The Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin Foundation concentrates its giving into a small number of large, mission-driven investments that span health care, humanitarian medical relief, and local community development. Its grants show a mix of high-dollar gifts to medical institutions and international relief (Baylor Scott & White; Doctors Without Borders), repeated support for a Fort Worth workforce development nonprofit (The Ladder Alliance), plus occasional local faith and financial-literacy/standards support. The foundation favors a handful of repeat partners rather than a broad scattershot approach.
A $500,000 gift to Baylor Scott & White Health Foundation appears twice in the recent record, in 2023 and 2024, and it captures the foundation’s pattern of placing large, repeat grants behind a small set of priorities. The Deena Jo Heide-diesslin Foundation backs health care infrastructure, humanitarian medical relief, women’s economic mobility, and selected community and education efforts. Its portfolio includes another major medical commitment to Doctors Without Borders, plus sustained support for The Ladder Alliance in Fort Worth, which received $150,000 in 2023 and $250,000 in 2024. The foundation also makes smaller but still targeted awards to organizations tied to financial capability, local congregational life, and girls’ education. That mix suggests a funder that favors concentrated relationships and substantial general support rather than broad, highly fragmented grantmaking. Across the grants listed here, the common thread is practical support for institutions and programs serving women, families, health needs, and humanitarian causes.
In health care, the foundation made two $500,000 general-support grants to Baylor Scott & White Health Foundation, signaling a major institutional relationship. It also supported Doctors Without Borders with a $400,000 grant in 2025 and a $100,000 grant in 2023 for general support, linking the funder to humanitarian medical relief. For women’s workforce development, The Ladder Alliance received $250,000 in 2024 and $150,000 in 2023, both for general support, showing continued backing for economic mobility in Fort Worth. The foundation also gave $105,000 in 2025 and $48,000 in 2024 to CFP Board of Standards, along with a $25,000 grant in 2023, and funded girls’ education and literacy in Asia with a $50,000 grant to Room to Read.
Typical grants cluster in the mid-five-figure range, with a p25 of $9,000, a median of $22,500, and a p75 of $62,500. The recent record shows repeated support to the same organizations across multiple years, including Baylor Scott & White Health Foundation, The Ladder Alliance, Doctors Without Borders, CFP Board of Standards, and Cancer Care Services. Grant language is often general support, and the foundation operates multiple open application programs for 501(c)(3) nonprofits through an online portal. It also runs named programs with defined caps, including Uplift Gift up to $55,000 and Rising Tide Gift up to $400,000.
$584K
$9.6M
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$1.1M
Most grants fall between $9K and $63K, with a median of $23K.
25th Percentile
$9K
Median
$23K
75th Percentile
$63K
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 27 | $2.5M | 96.4% |
| 2 | Canada |
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Concentrated, high-dollar giving to a small set of repeat grantees (several multi-hundred-thousand and one seven-figure gift), combining local community investments in Fort Worth with national/international health-focused philanthropy.
Notable grantees: Baylor Scott & White Health Foundation, Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières), The Ladder Alliance, CFP Board of Standards, First Christian Church of Fort Worth
Most grants land in Texas, which accounts for 65% of giving and includes multiple recipients in Fort Worth, Dallas, and other Texas cities. Fort Worth appears often through The Ladder Alliance, First Christian Church of Fort Worth, Cancer Care Services, Cliburn, Girls Inc of Tarrant County, the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Longhorn Council, and Women’s Center of Tarrant. Outside Texas, the foundation gave to organizations in New York, Washington, DC, California, Arkansas, Tennessee, Indiana, Connecticut, and Ontario. Canada appears once in the recipient distribution, through London Knights Alumni Fund in London, ON.
Its recent awards are mostly general-support grants to established nonprofits. The foundation also offers open application pathways for 501(c)(3) organizations through an online portal, and it has named programs with ceilings such as Uplift Gift up to $55,000 and Rising Tide Gift up to $400,000.
The typical grant distribution is p25 $9,000, median $22,500, and p75 $62,500. That means many awards are in the low-to-mid five figures, even though the recent record also includes larger commitments such as $400,000 and $500,000 gifts.
