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Nonprofits in Texas

The IRS recognises 154,539 tax-exempt organizations with a Texas address, rank 2 of 51. 9,820 of them have a Form 990 on record.

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At a glance

154,539
Organizations recognised
Registration, not activity.
133,046
Recognised under 501(c)(3)
The charitable subsection.
9,820
With a Form 990 on record
The only organizations with financial figures here.
493.9
Per 100,000 residents
Census resident population as the denominator.
$205,705,529,645
Revenue reported
Summed across filings, each for a different year.
7.9%
Share of all US organizations
Of 1,964,958 recognised nationally.

Taken from the IRS on September 19, 2026. Address of record, which is not necessarily where an organization operates.

Largest by revenue

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Organizations in Texas by total revenue on their most recent Form 990
RankOrganizationRevenue
1MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM$8,526,519,854
2TEXAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$4,436,955,658
3METHODIST HOSPITAL GROUP$4,404,411,075
4MICHAEL & SUSAN DELL FOUNDATION$4,273,133,138
5THE METHODIST HOSPITAL$3,595,725,127
6BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$2,979,794,649
7BANKAMERICA GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM TR$2,819,075,101
8TEXAS CHILDRENS HEALTH PLAN INC$2,791,870,131
9CHILDRENS HEALTH SYSTEM OF TEXAS$2,662,618,681
10METHODIST HOSPITALS OF DALLAS$2,549,613,644
11COOK CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER$2,268,395,631
12SCOTT AND WHITE HEALTH PLAN$2,198,117,315
13AT&T VEBA TRUST$2,072,945,177
14THE STEPHENS GRETH FOUNDATION$2,000,834,064
15BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$1,994,070,507

The fifteen largest with a filing on record. Organizations without one are counted above but have no figures to rank.

Largest by assets

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Organizations in Texas by assets
RankOrganizationAssets
1MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM$13,656,114,392
2THE METHODIST HOSPITAL$11,855,424,448
3WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY$11,183,685,000
4TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES$9,856,946,354
5TEXAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$9,178,782,905
6TEXAS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY$8,566,132,270
7MICHAEL & SUSAN DELL FOUNDATION$7,770,844,151
8METHODIST HOSPITAL GROUP$7,626,606,840
9ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS INC 10-10-90$7,427,062,983
10CHILDRENS HEALTH SYSTEM OF TEXAS$5,930,052,679

Book value at the end of the year, which is what all three forms report.

Highest reported compensation

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Organizations in Texas by reported compensation
RankOrganizationReported compensation
1THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE INC$17,210,686
2CHRISTUS HEALTH$16,210,758
3CHRISTUS HEALTH STRATEGIC GROWTH$14,656,684
4TEXAS CHILDRENS HEALTH PLAN INC$13,343,659
5TEXAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$13,338,019
6TEXAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$13,338,019
7TEXAS CHILDRENS WOMENS SPECIALISTS$13,338,019
8THE METHODIST HOSPITAL$10,653,219
9METHODIST HOSPITAL GROUP$8,338,578
10MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL REGIONAL HEALTH CARE CENTER$6,880,055

The largest amount an organization here reported paying one person, as reported.

What they do

Organizations in Texas by NTEE major group
CategoryOrganizations
Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations1,469
Education1,080
Human Services977
Health Care609
Arts, Culture and Humanities414
Religion-Related387
Community Improvement and Capacity Building366
Housing and Shelter316
Recreation and Sports236
Youth Development170

Organizations the IRS never classified do not appear here. A code is assigned at registration and rarely updated, so it describes what an organization said it would do.

Nearest by count

States either side of Texas by number of organizations
RankStateOrganizations
1California202,765
3New York124,664

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    Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.

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Compared with New York.

Full rankings: largest by revenue, largest by assets, and largest grantmakers, and highest reported officer compensation. All organizations: nonprofits.

What this page cannot show

  • The state is the organization’s address of record with the IRS. A national charity registered here operates elsewhere too.
  • Churches need not apply for recognition, so they are under-represented, and the ones here are those that chose to apply.
  • Financial figures exist only for organizations with a Form 990 on record, and each describes whichever year that organization last reported.

Full method at methodology.

Sources

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