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Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$16kHuman Services$16kEducation$5kReligion$2kPhilanthropy$2kCommunity Improvement$2kArts & Culture$1kEnvironment$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$391k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TISCH MS RESEARCH CENTER OF NY$2,500
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$2,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF DALLAS$1,500
CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL$1,500
CARE DALLAS$1,000
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE DALLAS FOUND$1,000
SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
FOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION$1,000
THEATRE ASPEN$1,000
WILKINSON CENTER$500
TURTLE CREEK CONSERVANCY$500
DALLAS WOMAN'S CLUB FOUNDATION$250
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%FOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%Incarnation House: $500 → 14%CARE DALLAS: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$29k · 11 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
16

Total granted

$29k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+26%

Still filing today

73%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TC
    THE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL
    3× · 2017–2025 · $7k · revenue +11%
  • RM
    Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc
    5× · 2020–2025 · $5k · revenue +55%
  • HS
    HOCKADAY SCHOOL
    2× · 2018–2022 · $3k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • DS
    DALLAS SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue 0%
  • CR
    CRISTO REY
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.

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2
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
3
Baylor University Medical Center

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
4
Dallas College Foundation Inc

Dallas college foundation enhances the level of achievement and excellence of dallas college by providing scholarships, eliminating barriers that prevent students from attending and graduating, and supporting innovation.

Education
5
Baylor Scott & White Holdings

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
6
Dallas County Medical Society

The mission of the dallas county medical society is to promote public health and advocate for physicians and their relationship with patients, while upholding professionalism in the practice of medicine.

—
7
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
8
Baylor Scott & White Medical Centers - Greater North Texas

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
9
Baylor Medical Center at Irving

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
10
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
11
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Centennial

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
12
Irving Healthcare Foundation

To foster and support the activities and purposes of Baylor Medical Center at Irving, to encourage broad-based public support, and to advance its medical objectives including sponsorship of patient care, research, and educational and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Crossroads Community Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dallas Womans Club Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc: $5,000 · OtherRonald McDonald House of Dallas IncBAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE DALLAS FOUND: $3,000 · OtherBAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE DALLAS FOUNDTISCH MS RESEARCH CENTER OF NY: $2,500 · OtherTISCH MS RESEARCH CENTER OF NYSALVATION ARMY: $1,600 · OtherSALVATION ARMYAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $1,500 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYEQUEST: $1,100 · OtherEQUESTIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherCRISTO REY: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · Other+6 more: $2,250 · Other+6 moreHOCKADAY SCHOOL: $3,000 · EducationHOCKADAY SCHOOLSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL …WILKINSON CENTER: $1,450 · EducationWILKINSON CENTEREDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS: $1,000 · EducationEDUCATIONAL FIRST STE…+1 more: $250 · EducationTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $6,660 · PhilanthropyTHE CRYSTAL CHARIT…DALLAS SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS: $1,000 · PhilanthropyDALLAS SOCIAL VENT…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,000 · HealthAMERICAN C…American Heart Association Inc: $1,000 · HealthAmerican H…Phoenix Houses of Texas Inc: $1,000 · HealthPhoenix Ho…Baylor Health Care System Foundation: $250 · HealthBaylor Hea…FOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Human ServicesC A R E DALLAS INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesEVERY AVENUE: $500 · Human ServicesTHEATRE ASPEN: $1,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $60 · Arts & CultureTURTLE CREEK CONSERVANCY: $1,000 · EnvironmentCROSSROADS COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $250 · Food & Nutrition
Other$19,950Education$8,700Philanthropy$7,660Health$4,250Human Services$3,000Arts & Culture$1,060Environment$1,000Food & Nutrition$250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $6,660 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House of Dallas Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOCKADAY SCHOOL: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILKINSON CENTER: $1,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEQUEST: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetC A R E DALLAS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDALLAS SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTURTLE CREEK CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATRE ASPEN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Houses of Texas Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERY AVENUE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROADS COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS WOMANS CLUB FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBaylor Health Care System Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $60 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Communities Foundatio…The Dallas FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…The Addy FoundationLisa and Clay Cooley …Kline Family Foundati…Hoblitzelle FoundationW P & Bulah Luse Foun…The Rees-Jones Founda…Texas Women's Foundat…Dallas Jewish Communi…Raymond James Charita…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX18.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Addy Foundation · Lisa and Clay Cooley Family Foundation · Kline Family Foundation · Hoblitzelle Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · Dallas Jewish Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leslie and Bryan Diers Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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