Dennis Henneke Foundation

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Private Foundation
CORPUS CHRISTI, TexasSmallEIN: 812896943
Education NonprofitsEducational FoundationsYouth Development Organizations

Official website of the Dennis Henneke Foundation (DHF) based in Texas. The site describes DHF's mission to award scholarships to Texas students, provides 2026 scholarship applications and guidelines, and lists contact and donation options. Content is current with 2025 recipients and 2026 application deadlines and event information.

Source: Website · Mar 2026

Ideal Applicant

An individual student who is a Texas resident (meeting the foundation's county/residency and hardship eligibility), applying through the posted scholarship application with required transcripts and financial documentation.

Good Fit

  • Applicant is a Texas resident in an eligible county and documents challenging family circumstances or hardship.
  • Submission follows the website instructions (single PDF, required forms, correct filename) and meets the mid‑March deadline.
  • Application includes transcripts, FAFSA/SAR, test scores and letters of recommendation as requested.
  • Applicant is seeking an individual scholarship rather than organizational support.
  • New applicants or prior recipients who reapply via the published process.

Geography

Restrictive

All observed grants across the available years were made to recipients in Texas, with a single‑state footprint in the latest year.

Recipient Variety

Moderate

In the latest year the foundation awarded 22 distinct scholarships to individual recipients, showing a broad count of beneficiaries but a narrow mission focus (individual student scholarships rather than diverse institutional grantees).

New Applicants

Broad

The website provides a public application and submission instructions, and 2024 shows nine new recipients entering the portfolio, indicating unfamiliar applicants can access funding within the program's Texas residency and eligibility constraints.

Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026