The TOP Ed Fund organizes Black and Latino communities in Harris, Dallas, Bexar and Fort Bend counties with the goal of transforming Texas into a state where people of color have the power and representation they deserve.
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund’s largest recent grant went to the Texas Organizing Project for $1,580,000 in 2025 to increase non-partisan voter participation. That award reflects the funder’s core pattern: using grant dollars to back organizing, civic engagement, and coalition work that builds political power for Black and Latino communities in Texas. The foundation has also repeatedly funded election-related organizing, including a $800,000 grant in 2023 to the same organization for non-partisan participation in the November 2022 election. The funder’s portfolio includes support for health advocacy, public education, criminal justice reentry, disaster recovery, and community-based organizing. Its grants show a mix of direct support to Texas groups and pass-through funding tied to coalition work. In 2025, it backed Restoring Justice for ongoing programmatic initiatives, and it also supported healthcare organizing through the Sick Of It Texas coalition through multiple partners. The foundation’s stated organizing focus centers Black and Latino communities in Harris, Dallas, Bexar, and Fort Bend counties. Across the recent grants list, that mission appears in both large-scale civic participation grants and smaller awards to local groups working on voting, school advocacy, parent organizing, and neighborhood-based advocacy.
Non-partisan voter participation is the clearest thread in the recent grants list. Texas Organizing Project Education Fund gave $1,580,000 to Texas Organizing Project in 2025 for non-partisan activities to increase voter participation, and earlier gave $800,000 to the same grantee for the November 2022 election. Healthcare organizing is another recurring theme. In 2025, the foundation awarded $175,000 to Children’s Defense Fund and $150,000 to Every Texan for healthcare organizing through the Sick Of It Texas coalition. Two other partners in that coalition received $62,500 each: Panhandle Community Services and Project Vida Health Center. The foundation also funds education and neighborhood-level advocacy. CVPE Educational Forum Inc received $75,000 in 2025 for parent organizing, while Texas Latino Pride received $15,000 in 2024 to cultivate civic participation in the Latino community. In addition, Ground Game Fund received $35,000 in 2025 for a local Dallas ballot measure.
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Most grants fall between $14K and $140K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$14K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$140K
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Typical grants cluster around a median of $25,000, with a first quartile of $13,750 and a third quartile of $140,000. The recent list shows both very large awards and many smaller operating or programmatic grants, indicating a layered funding approach. The foundation is classified as a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not make program-related investments or fund individuals. Several recipients appear more than once across years, including Texas Organizing Project, Restoring Justice, Every Texan, Children’s Defense Fund, and Urban Community Network. That pattern suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-time support. The grants also include general operations, programmatic initiatives, coalition support, and subgrant/pass-through funding tied to named projects.
Texas accounts for 80% of grants by recipient location, and the giving footprint is concentrated in-state. Among named Texas cities in the recent list, San Antonio appears with Texas Organizing Project, SA Justice Charter PAC, and Freed Texas; Houston appears with Restoring Justice, CVPE Educational Forum Inc, and Urban Community Network; Austin appears with Every Texan and Register 2 Vote; Dallas appears with Ground Game Fund and Texas Latino Pride. Outside Texas, the recent grants list includes New Jersey Resource Project in West Creek, New Jersey, and VOCAL in Brooklyn, New York.
The recent grants show support for non-partisan voter participation, healthcare organizing through the Sick Of It Texas coalition, parent organizing, disaster recovery organizing and advocacy, criminal justice reentry services, public education advocacy, and community-based civic participation. Several grants are explicitly tied to coalition work or organizing support rather than direct service delivery.
The grant-size distribution centers on a median of $25,000, with a 25th percentile of $13,750 and a 75th percentile of $140,000. The recent grants list also includes much larger awards, including a $1,580,000 grant in 2025 and an $800,000 grant in 2023.
Yes. Texas Organizing Project appears in both 2025 and 2023, Restoring Justice appears in 2024 and 2025, and both Every Texan and Children’s Defense Fund appear in more than one year. Urban Community Network also appears in 2024 and 2025, showing repeated support for several partners.
