Tarrant Area Food Bank empowers communities to eliminate hunger by providing food, education and resources through innovation and collaboration.
Tarrant Area Food Bank’s largest recent grants went to 450 Food Distribution Agencies in Fort Worth for hunger relief, with awards of $87,688,270 in 2025 and $72,946,511 in 2024. That pattern places direct food distribution at the center of its work, and it shows the scale at which the foundation supports a network of agencies rather than a single service site. The organization’s stated mission is to eliminate hunger by providing food, education, and resources through innovation and collaboration, and its giving reflects that combined approach. Alongside food distribution, the foundation’s focus areas include nutrition education, SNAP and benefits enrollment assistance, senior nutrition programs, youth and school-based food access, community gardens, farmers market nutrition programs, and mobile food distributions. Its beneficiary groups include school-aged children, seniors including homebound elderly, food-insecure individuals and families, and students using school-based markets. Leadership is listed as JULIE BUTNER, and the foundation funds locally in Texas.
Hunger relief is the clearest throughline in the grant record: the foundation gave $87,688,270 in 2025 and $72,946,511 in 2024 to 450 Food Distribution Agencies in Fort Worth for Hunger Relief. That scale matches a model built around food access and distribution capacity. Beyond emergency food assistance, the foundation also supports nutrition education and benefit access. It funds SNAP and benefits enrollment assistance, which connects households to food support beyond a single distribution event. The topic list also includes senior nutrition programs, along with youth and school-based food access, showing that the foundation addresses different life stages. Community gardens, farmers market nutrition programs, and mobile food distributions appear in its focus areas as well, indicating support for both direct food delivery and healthier food-access channels.
The two recent grants are both very large and tightly clustered: p25 is $76,631,951, median is $80,317,390, and p75 is $84,002,830. In the available record, that points to a high-dollar, relatively narrow grant-size band. The recent grants also show continuity across years, with the same type of award made in 2024 and 2025. Grantmaking is local, all recipients are in Texas, and the foundation gives only in the recipient state shown here. It does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
$96.1M
$83M
$156M
$152M
Most grants fall between $76.6M and $84M, with a median of $80.3M.
25th Percentile
$76.6M
Median
$80.3M
75th Percentile
$84M
About 100% of grants go to recipients in TX.
JULIE BUTNER
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Grantmaking is concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 100% of recipient locations in the available data. The recent grants both went to Fort Worth-based recipients: 450 Food Distribution Agencies. The geographic pattern is local rather than multi-state or international, with no non-U.S. recipient countries in the record. The grants point to a Fort Worth-centered network supporting hunger relief across the foundation’s service area.
The listed focus areas are food security and hunger relief, nutrition education, SNAP and benefits enrollment assistance, senior nutrition programs, youth and school-based food access, community gardens, farmers market nutrition programs, and mobile food distributions.
The recent grants are very large and clustered closely together: p25 is $76,631,951, the median is $80,317,390, and p75 is $84,002,830.
The grants shown are local and all recipient locations are in Texas. The available record shows 100% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state, TX.
No. The foundation is listed as not funding individuals.
The recent record shows the same Fort Worth hunger-relief grant pattern in 2024 and 2025, including awards to 450 Food Distribution Agencies in both years, which indicates repeat support across years.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Current and upcoming funding from Tarrant Area Food Bank that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Community-based nonprofit hunger-relief organizations and social service agencies serving residents in TAFB's 13-county service area. (Detailed eligibility is provided on the Become a Partner Agency page/partner portal.)
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 688 Food Distribution Agencies | Fort Worth, TX | $96,074,263 | 2026 | Hunger Relief |
| 450 Food Distribution Agencies | Fort Worth, TX | $87,688,270 | 2025 | Hunger Relief |
| 450 Food Distribution Agencies | Fort Worth, TX | $72,946,511 | 2024 | Hunger Relief |
688 Food Distribution Agencies
$96,074,263Hunger Relief
450 Food Distribution Agencies
$87,688,270Hunger Relief
450 Food Distribution Agencies
$72,946,511Hunger Relief