Texas · Public charity
Southern Methodist University
The primary mission of the University is education through research and teaching by creating and imparting knowledge that will shape citizens who contribute to their communities and lead professions in a global society.
- $260M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $85k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.6B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Southern Methodist University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $85k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $56k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $7k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $28k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $38k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $22k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $18k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Am A Golfer Foundation | $92,500 | 3 | 4% |
| The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum | $22,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History | $21,983 | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Forte Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Botanical Research Institute of Texas Inc | $12,417 | 1 | 0% |
| Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthy Latina Lifestyle | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Am A Golfer Foundation | $92,500 | 3 | 4% |
| The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum | $22,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History | $21,983 | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Forte Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Botanical Research Institute of Texas Inc | $12,417 | 1 | 0% |
| Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthy Latina Lifestyle | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pegasus Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Sumners Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Academy of Medicine Engineering Science and Technology | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| 5050 Women on Boards Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement of Dallas Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Dallas Zoological Society | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Dallas Street Choir | $6,700 | 1 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Southern Methodist University supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Southern Methodist University
- How much does Southern Methodist University give?
- Southern Methodist University reported 4 itemized grants totaling $84,500, out of $259,688,818 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Southern Methodist University fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (28%), Education (14%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are Southern Methodist University's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: I Am A Golfer Foundation ($93k), The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame Inc ($25k), Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum ($22k).
- Does Southern Methodist University fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Southern Methodist University?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Southern Methodist University based?
- Southern Methodist University is based in TX.
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