Its grants are highly concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 80% of recipient locations. Recent Texas grants include organizations in San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Amarillo, and El Paso, alongside a smaller number of grants to organizations in New Jersey and New York.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Organizing Project | San Antonio, TX | $1,580,000 | 2025 | Non-partisan activities to increase voter participation. |
| Restoring Justice | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 2025 | To support ongoing programmatic initiatives. |
| New Jersey Resource Project | West Creek, NJ | $186,266 | 2025 | To support disaster recovery organizing and advocacy |
| Children's Defense fund | Washington, TX | $175,000 | 2025 | To support healthcare organizing through Sick Of It Texas coalition |
| Every Texan | Austin, TX | $150,000 | 2025 | To support healthcare organizing throigh Sick Of It Texas coalition |
| CVPE Educational Forum Inc | Houston, TX | $75,000 | 2025 | To support parent organzing |
| Panhandle Community Services | Amarillo, TX | $62,500 | 2025 | To support healthcare organizing through Sick Of It Texas coalition |
| Project Vida Health Center | El Paso, TX | $62,500 | 2025 | To support healthcare organizing through Sick Of It Texas coalition |
| Ground Game Fund | Manchaca, TX | $35,000 | 2025 | Lobbying grant to support local Dallas ballot meassure. |
| Urban Community Network | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | To support ongoing programmatic initiatives. |
| Urban Community Network | Houston, TX | $7,500 | 2025 | To support recovery organizing |
| SA Justice Charter PAC | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $272,000 | 2024 | For activities in support of the San Antonio Justice Charter Amendment. |
| Restoring Justice | HOUSTON, TX | $225,000 | 2024 | Founded in 2016, Restoring Justice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Houston, Texas that provides holistic and client-centered representation to marginalized members of our community facing criminal charges. |
| VOCAL | BROOKLYN, NY | $40,000 | 2024 | Voices Of Community Activists & Leaders (VOCAL-TX) is a statewide grassroots membership organization that builds power among low-income people affected by HIV/AIDS, the drug war, mass incarceration, and homelessness in order to create healthy and just communities. |
| Daughters Across The Dispora | DALLAS, TX | $25,000 | 2024 | The Mission of Daughters Across The Diaspora is to build up our communities through providing economic and community development services to young Black women who want to be the change they want to see. |
| By Any Means 104 | FORT WORTH, TX | $25,000 | 2024 | The Mission of By Any Means 104: a grass-roots initiative that builds garden boxes at the homes of community members in 76104, which is a zip code with one of the lowest life expectancies in the nation. |
| Texas Latino Pride | DALLAS, TX | $15,000 | 2024 | Cultivate a vibrant culture of civic participation in the Latino community that becomes a transformative force towards a more progressive and inclusive Tejas. |
| URBAN COMMUNITY NETWORK | HOUSTON, TX | $15,000 | 2024 | Urban Community Network is a non-profit organization whose mission is to build safe, healthy, sustainable communities where youth and their families can thrive. |
| Every Texan - previously known as Center for Public Policy Priorites | AUSTIN, TX | $12,500 | 2024 | The Grant Funds are a subgrant from Community Catalyst, Inc. and are to be used exclusively to fund the activities of the Project in accordance with the proposal and any addendum submitted to Community Catalyst, Inc. and all subsequent correspondence and proposal revisions submitted to and approved by Community Catalyst in writing. |
| Children's Defense Fund | WASHINGTON, DC | $12,500 | 2024 | The Grant Funds are a subgrant from Community Catalyst, Inc. and are to be used exclusively to fund the activities of the Project in accordance with the proposal and any addendum submitted to Community Catalyst, Inc. and all subsequent correspondence and proposal revisions submitted to and approved by Community Catalyst in writing. |
| FREED TEXAS | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $10,000 | 2024 | FREED Texas was born out of a great need to address the multi-dimensional needs of an individual as they strive to reintegrate into a society that has discounted them as citizens. |
| CVPE EDUCATIONAL FORUM INC | HOUSTON, TX | $10,000 | 2024 | Houston Community Voices for Public Education (CVPE) unites parents, educators, students, and community members of all identities to advocate for strong and equitable public schools. They believe in the power and the promise of a public education. They fight for equity, access, democracy, meaningful learning, and respect for schools' communities. |
| Texas Organizing Project | San Antonio, TX | $800,000 | 2023 | To support non-partisan activities to increase voter participation in November 2022 election. |
| Children's Defense Fund | WASHINGTON, DC | $180,000 | 2023 | The Grant Funds are a subgrant from Community Catalyst, Inc. and are to be used exclusively to fund the activities of the Project in accordance with the proposal and any addendum submitted to Community Catalyst, Inc. and all subsequent correspondence and proposal revisions submitted to and approved by Community Catalyst in writing |
| Every Texan - previously known as Center for Public Policy Priorites | AUSTIN, TX | $100,000 | 2023 | The Grant Funds are a subgrant from Community Catalyst, Inc. and are to be used exclusively to fund the activities of the Project in accordance with the proposal and any addendum submitted to Community Catalyst. |
| Register 2 Vote | AUSTIN, TX | $25,000 | 2023 | General Operation Support towards their mission. |
Texas Organizing Project
$1,580,000Non-partisan activities to increase voter participation.
