Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation Inc
Dallas, TX · EIN 75-2936754. Reported 162 grants totalling $3,776,638 to 111 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. Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation Inc 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $4,000 and the largest $200,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Worth Opera Association Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Presbyterian Night Shelter | Fort Worth, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seagle Music Colony Inc | Schroon Lake, NY | $97,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of Fort Worth Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $95,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Children First Inc | Grand Prairie, TX | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Healing Hands Medical Community Health Center | Dallas, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Farm Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| AIDS Outreach Center Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $66,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shumla Archaeological Research Center | Dallas, TX | $64,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Allen Community Outreach | Allen, TX | $60,605 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ach Child and Family Services | Fort Worth, TX | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cristo Rey Dallas High School | Dallas, TX | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Family Place Inc | Dallas, TX | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Santa Fe Opera | Santa Fe, NM | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Als Association of Texas | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas Legal Hospice | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Metrocrest Services Inc | Farmers Branch, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nasher Sculpture Center | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Open Arms Inc | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tcs Education - Texas Inc | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Way Back House Inc | Richardson, TX | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Child Protection Connection | Dallas, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Men of Nehemiah Inc | Dallas, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House | Lake Dallas, TX | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Trinity Restoration Ministries | Dallas, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Magdalen House | Dallas, TX | $37,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Union Gospel Mission of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Survivors of Torture | Dallas, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Transforming Lives | Fort Worth, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Citysquare | Dallas, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Encounter Church | Benbrook, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Esperanza Ministries Dba CASA Del Lago | Spring, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fort Worth Museum of Science & History | Fort Worth, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rainbow Days | Dallas, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Muslim Women's Foundation Inc | Plano, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Amon Carter Museum of Western Art | Fort Worth, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Partners of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hope Supply Co | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Our Calling Inc | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Simply Grace | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Counseling Place | Richardson, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The King's Academy | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Well Community | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| AFTER8TOEDUCATE | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aspire Dba Lift | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Behind Every Door Ministries Inc | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bridges to Life | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| CASA of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Denton County Friends of the Family | Denton, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metrocare Services | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Dallas Shared Ministries Inc | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oak Cliff Veggie Project Inc | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Presbyterian Night Shelter Tarrant Cnty | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Souls Harbor Inc | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Concilio | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Dallas 24 Hour Club Inc | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Transition Resource Action Center Aka Trac | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ugm of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way Metropolitan Dallas Inc | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| AIDS Services of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Austin Street Center | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brighter Tomorrows Inc | Irving, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| CASA of Denton County | Denton, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cathedral of Hope | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christian Community Action | Lewisville, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dallas Mission for Life Inc | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Exodus Ministries | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Girls Incorporated of Metro Dallas | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope Cottage Inc | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Friends New Life | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| One Man's Treasure | Rockwall, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pediplace | Lewisville, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Perot Museum of Nature & Science | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Battered Women's Foundation | N Richland Hills, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Stewpot - Dallas | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Twelfth Step Ministry | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth Believing in Change | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 6 Stones Mission Network | Bedford, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clayton Dabney Fdn for Kids With Cancer | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Compass | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fort Worth Hope Center | Fort Worth, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Living for Zachary | Plano, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy Street Inc | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Fdn Teaching Entrepreneurship | Irving, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Operation Finally Home | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Loreto House | Denton, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| After-School Opportunity Lab | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Buckner Children & Family Services | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carecenter Ministries | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carter's House | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christian Community Storehouse of Keller | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Forerunner Fund | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Solar Prep | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girlstart | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grant Hallibution Foundation Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Health Services of North Texas Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| I Look Like Love Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legacy Counseling Dba Legacy Cares | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Montserrat Retreat House Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Storehouse of Collin County | Plano, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope Center 4 Autism - Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young County Olney Senior Cub Center | Olney, TX | $6,033 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dme Exchange of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hear My Cry Foundation | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Together We Thrive | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Help Out Center Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
36 of 111 (32%) 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 28%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County
PURCHASE & RENOVATE HOUSING - Catholic Charities of Fort Worth Inc
SUPPORT 'STAY THE COURSE' - Family Place Inc
MEN-ONLY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Als Association of Texas
RESEARCH IN HONOR OF RANN - Children First Inc
NEW HOME FOR HOPE CAPITAL - Allen Community Outreach
RENOVATION & RELOCATION OF
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 107 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46 | $839,000 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 50 | $1,061,250 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 36 | $1,098,033 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | 30 | $778,355 | $23,875 |
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. 95% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. 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 $20,000. 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 Texas.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation Inc'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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