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Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children. Founded in 1913 as the first free "baby camp" in the Southwest, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

$167M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
9
Itemized grants FY2024
8
Organizations funded FY2023
75%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$161M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,200
Largest grant, FY2024
$160,000,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 8
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$5.9B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Children's Health System of Texas funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23
HealthEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving8$161M38%
FY20238$31M75%
FY20224$27M75%
FY20211$974kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$215MEducation$4.8MPhilanthropy$67kHuman Services$50kFood & Nutrition$45kRecreation & Sports$8k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Health and Human Services Commission$215,000,0003n/a
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente$4,770,2914n/a
Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc$50,00021%
The Crystal Charity Ball$50,00020%
Canine Assistants Inc$50,00012%
North Texas Food Bank$45,00010%
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston$36,2381n/a
Texas Bleeding Disorders Camp Foundation Inc$15,00029%
Connecticut Children's Medical Center$10,20010%
Black Tie Dinner Inc$10,00011%
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All grantees of Children's Health System of Texas by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Health and Human Services Commission$215,000,0003n/a
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente$4,770,2914n/a
Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc$50,00021%
The Crystal Charity Ball$50,00020%
Canine Assistants Inc$50,00012%
North Texas Food Bank$45,00010%
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston$36,2381n/a
Texas Bleeding Disorders Camp Foundation Inc$15,00029%
Connecticut Children's Medical Center$10,20010%
Black Tie Dinner Inc$10,00011%
Texas Christian University$7,80010%
Dirk Nowitzki Foundation$7,50011%
Womens Auxiliary to the Childrens Medical Center$6,14010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Children's Health System of Texas supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc: $50,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetThe Crystal Charity Ball: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCanine Assistants Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNorth Texas Food Bank: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Bleeding Disorders Camp Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetConnecticut Children's Medical Center: $10,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlack Tie Dinner Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTexas Christian University: $7,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDirk Nowitzki Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWomens Auxiliary to the Childrens Medical Center: $6,140 over 1y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 10.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Children's Health System of TexasTX13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Children's Health System of Texas · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Children's Health System of Texas

How much does Children's Health System of Texas give?
Children's Health System of Texas reported 9 itemized grants totaling $161,125,241, out of $166,599,806 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Children's Health System of Texas fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (98%), Education (2%), Philanthropy (0%).
Who are Children's Health System of Texas's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Health and Human Services Commission ($215M), The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente ($4.8M), Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc ($50k).
Does Children's Health System of Texas fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Children's Health System of Texas?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Children's Health System of Texas, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
Where is Children's Health System of Texas based?
Children's Health System of Texas is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 14 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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