Funding search · EIN 471631698 · Fort Worth, TX

John Henry Dean Iii and Shirley Lawson

Name: John Henry Dean Iii and Shirley Lawson grants, 2021–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

160
grants reported: $28.5M
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $3,875
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Baylor Scott & White All Saints Health Foundation7 grants · $14.7M
Cook Childrens Medical Center7 grants · $10.5M
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History3 grants · $2.0M
Saving Hope Animal Rescue3 grants · $260,000
Arizona Humane Society7 grants · $187,733
Texas Health Resources Foundation7 grants · $129,500
Center for Transforming Lives1 grant · $100,000
American Red Cross7 grants · $95,000
Jewel Charity Ball Incorporated7 grants · $60,154
National Mounted Warfare Foundation2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$112,270

2021

$9.5M

2022

$4.3M

2023

$5.2M

2024

$9.4M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 160 grants.

$4.6M
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Health Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General support
$4.6M
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Health Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General support
$3.5M
Cook Childrens Medical Center · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General support
$3.0M
Cook Childrens Medical Center · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General support
$2.5M
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Health Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2025
General support
$2.5M
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Health Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2025
General support
$2.0M
Cook Childrens Medical Center · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
General support
$2.0M
Cook Childrens Medical Center · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
General support
$2.0M
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General support
$524,690
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Health Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General support
$105,000
Saving Hope Animal Rescue · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
General support
$105,000
Saving Hope Animal Rescue · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
General support
$100,000
Center for Transforming Lives · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General support
$52,500
Texas Health Resources Foundation · Arlington, TX · 2022
General support
$52,500
Texas Health Resources Foundation · Arlington, TX · 2022
General support
$50,000
Saving Hope Animal Rescue · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General support
$44,145
Arizona Humane Society · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General support
$44,145
Arizona Humane Society · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General support
$39,763
Arizona Humane Society · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General support
$30,000
Fort Worth Hope Center · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General support
$27,000
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Health Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2021
General support
$25,000
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Health Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
General support
$25,000
Response Helps (Aspen) · Aspen, CO · 2023
General support
$25,000
National Mounted Warfare Foundation · Copperas Cove, TX · 2022
General support
$25,000
National Mounted Warfare Foundation · Copperas Cove, TX · 2022
General support
$23,500
Arizona Humane Society · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General support
$20,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$20,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$16,180
Arizona Humane Society · Phoenix, AZ · 2021
General support
$15,500
Child Help · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
General support
$15,000
Childhelp · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
General support
$15,000
Fort Worth Museum of Science & History · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General support
$15,000
Fort Worth Zoological Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General support
$15,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$14,154
Jewel Charity Ball Incorporated · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General support
$12,640
Honorhealth Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
General support
$12,100
Fort Worth Zoological Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2021
General support
$11,000
Texas Health Resources Foundation · Arlington, TX · 2024
General support
$10,300
Fort Worth Delta Delta Delta Alumnae Charities · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
General support
$10,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$10,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$10,000
Childhelp · Scottsdale, AZ · 2025
General support
$10,000
Childhelp · Scottsdale, AZ · 2025
General support
$10,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Jewel Charity Ball Incorporated · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General support
$10,000
Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General support
$10,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Arizona Humane Society · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General support
$10,000
Arizona Humane Society · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General support
$10,000
Child Help · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
General support
$10,000
Child Help · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
General support
$10,000
Jewel Charity Ball Incorporated · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General support
$10,000
Jewel Charity Ball Incorporated · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General support
$9,373
Phoenix Children'S Hospital · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General support
$9,280
Fort Worth Delta Delta Delta Alumnae Charities · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
General support
$7,750
Airpower Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General support
$6,873
Phoenix Children'S Hospital · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General support
$6,873
Phoenix Children'S Hospital · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General support
$6,873
Phoenix Children'S Hospital · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General support
$6,704
Fort Worth Delta Delta Alumnae Charities · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General support
$6,000
Jewel Charity Ball Incorporated · Fort Worth, TX · 2021
General support
$5,000
Airpower Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
General support
$5,000
Airpower Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
General support
$5,000
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
General support
$5,000
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
General support
$5,000
Jewel Charity Ball Incorporated · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
General support
$5,000
Jewel Charity Ball Incorporated · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
General support
$5,000
Texas Health Resources Foundation · Arlington, TX · 2025
General support
$5,000
Texas Health Resources Foundation · Arlington, TX · 2025
General support
$5,000
Camp Fire First Texas · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General support
$5,000
Fort Worth Garden Club · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General support
$5,000
Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General support
$5,000
Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General support
$5,000
Airpower Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2021
General support
$5,000
Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation · Aspen, CO · 2021
General support
$5,000
Child Help · Scottsdale, AZ · 2021
General support
$4,154
Guiding Eyes for the Blind · Yorktown Heights, NY · 2023
General support
$4,000
Airpower Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General support
$4,000
Airpower Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General support
$3,950
Honorhealth Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
General support
$3,800
Fort Worth Delta Delta Delta Alumnae Charities · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General support
$3,800
Fort Worth Delta Delta Delta Alumnae Charities · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General support
$3,360
Stars & Crescents Philanthropies · Dallas, TX · 2021
General support
$3,300
Phoenix Children'S Hospital · Phoenix, AZ · 2021
General support
$3,250
Holidays & Heroes · Westworth Village, TX · 2022
General support
$3,250
Holidays & Heroes · Westworth Village, TX · 2022
General support
$3,030
Union Gospel Mission · Fort Worth, TX · 2021
General support
$3,000
Holidays & Heroes · River Oaks, TX · 2025
General support
$3,000
Holidays & Heroes · River Oaks, TX · 2025
General support
$3,000
Holidays & Heroes · River Oaks, TX · 2024
General support
$3,000
Holidays & Heroes · Westworth Village, TX · 2023
General support
$3,000
Cook Childrens Medical Center · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General support
$3,000
Cook Childrens Medical Center · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General support
$2,500
Les Dames Daspen Ltd · Aspen, CO · 2025
General support
$2,500
Les Dames Daspen Ltd · Aspen, CO · 2025
General support
$2,500
Les Dames Daspen Ltd · Aspen, CO · 2024
General support
$2,500
Leukemia Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2023
General support
$2,500
Texas Health Resources Foundation · Arlington, TX · 2023
General support
$2,030
Union Gospel Mission · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General support
$2,030
Union Gospel Mission · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
General support

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