Lesley Family Foundation Inc
Dallas, TX · EIN 75-2936755. Reported 104 grants totalling $3,696,690 to 60 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. Lesley Family 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 $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $250,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Christian University | Fort Worth, TX | $750,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund | San Diego, CA | $263,660 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| North Texas Food Bank | Plano, TX | $215,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Promise House Inc | Dallas, TX | $215,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Great Plains Restoration Council | Fort Worth, TX | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center | Dallas, TX | $138,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ennis Public Theatre | Ennis, TX | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Survivors of Torture | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Child Protection Connection | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Best Friends Animal Society | Kanab, UT | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| CASA of Denton County Inc | Denton, TX | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Artist Outreach Inc | Dallas, TX | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shumla Archaeological Researcheduc Ctr | Dallas, TX | $75,825 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Ballet Theatre | Kirkland, WA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Juliette Fowler Communities Inc | Dallas, TX | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of North Texas Foundation | Denton, TX | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mosaic Family Services Inc | Dallas, TX | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Children's Advocacy Center for Denton County | Lewisville, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Crossroads Community Services Inc | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Design Connect Create | Grand Prairie, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Way Back House Inc | Richardson, TX | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hope's Door Dba Hope's Door New Beginning Center | Plano, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Take Me Home Pet Rescue | Richardson, TX | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ach Child & Family Services | Fort Worth, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Housing Crisis Center Inc | Dallas, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Stewpot of First Presbyterian Church | Dallas, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Global Fund for Children | Washington, DC | $34,205 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dallas Services Dba Center for Vision Health | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Envision Dallas | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Prevent Blindness Texas | Houston, TX | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 29 Acres Inc | Cross Roads, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Canine Companions for Independence | Irving, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Medical Center Foundation | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Food Bank Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Deep Vellum Publishing | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Denton County Friends of the Family Inc | Denton, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pwa Coalition of Dallas Inc Dba AIDS Services of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| TRAFFICK911 | Addison, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bluebonnet Equine Humane Sosicty Inc | College Station, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brighter Tomorrows Inc | Irving, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cathedral of Hope | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chimp Haven | Keithville, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls Incorporated of Metro Dallas | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Battered Women's Foundation | North Richland Hills, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Girls Empowerment Network | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Humane Society of North Texas | Fort Worth, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Operation Kindness | Carrolton, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Phased in | Waxahachie, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Simply Grace | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teco Theatrical Productions Inc | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Lonestar | Irving, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society Inc | College Station, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cancer Support Community North Texas | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Child Protective Services Dba Community Partners Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Partners of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Friends New Life | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camp Taylor | Modesto, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Little Elm Animal Shelter | Little Elm, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hear My Cry Foundation | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hope Supply | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
25 of 60 (42%) 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 53%, 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.
- Texas Christian University
PURVIS INSTITUTE OF CHILD - Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund
RARE CACAO GENETIC CLUSTERS - International Ballet Theatre
FOR SHORT-TERM OPERATIONAL - Child Protection Connection
SUPPORT TEXAS LAWYERS FOR - CASA of Denton County Inc
SUPPORT FOR COURT ADVOCACY - Design Connect Create
SUPPORT 2024 ACCELERATE HER
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 67 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | $775,000 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 33 | $1,124,500 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 22 | $900,000 | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 32 | $897,190 | $15,000 |
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. 87% 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 $25,000. 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 Lesley Family 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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