Yes. The recent grants show repeat support to Baylor Scott & White Health Foundation in 2023 and 2024, The Ladder Alliance in 2023 and 2024, Doctors Without Borders in 2023 and 2025, CFP Board of Standards in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Cancer Care Services in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Recent grants point to health care, humanitarian medical relief, women’s workforce development, financial capability, local community ministries, and girls’ education. Named examples include Baylor Scott & White Health Foundation, Doctors Without Borders, The Ladder Alliance, CFP Board of Standards, First Christian Church of Fort Worth, and Room to Read.
Texas is the top state by grant count, with 65% of grants going to recipients in the state. Fort Worth and Dallas appear repeatedly among recipient cities, while the broader recipient map also includes New York, Washington, DC, San Francisco, Little Rock, Memphis, and London, Ontario.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
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Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $400,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CFP Board of Standards | Washington, DC | $105,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| Heifer International | Little Rock, AR | $53,700 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Cancer Care Services | FORT WORTH, TX | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEALTH FOUNDATION | DALLAS, TX | $500,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| The Ladder Alliance | Fort Worth, TX | $250,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF FORT WORTH | Fort Worth, TX | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CFP Board of Standards | Washington, DC | $48,000 | 2024 | General Support |
| Cancer Care Services | FORT WORTH, TX | $25,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | MEMPHIS, TN | $20,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC | Fort Worth, TX | $6,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| WOMEN'S CENTER OF TARRANT | FORT WORTH, TX | $500 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Foundation | Dallas, TX | $500,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| The Ladder Alliance | Fort Worth, TX | $150,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Doctors without borders | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2023 | General Support |
| Room to Read | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT GIRL'S EDUCATION AND LITERACY IN ASIA |
| CFP Board of Standards | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 2023 | General Suppport |
| Delta Upsilon | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $25,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Cliburn | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| London Knights Alumni Fund | LONDON, ON | $20,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Sandy Hook PROMISE FOUNDATION | NEWTOWN, CT | $20,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries | Los Fresnos, TX | $20,000 | 2023 | general support |
| Girls Inc of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $15,000 | 2023 | General Support |
| KERA | DALLAS, TX | $10,000 | 2023 | General Support |
| Be The Difference Fund | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Cancer Care Services | FORT WORTH, TX | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Foundation For Financial Planning | WASHINGTON, DC | $1,025 | 2023 | General Support |
| Longhorn Council | Fort Worth, TX | $1,000 | 2023 | General Support |
Doctors Without Borders
$400,000GENERAL SUPPORT
CFP Board of Standards
$105,000General Support
Heifer International
$53,700GENERAL SUPPORT
Cancer Care Services
$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEALTH FOUNDATION
$500,000GENERAL SUPPORT
The Ladder Alliance
$250,000GENERAL SUPPORT
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF FORT WORTH
GENERAL SUPPORT
CFP Board of Standards
$48,000General Support
Cancer Care Services
$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
$20,000GENERAL SUPPORT
BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC
$6,000GENERAL SUPPORT
WOMEN'S CENTER OF TARRANT
$500GENERAL SUPPORT
Baylor Scott & White Health Foundation
$500,000GENERAL SUPPORT
The Ladder Alliance
$150,000GENERAL SUPPORT
Doctors without borders
$100,000General Support
Room to Read
$50,000TO SUPPORT GIRL'S EDUCATION AND LITERACY IN ASIA
CFP Board of Standards
$25,000General Suppport
Delta Upsilon
$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
Cliburn
$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
London Knights Alumni Fund
$20,000GENERAL SUPPORT
Sandy Hook PROMISE FOUNDATION
$20,000GENERAL SUPPORT
Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries
$20,000general support
Girls Inc of Tarrant County
$15,000General Support
KERA
$10,000General Support
Be The Difference Fund
$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
Cancer Care Services
$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
Foundation For Financial Planning
$1,025General Support
Longhorn Council
$1,000General Support
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