The Darton Health Professions Foundation concentrates its giving on supporting health-professions education through sustained funding to a single institutional partner. All grants (five awards totaling $466,800) went to Albany State University for scholarships and program support, indicating a mission-focused, local/regionally oriented approach to building the health workforce. The foundation’s activity is characterized by repeat, targeted investments rather than broad, one-off giving.
Darton Health Professions Foundatio’s recent giving centers on one institutional partner: Albany State University in Albany, Georgia. Across the grants listed, the foundation repeatedly supports scholarships, program support, equipment, and faculty support tied to health professions education. That pattern points to a targeted approach focused on building the regional health workforce through a single public university. The largest recent award in the data was $110,248 in 2023 to Albany State University for ASU scholarships and program support, followed by $107,452 in 2025 for the same purpose. Additional support of $93,032 in 2024 and $77,174 in 2025 also went to ASU scholarships and program support, showing sustained funding rather than isolated awards. The foundation’s grantmaking also extends beyond student aid into capacity-building uses, including equipment and faculty support at the same university. Its active scholarship programs reinforce that emphasis. The foundation offers named scholarship programs for students in higher education, with many awards aimed at health professions and other post-secondary fields. Endowed named scholarships are also part of the program structure, indicating a long-term scholarship model anchored in Southwest Georgia.
Health-professions education is the clearest throughline in the foundation’s giving. One recent award of $78,894 to Albany State University supported equipment and faculty needs, linking the foundation’s dollars to academic infrastructure as well as student aid. Student support is another major theme. In 2024, the foundation gave $93,032 to Albany State University for ASU scholarships and program support, and it made a separate 2024 award of $6,076 for equipment and faculty support. Those grants show a mix of direct student aid and institutional support. The scholarship program itself is broad within a focused field. The foundation’s named scholarship portfolio includes awards for health professions, teacher education, emergency medical services, and respiratory care, all tied to Southwest Georgia. A donor-facing endowed scholarship program is also active, allowing named scholarship endowments for long-term support of students at the institution.
$110K
$6.4M
$564K
$406K
Most grants fall between $24K and $89K, with a median of $78K.
25th Percentile
$24K
Median
$78K
75th Percentile
$89K
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Highly concentrated: repeated, moderately large grants exclusively to one grantee (Albany State University) for scholarships and program support rather than diversified funding across many organizations.
Notable grantees: Albany State University
Grant sizes cluster in a fairly tight band: the typical award sits at a median of $78,034, with a p25 of $23,850 and a p75 of $89,498. The recent grants list shows a repeat relationship over multiple years rather than one-off giving, with the same recipient appearing in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation is not an individual-funding vehicle and does not make program-related investments. Its scholarship programs are open to unsolicited applications, including an online application portal for annual awards.
The foundation gives locally and all recent grants in the dataset went to recipients in Georgia. Albany is the recurring recipient city, with Albany State University receiving every listed award. The geographic scope of the scholarship programs is Southwest Georgia, including Albany-Dougherty County in the endowed scholarship program. The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with 8 grants in the United States.
It funds Albany State University repeatedly, with grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025 for ASU scholarships and program support, plus equipment and faculty support. The foundation’s active scholarship programs also focus on health professions education and related post-secondary fields in Southwest Georgia.
The foundation’s typical award is $78,034 at the median, with a lower quartile of $23,850 and an upper quartile of $89,498. The recent grants list includes awards ranging from $461 to $110,248.
Yes. The scholarship programs are marked as accepting unsolicited applications, and one program description notes an online application portal with annual deadlines for named scholarships.
The named scholarship portfolio includes awards aimed at health professions, teacher education, emergency medical services, and respiratory care. The programs are designed for students in higher education, especially in Southwest Georgia.
It is recurring. The recent grants list shows repeated awards to the same recipient across three years, including 2023, 2024, and 2025, which indicates sustained support rather than isolated grants.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY | ALBANY, GA | $107,452 | 2025 | ASU SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY | ALBANY, GA | $77,174 | 2025 | ASU SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY | ALBANY, GA | $2,610 | 2025 | EQUIPMENT & FACULTY SUPPORT |
| ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY | ALBANY, GA | $461 | 2025 | EQUIPMENT & FACULTY SUPPORT |
| ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY | ALBANY, GA | $93,032 | 2024 | ASU SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY | ALBANY, GA | $6,076 | 2024 | EQUIPMENT AND FACULTY SUPPORT |
| ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY | ALBANY, GA | $110,248 | 2023 | ASU SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY | ALBANY, GA | $78,894 | 2023 | EQUIPMENT AND FACULTY SUPPORT |
ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY
$107,452ASU SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY
$77,174ASU SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY
$2,610EQUIPMENT & FACULTY SUPPORT
ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY
$461EQUIPMENT & FACULTY SUPPORT
ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY
$93,032ASU SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY
$6,076EQUIPMENT AND FACULTY SUPPORT