Harriet and Jerry Dempsey Family Foundation
Dallas, TX · EIN 36-7190047. Reported 140 grants totalling $1,311,500 to 69 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Harriet and Jerry Dempsey Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $60,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifesong for Orphans | Gridley, IL | $199,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Esther Kaikai Memorial Outreach | Austell, GA | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Help the Persecuted | Atlanta, GA | $94,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Atlanta Youth Academies Inc | Atlanta, GA | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Carenet | Lansdowne, VA | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Remerge | Atlanta, GA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | Scottsdale, AZ | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Richard J Caron Foundation | Wernersville, PA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Barry County Community Foundation | Hastings, MI | $33,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Samaritans Purse | Boone, NC | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Semper Fi and America's Fund | Oceanside, CA | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Perspective Ministries | Woodstock, GA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bethany Christian Services | Grand Rapids, MI | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity in Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Exodus Road Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Echo Inc | N Fort Myers, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Illuminations Foundation | Alpharetta, GA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Andrew Wommack Ministries Inc | Woodland Park, CO | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Care | Atlanta, GA | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| One Less Inc | Hastings, MI | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Center for Law and Justice | Virginia Beach, VA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hias Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Forgotten Man Ministries | Grand Rapids, MI | $11,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Big Life Foundation | Ridgefield, WA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Refuge Inc | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| George West Mental Health Fdn | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Global Giving | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Good Samaritan Health Center | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israel Red Cross | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nations Arise Ministries | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Point Ministries | Alpharetta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northpoint Ministries | Alpharetta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prisma Health | Greenville, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Table on Delk | Marietta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Team Rubicon | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Forgotten Initiative | Bloomington, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Door International Inc | Zeeland, MI | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Guadalupe Center Inc | Immokalee, FL | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope for Haiti's Children Ministries | Cincinnati, OH | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Grace Center Foundation | Naples, FL | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| HAND2HAND Ministries | Jenison, MI | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alpha Women's Ctr of Barry Ct | Hastings, MI | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Compassion International | Colorado Springs, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northpoint Ministries | High Point, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| One Hope | Pompano Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Path Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Water Mission | North Charleston, SC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Life | Colorado Springs, CO | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| South Michigan Food Bank | Battle Creek, MI | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hastings Education Enrichment | Hastings, MI | $4,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Christian Navigators | Albert Lea, MI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food Bank of Eastern Michigan | Flint, MI | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Haiti Scholars Inc | Naperville, IL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Spark in the Dark | Traverse City, MI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Thornapple Valley Church | Hastings, MI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Promise of Barry County | Hastings, MI | $2,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Horizons of Sw Florida | Bonita Springs, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reformed University Fellowship | Charlotte, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thornapple Arts Council | Hastings, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Matthew 25 Ministries | Blue Ash, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Matthew's House | Naples, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alpha Women's Center of Barry County | Hastings, MI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tim Tebow Foundation | Jacksonville, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity Collier Cty | Naples, FL | $1,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mt Zion Baptist Church | Kalamazoo, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Kansas City, MO | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Barry County United Way | Hastings, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
38 of 69 (55%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 59%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 101 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 37 | $318,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 36 | $359,000 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 34 | $304,500 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 33 | $330,000 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 40% of this one's giving went to organizations in Georgia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Georgia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Harriet and Jerry Dempsey Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 653067, Dallas, TX, 75265. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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