The Dehaemers Family Charitable Trust
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- This foundation funds schools and colleges, Catholic parishes and religious organisations, and charities providing housing, homelessness services, health care, emergency assistance and community support, often as general operating or unrestricted support, so check your work fits one of these areas.
- No geographic focus is stated.
- About 8 in 10 of its grants to organisations fall between $8,000 and $180,000, with a median grant of $35,000, so pitch a request in that range rather than anything close to its largest grant of $1,500,000, which is exceptional.
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and makes grants by invitation only, so a cold approach is unlikely to work; you would need an existing connection or introduction.
- A high share of grant dollars, 83%, goes to organisations it has already funded, so it looks relationship-led and repeat-giving is common; bear this in mind when weighing your chances as a new applicant.
Overview
The Dehaemers Family Charitable Trust is a US private foundation based in Overland Park, KS.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings record grants to schools and colleges, Catholic parishes and religious organisations, and charities providing housing, homelessness services, health care, emergency assistance and community support. Grant-purpose descriptions include scholarships, education and faith formation, as well as housing support and homeless intervention; many entries are general operating or unrestricted support. Recipients are concentrated in Kansas and Missouri, with a smaller share in Colorado and awards in other states. The filings show support across several kinds of nonprofit organisation, but do not state a general field of focus or eligibility rules.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Kansas, Missouri and Colorado.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 83% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 308 grants to organisations were $35,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 2%
- The largest single recipient received 11% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 83% of grant dollars went to organisations The Dehaemers Family Charitable Trust had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 3% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 119 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $35,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Holy Family School of Faith · ScholarshipsGeneral support$485,0002025 tax year
- Augustine Institute · RestrictedScholarshipsunrestricted$350,0002025 tax year
- Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas · General operating support$320,0002025 tax year
- Catholic Education Foundation · Scholarships$300,0002025 tax year
- Saint Vincent Ferrer Catholic School · Unrestricted$300,0002025 tax year
- Halo Foundation · homeless intervention$300,0002025 tax year
- Pharmacy of Grace · Capital CampaignunrestrictedHealth care$275,0002025 tax year
- Gotta Have Hope · Foreign missions$250,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Barbara Dehaemers — Director
- David Dehaemers — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $6,140,024 | $5,972,335 | $146,082,198 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $8,380,340 | $8,035,000 | $164,868,919 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $8,449,334 | $8,170,000 | $182,254,910 | Filing for 2025 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Overland Park, KS
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Overland Park, KS