CHRISTUS St. Michael Foundation

Name

CHRISTUS St. Michael Foundation

Legal name

CHRISTUS St. Michael Foundation

Website

https://christusstmichaelfoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

CHRISTUS St. Michael Foundation is a 1992-established nonprofit philanthropic foundation that raises donations and runs capital campaigns to fund CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System facilities, equipment, caregiver recognition, and healthcare scholarships in the Texarkana, Texas region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Philanthropy

NAICS

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

SIC

Hospital & Medical Service Plans (6324)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Foundations & CSR Grantmaking (BPAGAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL), Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK)

Keywords

• Healthcare philanthropy
• Charitable fundraising
• Hospital foundation
• Community giving
• Scholarship endowment

Headquarters

HQ city

Texarkana

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Donor Contributions: The foundation raises funds through individual and corporate donations, with funds staying within the local Texarkana community to support the health system.
2. Foundation Gala: Annual fundraising gala with ticket sales, underwriting sponsorships, and various sponsorship tiers (Diamond, Ruby, Emerald, Amethyst).
3. Helping Hand Program: Donations made by patients and families to honor caregivers with Helping Hand Awards, including pins and certificates.
4. Capital Campaign Donations: Targeted fundraising for specific capital projects such as the Infusion Center Expansion ($545,000 goal) and Emergency Center.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CHRISTUS St. Michael Foundation is a nonprofit charitable foundation that raises funds to support CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas. The foundation conducts individual and corporate donor campaigns, hosts an annual Foundation Gala, operates a caregiver recognition program (Helping Hands), administers the Sister Damian Murphy Scholarship Endowment, and runs capital campaigns for healthcare facility projects such as the new Emergency Center and the Infusion Center Expansion. All funds raised remain in the local Texarkana community.

Product overview

CHRISTUS St. Michael Foundation is a healthcare philanthropy organization that supports CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System. The foundation offers donor programs, fundraising events (including an annual Gala), recognition programs like Helping Hands, and scholarship endowments. The health system operates healthcare facilities including a new Emergency Center and Infusion Center, with services spanning women's health, emergency services, senior health, cancer care, heart care, surgery, imaging, and rehabilitation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Donor Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• $1.7 million raised through Great Texarkana Duck Race over the years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CHRISTUS HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHRISTUS Health is the parent health system and primary partner. The foundation was established to support CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System in extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. CHRISTUS Health provides underwriting sponsorship for foundation events.
• Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate WordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation's roots trace to the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word - Houston, who founded St. Michael Hospital in 1916. Their mission to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ remains central to the foundation's purpose.
• CHRISTUS St. Michael Health SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation exists to support this health system. All funds raised for the health system remain in the local Texarkana community to support healthcare services.
• Friends of the FoundationcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorServes as a Development Committee supporting fundraising, volunteer programs, and community outreach on behalf of the foundation and health system. Has organized the Great Texarkana Duck Race generating approximately $1.7 million.
• Texarkana Convention CenterminorOthersVenue for the annual Foundation Gala events. Located in Texarkana, Texas.
• Texas A&M University - TexarkanaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Partner in Philanthropy sponsor and collaborative partner in healthcare education initiatives.
• University of Arkansas Hope-TexarkanaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational institution partner supporting healthcare workforce development and education programs.
• LifeNet Emergency Medical ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmerald sponsor for the 2026 Gala, supporting emergency medical services in the region.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation: Philanthropic arm of one of Texas's largest non-profit health systems. Directly comparable as a hospital-affiliated foundation in Texas pooling community donations to fund capital projects, equipment, and patient-care programs.
• Texas Health Resources Foundation: Foundation supporting a multi-hospital faith-rooted health system in North Texas. Comparable operating model with regional corporate partnerships, gala fundraisers, and donor-recognition programs tied to grateful patients.
• Houston Methodist Foundation: Hospital-based philanthropy operation supporting another major Texas health system, with comparable programs in capital campaigns, major-gifts officer staffing, and event-driven fundraising. Directly comparable mission and operating model.
• Memorial Hermann Foundation: The fundraising arm of the Memorial Hermann Health System in Texas, conducting annual galas, capital campaigns, and grateful-patient programs. Directly comparable large-scale Texas hospital philanthropy operation.
• CHRISTUS Spohn Foundation: Sister foundation supporting another CHRISTUS Health hospital (in Corpus Christi). Most structurally comparable peer - same parent system, identical mission framework, comparable gala and capital-campaign formats.

Broad incumbents

• CHRISTUS Health (System Philanthropy Operations): The parent health system that operates hospital-level foundations across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and beyond. Comparable as the umbrella organization whose model the CHRISTUS St. Michael Foundation operates within, with shared branding, mission language, and event-sponsorship support.
• Ascension Foundation: Philanthropy arm of a large Catholic health system with similar spiritual-mission language and comparable hospital-philanthropy operating playbook across multiple regional facilities.
• Providence Foundations: Non-profit Catholic health system foundation network supporting multiple regional hospitals with capital campaigns and grateful-patient giving models analogous to CHRISTUS St. Michael Foundation's operations.
• CommonSpirit Health Foundation: Foundation arm of a major Catholic non-profit health system formed by Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health. Operates comparable community-based hospital philanthropy with mission-driven fundraising tied to a multi-region system.
• Mercy Health Foundation: Philanthropy arm of one of the largest Catholic health systems in the U.S. Comparable faith-based, mission-driven hospital foundation model with similar capital-campaign and grateful-patient giving programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/christusstmichael
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/christusstmichael

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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