Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation

What Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation does

Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation is a private nonprofit foundation established in 1978 in Dallas, Texas, operating as the philanthropy arm of Baylor Scott & White Health — one of the largest faith-based health systems in the United States, serving roughly one in ten Texans. Originally founded as Baylor University Medical Center Foundation with a $5 million endowment, the foundation has cumulatively distributed more than $1 billion in philanthropic funds to support healthcare initiatives in North Texas.

The foundation's core activity is fundraising and grantmaking across six programmatic areas: cancer care (including the Texas Cancer Interception Institute and the High-Risk Breast Screening Program), graduate medical education, transplant services (heart, liver, kidney, lung, pancreas, and uterus), memory disorder care (AT&T Memory Center), community health (including Street Medicine and Community Care Clinics), and patient support programs such as Child Life. It supports 300+ residents and fellows annually at Baylor University Medical Center, has underwritten 1,230+ heart transplants since 1984, and has identified 5,125+ high-risk breast cancer patients.

Revenue is generated entirely through charitable channels: individual and corporate donations, planned giving (bequests, charitable remainder trusts), event-based fundraising (Celebrating Women Luncheon since 1999, Grand Rounds Golf Tournament since ~2004), and grants from corporate and family foundations (Mary Kay Ash Foundation, AT&T, Crystal Charity Ball, Simmons, Sammons, Pickens, York, Jones families, among others). The foundation distributes funds internally to Baylor Scott & White Health programs rather than selling products or services. Its GTM is relationship-driven: board member outreach, grateful patient programs, signature annual events, and a quarterly newsletter (The Compass). HQ at 301 N. Washington Ave., Dallas, with operations entirely within North Texas.

Name

Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation

Legal name

Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation

Website

https://dallasfoundation.bswhealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation is a Dallas-based nonprofit foundation (founded 1978) that raises and distributes philanthropic funds to support Baylor Scott & White Health's patient care, cancer research, graduate medical education, transplant services, and community health programs across North Texas, having distributed over $1 billion cumulatively.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Philanthropy

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB), Research & Science Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAI), Workforce Development & Training Grants (Public Health) (HLAJALAM)

Keywords

• Healthcare philanthropy
• Charitable fundraising
• Medical research funding
• Medical education support
• Community health giving

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, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Philanthropic donations: Individual and corporate donations from donors supporting various healthcare initiatives at Baylor Scott & White Health. Includes online donations, tribute gifts, and recurring giving programs.
2. Planned giving: Legacy gifts including bequests, charitable remainder trusts, and other estate planning vehicles that create long-term support for the foundation's mission.
3. Event-based fundraising: Revenue generated through signature events including the Celebrating Women Luncheon and Grand Rounds Golf Tournament, with sponsorship contributions from corporate partners.
4. Corporate and foundation grants: Grants from corporate foundations and organizations such as Mary Kay Ash Foundation, Crystal Charity Ball, AT&T, and others supporting specific healthcare programs and research initiatives.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation is a private nonprofit healthcare philanthropy organization that raises and distributes charitable donations to support Baylor Scott & White Health's medical programs in North Texas. The foundation solicits individual donations, corporate and foundation grants, planned gifts, and event sponsorships, then deploys those funds across eight priority areas: cancer care, capital and technology, community health, graduate medical education, regional hospital support, patient programs, research, and transplant services. Since 1978, the foundation has distributed more than $1 billion to support healthcare initiatives across the Baylor Scott & White Health system.

