Dell Children's Medical Center Foundation

What Dell Children's Medical Center Foundation does

Dell Children's Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 20-0468031) operating as the philanthropic fundraising arm of Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1987 and operating under parent Ascension Texas Foundations, the foundation raises charitable contributions from individuals, corporations, giving societies, and event participants to fund pediatric specialty care for children across a 46-county Central Texas service area. It supports the only dedicated freestanding pediatric facility and Level I Trauma Center in the region, with revenue streams spanning individual donations, corporate partnerships, signature events, endowment gifts, tiered giving societies (Dell Children's Trust, Women's Trust, Grandparents' Trust), and the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals partnership.

The foundation's giving programs fund a clinically distinctive portfolio including the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease (50 heart transplants in five years, 2,000+ heart surgeries, U.S. News No. 10 national ranking), the Comprehensive Fetal Care Center (1,000+ patients served), the Hyperfine Swoop portable MRI program in neurocritical care, and the Center for Resiliency (11 staff wellness programs). Key fundraising initiatives include the HERE Campaign — backed by a Michael & Susan Dell Foundation matching gift — supporting facility expansion at the Specialty Pavilion, Dell Children's North, and a 4th Bed Tower, plus the HERE to Stay endowment program. The foundation operates a multi-channel fundraising stack spanning online donations, employer matching, community events, signature events (Dell Children's Ball, Birthday, Austin Marathon), and the Roundup App.

Dell Children's Foundation has been recognized as an AHP Report on Giving High Performer and earned the Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency. It distributes impact through tiered giving societies ranging from $1,000 (Women's Trust Partner) to $5,000 (Women's Trust Star Host), with collective grant-making for hospital programs. Its customer base spans uninsured and underinsured families receiving charity care, Central Texas families needing pediatric specialty access, philanthropists seeking measurable impact, corporate partners including Costco (raising $100K+ annually at the Cedar Park location through CMN), and clinicians served by the Center for Resiliency.

Name

Dell Children's Medical Center Foundation

Legal name

Dell Children's Foundation

Website

https://supportdellchildrens.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dell Children's Foundation is the 501(c)(3) fundraising arm of Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin, Texas, raising philanthropic support to fund the only dedicated freestanding pediatric facility and Level I Trauma Center serving a 46-county Central Texas region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Philanthropy Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Child and Youth Services (62411), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Corporate Foundations & CSR Grantmaking (BPAGAKAC)

Keywords

• Pediatric healthcare fundraising
• Nonprofit medical foundation
• Charitable giving programs
• Community philanthropy services
• Hospital endowment campaigns

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individual supporters. Includes options for monthly giving, one-time gifts, and designated campaign donations.
2. Corporate Partnerships: Sponsorships and charitable contributions from corporate partners, including employer matching gift programs.
3. Signature Events: Revenue from hosted events including Dell Children's Ball, Birthday celebration, and community fundraising events.
4. Endowment Giving: Planned gifts and endowed chair funding that provide long-term financial support for specific programs and positions.
5. Giving Societies: Membership-based giving through Dell Children's Trust, Women's Trust, and Grandparents' Trust with tiered giving levels.
6. Children's Miracle Network: Partnership revenue through Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, supporting the HERE campaign and hospital programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Dell Children's Foundation is the 501(c)(3) fundraising arm of Dell Children's Medical Center, soliciting charitable contributions from individuals, corporations, and community partners to fund pediatric specialty care, capital projects (Dell Children's North, 4th Bed Tower), and clinical programs such as the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease and the Comprehensive Fetal Care Center. It operates tiered giving societies, signature fundraising events, endowment and planned giving programs, and signature rooms/naming opportunities to direct donor capital toward hospital priorities.

