Texas · Private foundation
The Deason Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $43M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The Deason Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $2.8M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $2.9M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $2.8M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $3.6M | 27% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $3.3M | 10% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $2.8M | 40% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $1.6M | 38% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $4.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist University | $9,922,223 | 7 | 0% |
| Stand Together Foundation | $5,400,000 | 6 | 11% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $2,050,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Texas Public Policy Foundation | $901,833 | 3 | 4% |
| The Blexit Foundation Inc | $630,000 | 5 | 44% |
| America First Policy Institute Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 1% |
| SM Wright Foundation | $215,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Americans for Prosperity Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Southwestern Diabetic Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist University | $9,922,223 | 7 | 0% |
| Stand Together Foundation | $5,400,000 | 6 | 11% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $2,050,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Texas Public Policy Foundation | $901,833 | 3 | 4% |
| The Blexit Foundation Inc | $630,000 | 5 | 44% |
| America First Policy Institute Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 1% |
| SM Wright Foundation | $215,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Americans for Prosperity Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Southwestern Diabetic Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| First Liberty Institute | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Arena Hall | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Food Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Steamboat Institute | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Remember the Alamo Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Council for Life | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Constituting America Inc | $4,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation | $3,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Conservative Coalition | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Unlocking Doors Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Deason Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · The Dallas Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Deason Foundation
- How much does The Deason Foundation give?
- The Deason Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $2,842,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Deason Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (45%), Public Benefit (35%), Health (6%).
- Who are The Deason Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Southern Methodist University ($9.9M), Stand Together Foundation ($5.4M), Turning Point USA Inc ($2.0M).
- Does The Deason Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Deason 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 The Deason Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Donors Trust Inc.
- Where is The Deason Foundation based?
- The Deason Foundation is based in TX.
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