Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation Inc
Dallas, TX · EIN 75-2936754. Reported 202 grants totalling $4,721,638 to 130 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Hattie Mae Lesley 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $4,000 and the largest $200,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Worth Opera Association Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $525,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Presbyterian Night Shelter | Fort Worth, TX | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Seagle Music Colony Inc | Schroon Lake, NY | $122,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities of Fort Worth Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Children First Inc | Grand Prairie, TX | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hope Farm Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Men of Nehemiah Inc | Dallas, TX | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Healing Hands Medical Community Health Center | Dallas, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Santa Fe Opera | Santa Fe, NM | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fort Worth Museum of Science & History | Fort Worth, TX | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Way Back House Inc | Richardson, TX | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| AIDS Outreach Center Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $66,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shumla Archaeological Research Center | Dallas, TX | $64,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Allen Community Outreach | Allen, TX | $60,605 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ach Child and Family Services | Fort Worth, TX | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cristo Rey Dallas High School | Dallas, TX | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Family Place Inc | Dallas, TX | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Magdalen House | Dallas, TX | $57,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Center for Transforming Lives | Fort Worth, TX | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House | Lake Dallas, TX | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Als Association of Texas | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas Legal Hospice | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Metrocrest Services Inc | Farmers Branch, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nasher Sculpture Center | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Open Arms Inc | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tcs Education - Texas Inc | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Child Protection Connection | Dallas, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hope Supply Co | Dallas, TX | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Our Calling Inc | Dallas, TX | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Simply Grace | Dallas, TX | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Dallas 24 Hour Club Inc | Dallas, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Trinity Restoration Ministries | Dallas, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Union Gospel Mission of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Survivors of Torture | Dallas, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Citysquare | Dallas, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Encounter Church | Benbrook, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Esperanza Ministries Dba CASA Del Lago | Spring, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Path People Attempting to Help | Tyler, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rainbow Days | Dallas, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Philip's School & Community Center | Dallas, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Texas Muslim Women's Foundation Inc | Plano, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Amon Carter Museum of Western Art | Fort Worth, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Children's Advocacy Center Collin County | Plano, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Community Partners of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| March to the Polls Inc | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pediplace | Lewisville, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Counseling Place | Richardson, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The King's Academy | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Well Community | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Youth Believing in Change | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| AFTER8TOEDUCATE | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aspire Dba Lift | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Behind Every Door Ministries Inc | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bridges to Life | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cafe Momentum | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| CASA of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City House Inc | Plano, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dallas Holocaust Museum | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Denton County Friends of the Family | Denton, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metrocare Services | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Dallas Shared Ministries Inc | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oak Cliff Veggie Project Inc | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Phased in | Wichita Falls, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Presbyterian Night Shelter Tarrant Cnty | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Resource Center of Dallas Inc | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rivertree Academy Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Souls Harbor Inc | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Concilio | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trac -Transition Resource Action Center | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Transition Resource Action Center Aka Trac | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ugm of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way Metropolitan Dallas Inc | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Metropolitan Dallas | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Legacy Cares Dba Legacy Counseling | Dallas, TX | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| AIDS Services of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Austin Street Center | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brighter Tomorrows Inc | Irving, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| CASA of Denton County | Denton, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cathedral of Hope | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christian Community Action | Lewisville, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dallas Mission for Life Inc | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Exodus Ministries | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Girls Incorporated of Metro Dallas | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Health Services of North Texas Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hope Cottage Inc | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Friends New Life | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| One Man's Treasure | Rockwall, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Perot Museum of Nature & Science | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social Justice Learning Institute Inc | Inglewood, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Battered Women's Foundation | N Richland Hills, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Stewpot - Dallas | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Twelfth Step Ministry | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 6 Stones Mission Network | Bedford, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clayton Dabney Fdn for Kids With Cancer | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dallas Legal Hospice of Texas | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Family Compass | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fort Worth Hope Center | Fort Worth, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Living for Zachary | Plano, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy Street Inc | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Fdn Teaching Entrepreneurship | Irving, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Operation Finally Home | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Our Productions Theatre Co | Lewisville, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Loreto House | Denton, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| After-School Opportunity Lab | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Buckner Children & Family Services | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carecenter Ministries | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carter's House | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christian Community Storehouse of Keller | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Forerunner Fund | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Solar Prep | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girlstart | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grant Hallibution Foundation Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hear My Cry Foundation | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| I Look Like Love Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legacy Counseling Dba Legacy Cares | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Montserrat Retreat House Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Safe Haven of Tarrant County | Arlington, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Storehouse of Collin County | Plano, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cooking for the Crowd | Dallas, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hope Center 4 Autism - Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young County Olney Senior Cub Center | Olney, TX | $6,033 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dme Exchange of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teen Lifeline Inc | Keller, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Together We Thrive | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Help Out Center Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
42 of 130 (32%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 27%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County
PURCHASE & RENOVATE HOUSING - Catholic Charities of Fort Worth Inc
SUPPORT 'STAY THE COURSE' - Family Place Inc
MEN-ONLY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Als Association of Texas
RESEARCH IN HONOR OF RANN - Children First Inc
NEW HOME FOR HOPE CAPITAL - Allen Community Outreach
RENOVATION & RELOCATION OF
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 136 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46 | $839,000 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 50 | $1,061,250 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 36 | $1,098,033 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | 30 | $778,355 | $23,875 |
| 2025 | 40 | $945,000 | $23,500 |
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
94% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
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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