Open Foundations · Texas

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

Austin, Texas · EIN 364336415. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $163.5M across 833 grants in 2024, a median of $19K each.

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$163.5M
paid in 2024
833
grants paid
$19K
median grant
16%
to first-time recipients
$7.8B
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
dellscholarsorg dellyoungleadersorg
Address
4417 Westlake Drive, Austin, TX, 78746
Phone
5126005500
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
Online application
Submission deadline
Please refer to the applicable websites
Restrictions on awards
Please refer to dell.org

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202543189349104239. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

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Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 833 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Charter School Growth FundCO$50,000,000Launching the Dell Catalyst Fund to Drive Quality Charter School Growth
2University of Texas at AustinTX$8,492,618UT For Me Powered by Dell Scholars: 2024-2025 Academic Year
3Mobile Loaves & Fishes IncTX$7,586,321Scaling Community First! Village to Combat Homelessness
4United Jewish AppealNY$2,500,000Launching a Hub to Transform the Lives of Jewish New Yorkers
5University of Texas at AustinTX$2,106,020Dell Scholars at UT Austin: 2023-2024 Cohort
6University of Texas at AustinTX$2,085,748Dell Scholars at UT Austin: 2022-2023 Cohort
7Charter School Growth FundCO$2,000,000Accelerating Quality Schools Growth in Texas
8Communities Foundation of TexasTX$1,774,968Scaling Education to College and Career Pathways in Texas
9New Leaders Foundationn/a$1,551,429DDD 2023/24 Implementation
10Region 4 Education Service CenterTX$1,521,000Accelerating Adoption of Texas Education Exchange
11America's Frontier FundVA$1,500,000Building Pathways to Opportunity in Critical-Tech Sectors
12Teach for IndiaIN$1,322,451Improving Holistic Outcomes for Students From Low-Income Communities
13New Schools Venture FundCA$1,250,000Scaling Career Connected School Models
14Education AnalyticsWI$1,215,000Ed-Fi Expansion into Local California Education Agencies
15The British Asian Trustn/a$1,104,167Skill Impact Bond - Skilling low-income youth for aspirational jobs

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20207$120.8M
2021905$116.5M
2022865$133.2M
2023873$116.0M
2024833$163.5M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Texas24%
California13%
New York7%
??6%
Indiana5%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Dr Alexander Dell2nd VP/Director · 2024
Janet MountainExec Director/Sec/Assistant Treasurer · 2024
Marc LiskerTreasurer/Assistant Secretary · 2024
Michael S DellPresident/Director · 2024
Susan L Dell1st VP/Director · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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