Texas · Nonprofit
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,175,745 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($5,175,745). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.3B
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $7.5B
What Michael & Susan Dell Foundation does
Programs
Data Driven Education & Ed-FiThese direct charitable activities support the delivery of modern, flexible, powerful and actionable student-centric education data systems for K-12 schools that educators use to better serve their students. They also support the development of the Ed-Fi solution - a free, flexible and complete ed-tech solution to empower educators with relevant, timely information that enables better data collection to drive improved student outcomes. They also support the creation and implementation of an education data system in South Africa that is designed to improve student outcomes through district management tools and best practice sharing.
$16,031,484 spentGlobal Scholarship/University SuccessThese direct charitable activities support student resources and equipment, such as computers and textbooks, as well as the implementation of and improvements to global scholarship tools in the US, India, and South Africa. They also support a robust US scholarship program application platform.
$7,171,134 spentEducational Initiatives K-12These direct charitable activities support pre-university education quality improvement projects in US, India and South Africa. Additionally, they support assessments of education improvement efforts.
$4,272,162 spentJobs & LivelihoodsThese direct charitable activities support the development of market-based models in the US, India and South Africa to provide families from under-resourced communities access to financial tools, skill development and employment opportunities in order to establish financial stability. Additionally, these direct charitable activities support a goal of increasing capacity in the Central Texas medical community.
$1,595,143 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.6B to $5.4B (+230%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $961k → $968k.
From the IRS filings of Michael & Susan Dell Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 153 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 153 philanthropy nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Government funding Michael & Susan Dell Foundation receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $149k on record.
- SOFTWARE PURCHASES$149k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Michael & Susan Dell Foundation: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Michael & Susan Dell Foundation?
- Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,175,745 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($5,175,745). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Michael & Susan Dell Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,175,745 in grants to Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Michael & Susan Dell Foundation?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,175,745 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Michael & Susan Dell Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing