About Feeding Texas
Lead a unified effort for a hunger-free Texas by supporting a network of food banks and advancing solutions to end hunger across the state.
Focus Areas
hunger relieffood bank network supportSNAP and benefit enrollment assistancelocal food systemsfood is medicine / nutrition programsemergency and crisis responsepolicy and advocacy
Who They Fund
low-income / food-insecure householdsdisaster-affected communitiesregional community-based organizations and coalitions (Southwest)
Funding Style
direct service / program delivery
About Feeding Texas
Feeding Texas directs its recent grantmaking toward a statewide food-bank network, with very large awards tied to produce acquisition, nutrition education, and hunger-relief operations. Its largest recent grant in the record is $12,079,402 to Collaborative for Fresh Produce in Weslaco for produce acquisition and distribution, showing how central food sourcing is to the funder’s work. The pattern also includes repeated support for major Texas food banks such as Houston Food Bank and San Antonio Food Bank, each funded across multiple years for outreach and nutrition education programs. That mix points to a funder that supports both upstream food supply and downstream community access. The foundation’s giving is organized around food security in Texas rather than around many separate issue silos. Recent awards reach food banks in large metros and border communities alike, from Dallas and Austin to McAllen and El Paso. Feeding Texas also backs collaborative infrastructure, including regional produce and food-system efforts that connect local producers with food-insecure communities. The result is a grantmaking profile centered on statewide coordination, food access, and practical delivery systems.
What Feeding Texas Funds
In local food systems, Feeding Texas supported Collaborative for Fresh Produce with $8,866,353 in 2023 for produce acquisition and distribution, then renewed that work with $4,752,221 in 2024. That same theme appears in the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, which is designed to help food banks buy from local farmers and producers in Texas. For nutrition education and outreach, the foundation gave $10,229,928 to Galveston County Food Bank in Texas City in 2023 and $10,219,809 to Houston Food Bank in 2025 for outreach and nutrition education programs. The same program area also supported Central Texas Food Bank Inc. in Austin and North Texas Food Bank in Dallas across multiple years. Feeding Texas also funds emergency and crisis response through food-bank operations, with awards to South Texas Food Bank in Laredo and West Texas Food Bank in El Paso listed among its recent grants.
How Feeding Texas Gives
Feeding Texas’ recent grants are large relative to typical nonprofit awards: the p25 grant size is $351,191, the median is $805,286, and the p75 is $2,309,902. The recent record also shows repeated awards to the same organizations over multiple years, including Houston Food Bank, Central Texas Food Bank Inc., North Texas Food Bank, East Texas Food Bank, and others. That points to sustained operating support rather than isolated one-time gifts. The foundation is classified as a regular funder, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Its active grant programs accept unsolicited requests.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$49.5M
Total Assets
$18.5M
Total Revenue
$54.7M
Total Expenses
$55.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $351K and $2.3M, with a median of $805K.
25th Percentile
$351K
Median
$805K
75th Percentile
$2.3M
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
About 97% of grants go to recipients in TX.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
CELIA COLE
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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