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The Joe M & Doris R Dealey Family Foundation

Accepts applications Dallas, Texas · EIN 752611909

The Joe M & Doris R Dealey Family Foundation is a private foundation in Dallas, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $465,000 in 38 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $100,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $455,000 the year before.

46% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$534,25040$12.3 million
2024$455,00041$12.8 million
2025$465,00038$14.1 million

How to apply

ContactPamela D Petty
3003 Swiss Ave 136, Dallas, TX 75204
Phone or email(214) 766-4106, pamela@dealeyfoundation.org
What to submitWritten requests should be submitted with the appropriate evidence of exempt status. Such evidence may be audited financial statements, list of board of directors, and 501(c)(3) exemption from the IRS.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Joe M & Doris R Dealey Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas32$417,000
California4$30,000
Washington1$10,000
District of Columbia1$8,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 38 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Lang Stuttering Institute University of Texas Austin
Austin, TX
Funding for a clinic.$100,000
St John's Episcopal School
Dallas, TX
Learning support$55,000
Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, TX
Dma's K-12 educational programs$25,000
Equest
Dallas, TX
General operating$25,000
Friends of the Dallas Public Library
Dallas, TX
For the annual express yourself poetry competition and dallas youth poet laureate scholarship fund.$25,000
North Texas Food Bank
Plano, TX
Food purchases$25,000
Texas Ballet Theater
Fort Worth, TX
General operating$25,000
Humane Tomorrow
Flower Mound, TX
Buildout of a professionally outfitted animal transport vehicle for rescue and disaster response$20,000
Wipe Out Kids' Cancer
Dallas, TX
Cancer buddy bag program$20,000
SPCA of Texas
Dallas, TX
Fur ball$15,000
Boy Scout Troop 223
Pacific Palisades, CA
Replace equipment lost in la fires$10,000
Community Foundation for Monterey County
Monterey, CA
Holding on to hope$10,000
Dallas County Historical Foundation DBA the Sixth Floor Museum
Dallas, TX
Educational programming and scholarships for students$10,000
Incarnation Academy
Dallas, TX
Security upgrades$10,000
Joppy Momma's Farm
Dallas, TX
General operating$10,000
Sky Valley Arts Council
Sultan, WA
Improving the startup event center's sports court, t-ball field, and facility grounds$10,000
Order of St John
Washington, DC
General support$8,000
St Michael and All Angels
Dallas, TX
General support & capital campaign$7,500
Breast Cancer Assistance Group
Carmel, CA
General support$5,000
Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations
Irving, TX
General support$5,000
Founding Forward Dallas Chapter
Hurst, TX
General support$5,000
Friends of the Tricity Animal Shelter
Duncanville, TX
General support$5,000
Ronald McDonald House of Dallas
Dallas, TX
General support$5,000
The Carmel Foundation
Carmel, CA
General support$5,000
Austin Theatre Alliance
Austin, TX
General support$2,500
Dallas Casa
Dallas, TX
General support$2,500
James Dick Foundation for the Performing Arts
Round Top, TX
General support$2,500
Meadows Museum of Dallas
Dallas, TX
Acquisitions$2,500
Notre Dame School
Dallas, TX
Star adult program$2,500
Silver Spurs Alumni Association
Austin, TX
General support$2,000
St John's Episcopal Church
Dallas, TX
General support$2,000
Equest
Dallas, TX
In memory of stacey johnson and bert headden$1,500
Dallas Va Medical Center
Dallas, TX
General support$1,250
Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Dallas, TX
General support$1,250
Black Beauty Ranch
Murchison, TX
General support$1,000
San Saba Community Foundation
San Saba, TX
General support$1,000
San Saba County Historical Foundation
San Saba, TX
General support$1,000
San Saba Volunteer Fire Department
San Saba, TX
General support$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Joe M & Doris R Dealey Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Joe M & Doris R Dealey Family Foundation give?

$465,000 in tax year 2025, across 38 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs The Joe M & Doris R Dealey Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Stuart M Bumpas (Trustee/Legal Advisor), Branson K Bywaters (Trustee Emeritus/Fincl Advisor), Amy E Barklage (Trustee) and Dealey Campbell (Executive Director) among 13 officers and trustees.

What does The Joe M & Doris R Dealey Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, health and arts and culture.

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