Funding search · workforce development · Texas
Who funds workforce development work in Texas
15 funders have a record of paying for workforce development work by Texas recipients: 287 grants totaling $24.2M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Texas Mutual Insurance Company ($14.2M), The Graham and Carolyn Holloway ($257,500) and Trinity Park Conservancy ($270,000).
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.
Texas Mutual Insurance CompanyAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
176 matching grants · $14.2M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS — workforce development & safety training
Largest: $20,000 to WOMEN'S CENTER OF TARRANT COUNTY — workforce development
Trinity Park ConservancyDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $270,000 · through 2025Largest: $30,000 to On-Target Supplies — workforce development program
Largest: $115,000 to SENIOR CITIZENS OF GREATER DALLAS — the senior source elder financial safety center aligns with grant purpose by providing comprehensive financial literacy programs, job readiness support, and technology training for…
Largest: $215,000 to VALLEY INITIATIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT — 2024-2026 higher education and workforce development support services
Market Lubbock Economic DevelopmentLubbock, TXCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $539,463 · through 2023Largest: $99,350 to LEVELLAND ISD — to assist with equipment needs for high demand job training classes
Precast Concrete Manufacturers FoundationNew Braunfels, TX
7 matching grants · $11,000 · through 2025Largest: $2,000 to Brody Stoler — workforce development scholarship
Largest: $300,000 to Christian Community Service Center — to support operating programs such as rent & utility assistance, ged/esl classes, food pantry, job counseling & vocational training.
Largest: $5,000 to ZAN WESLEY HOLMES JR COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER — the low voltage program is a 7-week technical training program that provides low-to-moderate income individuals with job training in the light electrical field emotional intelligen…
Bioindustrial Manufacturing and DesignEmeryville, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $331,467 · through 2023Largest: $168,591 to THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - AUSTIN — education and workforce development research and service delivery
Largest: $584,770 to Dallas College Foundation — assistance with the early educator workforce development learning partnership
Largest: $993,762 to AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC — heartcorps: aha's rural public health workforce development initiative
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