Presbyterian Health Foundation

Name

Presbyterian Health Foundation

Legal name

Presbyterian Health Foundation

Website

https://phfokc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Biomedical Research Grantmaking

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK)

Keywords

• Biomedical research grants
• Medical education funding
• Healthcare philanthropy
• Biomedical innovation grants
• Nonprofit grantmaking

Headquarters

HQ city

Oklahoma City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation Endowment and Investment Returns: The foundation was established in 1985 with proceeds from the sale of Presbyterian Hospital. It operates as a perpetual grantmaking organization, deploying investment returns and endowment funds to support biomedical research. The foundation generates returns through strategic investments and capital partnerships to sustain its charitable mission.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Presbyterian Health Foundation is a nonprofit grantmaking organization that deploys endowment and investment returns to fund early-stage biomedical research, medical education, and biotechnology sector development within the Oklahoma Health Center campus in Oklahoma City. It offers three core grant programs — Biomedical Research Grants, Scientific Education Grants, and Mission Impact Grants — to OUHSC, OMRF, and other Oklahoma-based research and sector-promoting organizations, having awarded more than $205 million in grants and invested over $230 million total since 1985.

Product overview

Presbyterian Health Foundation is a biomedical research grantmaking organization offering three core grant programs. The Biomedical Research Grants fund early-stage research at OUHSC and OMRF; Scientific Education Grants support the MD/PhD program and symposia; and Mission Impact Grants promote the biomedical sector in Oklahoma. As of 2022, the Foundation has awarded over $205 million in grants, having invested over $230 million total since its founding in 1985.

Differentiator

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Products and services

• Biomedical Research Grants Funding grants for early-stage biomedical research at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) to advance life-saving discoveries and treatments. Available to Oklahoma's flagship research institutions conducting biomedical research on the Oklahoma Health Center campus.
• Scientific Education Grants Grants supporting medical education, including the OUHSC/OMRF MD/PhD Program and scientific symposia held at the Oklahoma Health Center campus. Intended to develop research talent within Oklahoma's medical research institutions.
• Mission Impact Grants Grants awarded to organizations in Oklahoma City striving to promote the biomedical research sector as a viable and recognized industry in Oklahoma. Targeted at nonprofit and sector-promotion organizations supporting the biotechnology industry.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• University of Oklahoma (Post-Research Park Sale)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013PHF sold its 700,000 square foot Research Park to the University of Oklahoma in 2013. The sale was structured to enable OUHSC to use the foundation's established infrastructure as a springboard to further biomedical research, healthcare, and job growth in Oklahoma.
• University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPHF's primary research partner and grantee. OUHSC is one of Oklahoma's flagship research institutions conducting biomedical research on the Oklahoma Health Center campus. PHF provides grants for early-stage research, supports the MD/PhD program, and funds scientific symposia.
• Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPHF's other primary research partner and grantee. OMRF is Oklahoma's flagship medical research institution conducting fundamental research on human diseases. PHF provides collaborative research funding including joint MD/PhD program support with OUHSC.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Inasmuch Foundation: Oklahoma City-based private foundation funding health, education, and community initiatives in Oklahoma. Comparable to PHF as a regional philanthropic grantmaker anchored in Oklahoma City with overlapping missions in health and biomedical advancement.
• Kirkpatrick Foundation: Oklahoma-focused family foundation supporting arts, education, health, and cultural initiatives. Comparable to PHF as a regional grantmaking foundation operating in the Oklahoma philanthropic ecosystem with overlapping health-related funding.
• Oklahoma City Community Foundation: Oklahoma City's primary community foundation managing charitable funds and grants for the metropolitan area. Comparable to PHF as a regional grantmaking organization headquartered in Oklahoma City that distributes philanthropic capital to local nonprofits and institutions.
• Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust: Statewide Oklahoma endowment trust funding health, research, and prevention initiatives. Comparable to PHF as an Oklahoma-based perpetual grantmaking entity that funds biomedical and health-related programs within the state.

Broad incumbents

• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation: National foundation funding medical research, the performing arts, environmental conservation, and child well-being. Comparable to PHF as a perpetual grantmaking foundation with a major medical research funding pillar, though operating at significantly larger national scale.
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Largest U.S. biomedical research philanthropy, funding scientists and research institutions across the country. Comparable to PHF as a perpetual biomedical research grantmaker supporting investigator-initiated research at major research universities and institutes.
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Largest U.S. health-focused philanthropy funding health and health-care research, policy, and programs nationally. Comparable to PHF as a grantmaking foundation with a primary health and biomedical research mission.
• Pew Charitable Trusts: National nonprofit that funds biomedical research, environmental science, and public policy initiatives. Comparable to PHF as a large-scale perpetual grantmaking organization with a dedicated biomedical research funding pillar.

Direct peers

• Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation: National foundation dedicated to improving health professions education, including funding of MD/PhD and physician-scientist training programs. Comparable to PHF specifically through its co-funding of the OUHSC/OMRF MD/PhD program and overlapping medical-education grantmaking.
• William T. Grant Foundation: Private foundation supporting research on youth development and education. A directly comparable perpetual grantmaking foundation funding researcher-initiated studies at universities, with a similar operating model to PHF's institutional biomedical research grants.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments4 records

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