Product overview

Dell Children's Foundation operates as a unified fundraising organization supporting Dell Children's Medical Center. The foundation offers multiple giving societies (Dell Children's Trust, Women's Trust, Grandparents' Trust) that pool member contributions to fund hospital priorities. Key fundraising initiatives include the HERE Campaign and HERE to Stay endowment program. The foundation supports specialized medical programs including the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease and Comprehensive Fetal Care Center. The Center for Resiliency provides staff support programs for healthcare workers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HERE Campaign
• HERE to Stay Endowment
• Dell Children's North Expansion
• Dell Children's Trust Giving Society
• Dell Children's Women's Trust
• Dell Children's Grandparents' Trust
• Monthly Giving Program
• Roundup App Micro-Donations
• Endowment and Endowed Chair Giving
• Signature Fundraising Events
• Center for Resiliency Program
• Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease
• Comprehensive Fetal Care Center

Quantifiable outcome

• 89% five-year transplant success rate (vs. ~80% typical survival probability for their complex cases)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• UT Health AustincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Partnership to establish the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease at Dell Children's. Dr. Charles Fraser Jr. leads the program under this partnership. Also partnered for Hyperfine Swoop portable MRI.
• Dell Medical School (UT Austin)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Dell Medical School's launch in 2016 attracted physicians to Austin for the rare opportunity to build a program and medical school simultaneously. Enables cardiac fellowship launching July and medical student/resident training in cardiac operating room.
• Ascension Texas FoundationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent organization overseeing Dell Children's Foundation as part of Ascension Texas. © 2026 Ascension Texas Foundations holds rights to the foundation.
• Children's Miracle Network HospitalscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDell Children's Medical Center is a proud member of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. CMNH funding supports the HERE campaign to ensure no child has to leave Austin for care. 17 million children benefit annually from CMNH programs.
• Costco WholesalecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner through Children's Miracle Network. The Cedar Park Costco location alone raises over $100,000 annually for Dell Children's through the Jumbo Balloon program and community fundraising campaigns.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation: Fundraising entity for CHOP, a top-3 U.S. pediatric hospital; highly comparable as a freestanding children's hospital foundation with a multi-year capital campaign, named-endowment programs, and giving societies targeting regional high-net-worth donors.
• Nationwide Children's Hospital Foundation: Philanthropic arm of a major freestanding children's hospital in Columbus; comparable scale of capital campaigns, named-endowment giving, and signature fundraising events tied to a corporate namesake.
• Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health: Stanford-affiliated children's health foundation supporting Lucile Packard Children's Hospital; highly comparable as a freestanding children's hospital foundation with multi-channel fundraising, donor-advised giving, and major capital campaign infrastructure.
• Texas Children's Hospital Foundation: Houston-based fundraising arm of the largest children's hospital in the U.S.; directly comparable as a Texas-based pediatric hospital foundation with tiered giving societies, major capital campaigns, and a similar donor demographic of high-net-worth individuals and corporate partners.
• Cincinnati Children's Foundation: Philanthropic arm of a top-5 U.S. pediatric medical center; comparable scale, multi-channel fundraising model, and major-gift / planned-giving infrastructure supporting research and clinical program expansion.
• Boston Children's Hospital Trust: The philanthropic arm of Boston Children's Hospital, the nation's top-ranked pediatric hospital; comparable as a large academic children's hospital foundation running multi-hundred-million-dollar campaigns and structured giving societies with similar donor stewardship practices.
• St. Louis Children's Hospital Foundation: Philanthropic entity supporting a freestanding children's hospital affiliated with BJC HealthCare; highly comparable operating model, including community events, corporate partner programs, and individual major-gift fundraising.
• Phoenix Children's Foundation: Fundraising arm of Phoenix Children's Hospital, a large regional pediatric system; comparable as a freestanding children's hospital foundation with a strong HERE-style mission of "no family should have to leave the region" and major capital campaigns supporting multi-facility expansion.
• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation: Fundraising arm for a large pediatric health system; comparable as a multi-hospital children's foundation with corporate partnerships, signature events, and giving societies supporting capital expansion across a regional pediatric network.

Others

• Children's Miracle Network Hospitals: National alliance of children's hospitals that pools corporate fundraising (Costco, Walmart, etc.) and distributes grants to member hospitals including Dell Children's; comparable not as a competing foundation but as the network platform through which Dell Children's CMNH revenue flows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/DellChildrensFoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dell-childrens-foundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/dellchildrensfoundation

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