What Parkland Foundation does

Parkland Health Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1984 (EIN 75-2089180) to secure philanthropic resources for Parkland Health, the public safety-net hospital system serving Dallas County, Texas. Headquartered at 1341 W. Mockingbird Lane in Dallas and led by President and CEO Dr. Michael Horne (EdD, MPP), the foundation solicits charitable contributions from individual donors, corporate partners, family foundations, and community organizations through multiple giving programs, including one-time and monthly recurring gifts, the 1894 Society for planned and legacy giving, corporate and employee giving, and gifts of stocks and securities. It carries a Charity Navigator Four-Star rating and a GuideStar Transparency Seal, and it underwrites a broad portfolio of clinical and community programs that address maternal and women's health, pediatric behavioral health, chronic disease management, trauma and burn care, and breast cancer screening.

The foundation's supported portfolio includes the Remote Patient Monitoring Program for hypertension (with reported 95.2% patient blood pressure improvement), the Mobile Mammography Van and the Women's Wellness Mobile Clinic (deployed at Dallas College campuses), the Pediatric Behavioral Health Program, the RIGHT Care crisis-response program, the Moody Center for Breast Health (30,000+ screening exams annually), family planning services across ten community health centers, the C.V. Roman Health Center, the 484,000-square-foot Moody Outpatient Center (2023 AIA Healthcare Design Award winner), and the upcoming Richland Health Center at Dallas College (2026). Notable technology investments include Nicole, an AI-powered Virtual Engagement Officer developed with Version2.ai and Givzey, and a proactive AI/ML colorectal surveillance registry built by Parkland's Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI).

Parkland's competitive positioning is anchored by its statutory role as the only public safety-net hospital in Dallas County and as the primary Level I trauma center for North Texas, its 130+ year operational history (since 1894), its clinical affiliation with UT Southwestern Medical Center, and an extensive distribution footprint of sixteen Community Oriented Primary Care health centers plus mobile units. Recent institutional philanthropy has been substantial and accelerating, with major commitments from the McKesson Foundation ($500K in 2022 and $500K in 2024), National Breast Cancer Foundation ($355K in 2023), The Addy Foundation ($600K in 2024), The Crystal Charity Ball ($1M in 2024, $6.8M cumulative since 1988), Hillcrest Foundation ($1M in 2024), Roots & Wings Foundation ($1.9M three-year grant in 2024), Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (2024), The Cigna Group Foundation (2025), and The Dallas Foundation ($1M in 2026), alongside a historic $15M anchor gift from the Moody Foundation.

Name

Parkland Foundation

Legal name

Parkland Health Foundation

Website

https://parklandhealthfoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Parkland Health Foundation is a Dallas-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that raises philanthropic funds for Parkland Health, the public safety-net hospital serving all of Dallas County. Established in 1984, it underwrites clinical programs, mobile health units, AI-driven patient registries, and community health initiatives through individual, corporate, and foundation giving.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Philanthropy and Hospital Fundraising

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB), Community Health & Prevention Program Funding (HLAJALAF), Public Health Program Grants Management & Administration (HLAJALAC)

Keywords

• Healthcare philanthropy
• Hospital fundraising
• Medical grantmaking
• Nonprofit foundation
• Charitable giving programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Philanthropic Donations: Parkland Health Foundation generates revenue through charitable contributions from individual donors, corporate partners, family foundations, and community organizations. The Foundation operates various giving programs including one-time donations, monthly recurring gifts, employee giving, corporate giving, endowment gifts, legacy and planned giving through the 1894 Society, and gifts of stocks and securities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Parkland Health Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit philanthropic organization that secures charitable contributions from individual donors, corporate partners, family foundations, and community organizations to fund the programs, facilities, and operations of Parkland Health, the public safety-net hospital system serving Dallas County. The Foundation operates one-time and recurring donation programs, planned giving through the 1894 Society, corporate giving, employee giving, and tribute gifts, and deploys an AI-powered Virtual Engagement Officer (Nicole) to engage donors and accelerate fundraising.