To support disaster recovery organizing and advocacy
To support healthcare organizing through Sick Of It Texas coalition
To support healthcare organizing throigh Sick Of It Texas coalition
To support healthcare organizing through Sick Of It Texas coalition
To support healthcare organizing through Sick Of It Texas coalition
SA Justice Charter PAC
$272,000For activities in support of the San Antonio Justice Charter Amendment.
Founded in 2016, Restoring Justice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Houston, Texas that provides holistic and client-centered representation to marginalized members of our community facing criminal charges.
Voices Of Community Activists & Leaders (VOCAL-TX) is a statewide grassroots membership organization that builds power among low-income people affected by HIV/AIDS, the drug war, mass incarceration, and homelessness in order to create healthy and just communities.
Daughters Across The Dispora
$25,000The Mission of Daughters Across The Diaspora is to build up our communities through providing economic and community development services to young Black women who want to be the change they want to see.
By Any Means 104
$25,000The Mission of By Any Means 104: a grass-roots initiative that builds garden boxes at the homes of community members in 76104, which is a zip code with one of the lowest life expectancies in the nation.
Cultivate a vibrant culture of civic participation in the Latino community that becomes a transformative force towards a more progressive and inclusive Tejas.
Urban Community Network is a non-profit organization whose mission is to build safe, healthy, sustainable communities where youth and their families can thrive.
The Grant Funds are a subgrant from Community Catalyst, Inc. and are to be used exclusively to fund the activities of the Project in accordance with the proposal and any addendum submitted to Community Catalyst, Inc. and all subsequent correspondence and proposal revisions submitted to and approved by Community Catalyst in writing.
The Grant Funds are a subgrant from Community Catalyst, Inc. and are to be used exclusively to fund the activities of the Project in accordance with the proposal and any addendum submitted to Community Catalyst, Inc. and all subsequent correspondence and proposal revisions submitted to and approved by Community Catalyst in writing.
FREED TEXAS
$10,000FREED Texas was born out of a great need to address the multi-dimensional needs of an individual as they strive to reintegrate into a society that has discounted them as citizens.
Houston Community Voices for Public Education (CVPE) unites parents, educators, students, and community members of all identities to advocate for strong and equitable public schools. They believe in the power and the promise of a public education. They fight for equity, access, democracy, meaningful learning, and respect for schools' communities.
Texas Organizing Project
$800,000To support non-partisan activities to increase voter participation in November 2022 election.
The Grant Funds are a subgrant from Community Catalyst, Inc. and are to be used exclusively to fund the activities of the Project in accordance with the proposal and any addendum submitted to Community Catalyst, Inc. and all subsequent correspondence and proposal revisions submitted to and approved by Community Catalyst in writing
The Grant Funds are a subgrant from Community Catalyst, Inc. and are to be used exclusively to fund the activities of the Project in accordance with the proposal and any addendum submitted to Community Catalyst.