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The Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$584k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
4
Grants FY2024
8
Organizations funded FY2023
38%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$105,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$400,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 30
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$9.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $121k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalReligionHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving4$584k0%
FY20238$950k38%
FY202216$972k19%
FY202125$722k24%
FY202020$577k40%
FY201921$444k57%
FY201826$422k69%
FY201730$561kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$1.4MEducation$1.1MHuman Services$624kInternational$599kReligion$569kYouth Development$245kFood & Nutrition$160kArts & Culture$123kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
AZ
AR
TN
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Room to Read$539,01060%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$530,00040%
The Ladder Alliance$498,890625%
First Christian Church$366,4465n/a
All Saints Health Foundation$165,00031%
Tarrant Area Food Bank$125,00020%
The YouthVantage Alliance$112,98051%
Branch to Hope Community Center$75,000248%
Hope Farm Inc$55,50023%
Be the Difference Foundation$55,00038%
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All grantees of The Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Room to Read$539,01060%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$530,00040%
The Ladder Alliance$498,890625%
First Christian Church$366,4465n/a
All Saints Health Foundation$165,00031%
Tarrant Area Food Bank$125,00020%
The YouthVantage Alliance$112,98051%
Branch to Hope Community Center$75,000248%
Hope Farm Inc$55,50023%
Be the Difference Foundation$55,00038%
Cancer Care Services$55,00031%
West Lafayette Schools Education Foundation Inc$51,490217%
Texas Christian University$50,00010%
Van Cliburn Foundation Inc$50,00020%
Refugee Services of Texas Inc$50,00010%
Foundation for Financial Planning Inc$47,05061%
Botanical Research Institute of Texas Inc$45,00030%
North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc$45,00050%
White Heart Foundation$27,50015%
Safe City Commission$25,00011%
World Covenant Ministries Inc$25,00012%
Arlington Charities Inc$25,00011%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$20,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$20,00010%
Southern AZ Research Science & Eng FDN$10,00011%
Meals on Wheels$10,00018%
Connecteach Inc$6,000114%
Rafiki Foundation Inc$5,50020%
AIDS Outreach Center$5,00010%
Luang Prabang Fund for Culture and Conservation$5,00017%
New Light Congregation$4,0001n/a
Tree of Life Congregation$4,0001n/a
Austin Creative Alliance$3,50020%
Northwest Baptist Church$2,0001n/a
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art$2,00010%
Muttville$1,50020%
Trinity Valley School$1,00010%
Artist Outreach Inc$1,00010%
Texas Freedom Network Education Fund$1,00010%
Santa Rosa Reform Jewish Congregation Inc$1,0001n/a
Congregation Ahavath Sholom$1,0001n/a
Texas Freedom Network$50010%
Bible Study Fellowship$50010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$50010%
Scouting America Longhorn Council$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRoom to Read: $539,010 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $530,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ladder Alliance: $498,890 over 6y, 25% of budgetAll Saints Health Foundation: $165,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $125,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe YouthVantage Alliance: $112,980 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBranch to Hope Community Center: $75,000 over 2y, 48% of budgetHope Farm Inc: $55,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetBe the Difference Foundation: $55,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetCancer Care Services: $55,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetWest Lafayette Schools Education Foundation Inc: $51,490 over 2y, 17% of budgetTexas Christian University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVan Cliburn Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRefugee Services of Texas Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFoundation for Financial Planning Inc: $47,050 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetBotanical Research Institute of Texas Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNorth Texas Public Broadcasting Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWhite Heart Foundation: $27,500 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetSafe City Commission: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWorld Covenant Ministries Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetArlington Charities Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern AZ Research Science & Eng FDN: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMeals on Wheels: $10,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetConnecteach Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetRafiki Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAIDS Outreach Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLuang Prabang Fund for Culture and Conservation: $5,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetAustin Creative Alliance: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmon Carter Museum of Western Art: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuttville: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity Valley School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArtist Outreach Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTexas Freedom Network Education Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Freedom Network: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBible Study Fellowship: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetScouting America Longhorn Council: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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.

Community Foundation of North Texas (TaxTX31.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Sid W Richardson Foundation · United Way of Tarrant County · Once Upon a Time Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Bnsf Railway Foundation · The C B Baird Jr Foundation · R4 Foundation · The Roach Foundation Inc · Garvey Texas Foundation Inc

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.

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About The Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin Foundation

How much does The Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin Foundation give?
The Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $583,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (27%), Education (20%), Human Services (12%).
Who are The Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Room to Read ($539k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($530k), The Ladder Alliance ($499k).
Does The Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax, Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc.
Where is The Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin Foundation based?
The Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin Foundation is based in TX.

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 81 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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