Texas · Private foundation
Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $15k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $391k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $15k | 46% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $9k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $6k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $2k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $2k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $2k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $2k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $4k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crystal Charity Ball | $6,660 | 3 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hockaday School | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Southwestern Medical Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forefront Living Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Wilkinson Center | $1,450 | 4 | 0% |
| Equest | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| C a R E Dallas Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dallas Social Venture Partners | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crystal Charity Ball | $6,660 | 3 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hockaday School | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Southwestern Medical Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forefront Living Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Wilkinson Center | $1,450 | 4 | 0% |
| Equest | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| C a R E Dallas Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dallas Social Venture Partners | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Turtle Creek Conservancy | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Theatre Aspen | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Educational First Steps | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Phoenix Houses of Texas Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Every Avenue | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Crossroads Community Services Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Methodist University | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Dallas Womans Club Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor Health Care System Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| North Texas Food Bank | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc | $60 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($12k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
Compare Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation with peer funders
About Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation
- How much does Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation give?
- Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $14,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (36%), Human Services (34%), Education (10%).
- Who are Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Crystal Charity Ball ($7k), Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc ($5k), Hockaday School ($3k).
- Does Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, The Dallas Foundation, Texas Instruments Foundation.
- Where is Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation based?
- Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation is based in TX.
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