Texas · Public charity
Southwestern Medical Foundation
SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION (the "foundation") was organized in 1939 as a texas non-profit corporation, committed to the development and improvement of medical education, medical research and patient care in the north texas community and throughout the world. In 1943, the foundation established southwestern medical college, now known…
- $49M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 61
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $47M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $53,104
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $17,475,561
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Southwestern Medical Foundation 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; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $47M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $43M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $74M | 30% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $30M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $34M | 18% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $27M | 15% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $32M | 44% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $32M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas | $312,226,803 | 8 | n/a |
| Cancer Prevention Initiative Inc | $1,840,000 | 2 | 95% |
| Children's Health System of Texas | $1,813,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Parkland Foundation | $827,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Collin County Health Care Foundation | $691,902 | 8 | n/a |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | $673,437 | 1 | n/a |
| Phoenix Houses of Texas Inc | $325,180 | 7 | 1% |
| The University of North Carolina at Greensboro | $170,894 | 7 | n/a |
| Texas Womans University Foundation Inc | $120,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Youngstown State University Foundation | $113,932 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas | $312,226,803 | 8 | n/a |
| Cancer Prevention Initiative Inc | $1,840,000 | 2 | 95% |
| Children's Health System of Texas | $1,813,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Parkland Foundation | $827,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Collin County Health Care Foundation | $691,902 | 8 | n/a |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | $673,437 | 1 | n/a |
| Phoenix Houses of Texas Inc | $325,180 | 7 | 1% |
| The University of North Carolina at Greensboro | $170,894 | 7 | n/a |
| Texas Womans University Foundation Inc | $120,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Youngstown State University Foundation | $113,932 | 7 | 0% |
| Dallas County Medical Society | $80,000 | 1 | 3% |
| American Academy of Restorative Dentistry Inc | $73,200 | 1 | 10% |
| University of North Texas Foundation Inc | $63,093 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Texas Health Science Center Houston | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Academy of Restorative Dentistry | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Texas Womans University | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dallas County Hospital District | $31,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Dfw Albert Schweitzer Fellows Program Dedman College of Humanities & Scienc | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| BioNorthTexas Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Health Wildcatters II LLC | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Texas Academy of Medicine Engineering Science and Technology | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Texprotects-The Texas Association for the Protection of Children | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Inc | $10,090 | 2 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Charter 100 of Dallas | $7,555 | 1 | 11% |
| Dallas Historical Society | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Launchbio Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Perot Museum of Nature & Science | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Philanthropy Southwest | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Junior League of Dallas Inc | $5,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Methodist Hospitals of Dallas | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service of Dallas Inc Dba Jewish Family Service | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Austin College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Texas at Dallas Center for Brainhealth | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American City Business Journals Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pegasus Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Southwestern Medical Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Hoblitzelle Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Southwestern Medical Foundation
- How much does Southwestern Medical Foundation give?
- Southwestern Medical Foundation reported 61 itemized grants totaling $47,313,761, out of $48,528,987 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Southwestern Medical Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (46%), Health (34%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
- Who are Southwestern Medical Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Texas ($312M), Cancer Prevention Initiative Inc ($1.8M), Children's Health System of Texas ($1.8M).
- Does Southwestern Medical Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Southwestern Medical Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Hoblitzelle Foundation, The Dallas Foundation.
- Where is Southwestern Medical Foundation based?
- Southwestern Medical Foundation is based in TX.
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