Product overview

Parkland Foundation supports Parkland Health, a public safety-net hospital system serving Dallas County. The foundation supports a comprehensive portfolio of healthcare programs including the Remote Patient Monitoring Program for chronic disease management, Food is Medicine nutrition programs, mobile health units (Mammography Van, Women's Wellness Mobile Clinic), behavioral health services (Pediatric Behavioral Health, RIGHT Care Program), family planning services, and specialized facilities (Moody Outpatient Center, Richland Health Center, C.V. Roman Health Center). Additionally, Parkland has deployed AI-powered solutions including a Virtual Engagement Officer for donor relations and an AI/ML colorectal surveillance registry for patient care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 95.2% of patients who completed the Remote Patient Monitoring Program showed improvement in blood pressure
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Trust Her (Child Poverty Action Lab)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrust Her, an initiative of the nonprofit Child Poverty Action Lab (CPAL), partnered with Parkland Health to deploy a Women's Wellness Mobile Clinic stationed at Dallas College campuses, enhancing access to family planning and women's health services. Trust Her focuses on closing the gap for uninsured and low-income women in Dallas County seeking contraception.
• Dallas CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDallas College partnered with Parkland Health and Trust Her to host the Women's Wellness Mobile Clinic on its campuses, providing convenient access to family planning and sexual health services for students. The partnership supports Dallas College's learner care approach focusing on wellness and student support.
• UT Southwestern Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParkland Health has a clinical affiliation with UT Southwestern Medical Center, with UTSW physicians providing care at Parkland facilities. This academic affiliation attracts top medical talent and provides clinical education opportunities.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• JPS Health Network Foundation: Fundraising arm of Tarrant County's public safety-net hospital in Fort Worth. Closest structural analog as another Texas county-level safety-net hospital foundation serving an underserved urban population.
• UT Southwestern Medical Center Foundation: Fundraising arm of Parkland's own academic affiliate UT Southwestern Medical Center. Highly comparable as a Dallas-based healthcare foundation with overlapping donor base and clinical research mission.
• Texas Health Resources Foundation: Dallas-Fort Worth based hospital foundation supporting Texas Health's network across North Texas. Directly comparable as a regional health system fundraising arm competing for the same corporate, family foundation, and individual donors in the same metro area.
• Cook Children's Health Foundation: Fort Worth-based pediatric hospital foundation serving the broader North Texas region. Directly comparable as a non-profit pediatric/safety-net healthcare foundation competing for similar regional donors and corporate partners.
• Children's Health Foundation (Dallas): Fundraising arm of Children's Health (formerly Children's Medical Center Dallas), competing for the same North Texas pediatric philanthropy dollars and corporate giving programs.
• Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation: Regional hospital foundation supporting Baylor Scott & White's Dallas-area operations, sharing the same North Texas healthcare philanthropy market, individual/corporate donor base, and safety-net-adjacent mission.

Broad incumbents

• Cedars-Sinai Foundation: Large-scale hospital foundation supporting a major academic medical center with broader geographic reach. Comparable in scale, sophistication of fundraising operations, and use of planned-giving vehicles like the 1894 Society.
• CommonSpirit Health Foundation: National nonprofit health system foundation network funding community health, health equity, and safety-net programs. Comparable as a healthcare grantmaking and fundraising organization focused on vulnerable populations.

Regional players

• Houston Methodist Foundation: Texas hospital foundation serving Houston rather than Dallas. Comparable as a large Texas health system philanthropy operation with multi-million dollar capital campaigns and similar institutional donor mix.
• Memorial Hermann Foundation: Fundraising arm of Houston-based Memorial Hermann health system, operating in a different Texas metro but with comparable scale, mission (including safety-net commitments), and donor program structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/parklandfndn
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ParklandDallas
• Facebookfacebook.com/ParklandFoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/parklandfoundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/parklandhealth

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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