ServiceBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $5.1M · through 2023Largest: $4.4M to REFUGEE SERVICES OF TEXAS — children services
Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800San Antonio, TX
4 matching grants · $57,500 · through 2025Largest: $25,000 to Center for Refugee Services — unrestricted grant
The Cynthia & George Mitchell FoundationThe Woodlands, TX
5 matching grants · $112,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project — to provide high quality comprehensive immigration services to individuals in galveston
Largest: $200,000 to MHMR FOUNDATION — refugee services program
Largest: $150,000 to Mosaic Family Services Inc — toward the support of trauma-informed services for refugees who are survivors of family violence and human trafficking in the metroplex
Largest: $32,500 to Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston — refugee services
Church World ServiceElkhart, INCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $6.5M · through 2022Largest: $3.3M to REFUGEE SERVICES OF TEXAS INC — service to the displaced
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