Product overview

Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation is a healthcare philanthropy organization that raises funds to support Baylor Scott & White Health's medical programs and services in North Texas. Rather than offering technology products, the Foundation operates fundraising campaigns and events to support healthcare initiatives including cancer research and treatment, medical education, transplant services, and community health programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Celebrating Women: Annual luncheon dedicated to raising awareness and support for the fight against breast cancer in North Texas, raising over $42 million since 1999.
• Grand Rounds Golf Tournament
• The Compass

Products and services

• Online Donation Program Web-based giving platform enabling donors to make tax-deductible contributions to the foundation, with options for one-time gifts, recurring giving, and tribute/memorial donations supporting priority healthcare areas.
• Planned Giving Program Structured legacy gift program offering donors multiple estate planning options including bequests, charitable remainder trusts, and other planned giving instruments that create long-term support for the foundation's healthcare mission.
• Grateful Giving (Honor Your Caregiver) Donor cultivation program engaging patients who have received care at Baylor Scott & White Health to express gratitude through charitable giving, often in honor of specific caregivers who made a difference in their healthcare experience.
• Giving Societies Multi-tiered donor recognition program that honors donors for their cumulative generosity through named societies, providing acknowledgement, engagement opportunities, and stewardship benefits at various giving thresholds.
• Celebrating Women Luncheon Signature annual fundraising luncheon dedicated to raising awareness and support for the fight against breast cancer, engaging donors, corporate sponsors (including 20-year presenting sponsor Tom Thumb/Albertsons), and community members to advance breast cancer research, early detection, and patient care at Baylor Scott & White.
• Grand Rounds Golf Tournament Annual golf tournament and signature fundraising event benefiting Graduate Medical Education at Baylor University Medical Center, supporting the training of more than 300 residents and fellows each year.

Quantifiable outcome

• Served additional 800 patients annually through expanded genetic counseling program
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Street Medicine InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024The Street Medicine Institute provided support for launching the Street Medicine program at BUMC in 2024, making Dallas the largest U.S. city without a Street Medicine program no longer.
• The Meadows FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Meadows Foundation is providing rent-free facility space for a childcare center near BUMC in collaboration with Dallas College and Baylor Scott & White.
• Dallas CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDallas College is operating an early childhood education lab school at the childcare center, preparing future early childhood professionals while providing childcare services.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Texas Health Resources Foundation: Large regional health system foundation operating across North Texas with comparable fundraising model targeting major gifts, planned giving, and signature events.
• Parkland Foundation: Dallas-based hospital foundation supporting Parkland Health's safety-net mission; competes for the same North Texas major donors and corporate healthcare philanthropy.
• Children's Health Foundation of Dallas: Regional peer foundation supporting pediatric care, research, and family services in the same North Texas donor market with similar event-driven fundraising and grateful-patient programs.
• Methodist Health System Foundation: Faith-based Dallas-area hospital foundation with overlapping donor base and similar grantmaking focus on patient care, medical education, and community health programs.
• UT Southwestern Medical Center Foundation: Direct competitor for major Dallas-area healthcare philanthropy, supporting academic medical research, graduate medical education, and patient care programs in the same North Texas market.
• Baylor Scott & White Central Texas Foundation: Sister foundation within the same Baylor Scott & White Health system serving the Waco/Temple/Central Texas region with an analogous fundraising and grant-distribution model for the same parent health system.

Broad incumbents

• American Cancer Society: National voluntary health organization with substantial breast cancer research grants and patient lodging programs (Hope Lodge); overlaps with foundation's breast cancer and transplant patient initiatives.
• Communities Foundation of Texas: Major community foundation managing donor-advised funds and competitive grants in North Texas; serves as both an indirect peer and a potential funding partner/co-funder of health initiatives.
• MD Anderson Cancer Center Foundation: Texas-based comprehensive cancer center foundation with national scope; competes for major cancer philanthropy gifts at a larger scale than the Dallas Foundation's cancer programs.

Others

• Hospice Foundation of America: National health-focused nonprofit foundation; broadly comparable philanthropic structure though operating in a different therapeutic area.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/bswhealth
• Facebookfacebook.com/BSWHealth
• Instagraminstagram.com/bswhealth
• Pinterestpinterest.com/bswhealth
• Xx.com/bswhealth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bswhealth

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

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