About Ascension Seton Foundation
Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. We are dedicated to spiritually centered holistic care which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities and to advocating for a compassionate and just society.
Focus Areas
Health careWomen’s health and maternal servicesNeonatology / NICUTransplant servicesNeurosciencesTrauma and burn careNursing scholarships and professional developmentCharity care / financial assistance
Funding Style
general operating supportcapital project fundingunrestricted support
About Ascension Seton Foundation
Ascension Seton Foundation’s largest recent grants have flowed to Ascension Seton for general and capital support, including $7,409,546 in 2024 and $4,571,589 in 2025. That pattern points to a funder built around hospital operations, program expansion, and physical plant needs rather than broad external philanthropy. Their active priorities center on Dell Seton Medical Center and Ascension Seton services in Central Texas, with emphasis on transplant services, neurosciences, trauma and burn care, women’s health and mother-baby services, nursing scholarships, and charity care for poor and vulnerable patients. The foundation also supports the infrastructure behind care delivery. Current program descriptions include funding for technology, research, physician recruitment and retention, hospital supplies and equipment, emergency relief, and nursing workforce development. Among the named recipients in recent grants, Seton Family of Doctors received $829,347 in 2025 and $720,742 in 2023, while Twenty Six Doors received $680,174 in 2024, showing support for multiple affiliated entities across the Ascension Seton system. The grant record is dominated by general and capital support, which matches the foundation’s emphasis on institutional priorities and health-system capacity.
What Ascension Seton Foundation Funds
In transplant, neurosciences, trauma and burn care, and related clinical expansion, the foundation gave $4,571,589 to Ascension Seton in 2025 for general and capital support tied to these priorities. The active “Future of Care” priorities explicitly include an Abdominal Transplant Center, neurosciences, trauma and burn care, research, technology, and recruitment and retention. Women’s health is another defined area. Through the Women First initiative, Ascension Seton Foundation supports women’s health services and mother-baby services at Ascension Seton Medical Center and Dell Seton. Workforce development appears in nursing education. The Ascension Seton Nurse Scholarship Endowment provides scholarships to nursing students and supports nursing workforce development, and the foundation’s current descriptions also include nursing professional development as a funding area within the associate giving campaign. Charity care and emergency relief round out the picture, including a COVID-19 Response Fund established to cover health care costs for poor and vulnerable patients and to support hospital supply and equipment needs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$6.8M
Total Assets
$142.4M
Total Revenue
$17.2M
Total Expenses
$8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $147K and $1.2M, with a median of $527K.
25th Percentile
$147K
Median
$527K
75th Percentile
$1.2M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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