About Texas Health Resources Foundation
Improving the health of the people in the communities we serve by engaging with area leaders, caregivers and stakeholders to deliver programs and services that lead to measurable, sustainable community improvements.
Focus Areas
Community health & well-beingHealthy food accessEmotional, social & spiritual supportCommunity collaborationPublic policy & advocacyEmployee community engagement
Who They Fund
cancer patientspatients' families/caregiverscommunity members affected by cancerclinical/medical researchers
Funding Style
research funding
About Texas Health Resources Foundation
Texas Health Resources Foundation’s largest recent award was $11,565,433 to North Texas Healthy Communities in Arlington, a signal that the foundation’s grantmaking is built around large, place-based investments tied to community health. Its mission centers on improving the health of people in the communities it serves by working with area leaders, caregivers, and stakeholders to deliver programs and services that produce measurable, sustainable community improvements. Recent grants show a long-running pattern of support for Texas Health entities in Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, and nearby cities, alongside community-facing partners such as Texas Oncology Foundation Inc. and UT Southwestern Medical Center. The foundation’s giving is not limited to one program type; it includes support for health equity, upstream approaches to social determinants of health, clinical and medical research, oncology-related services, and patient assistance. It also funds collaborative community initiatives through active grant programs such as Texas Health Community Hope and Texas Health Community Impact. In the recent grants list, Texas Health Dallas received awards in 2023, 2024, and 2025, while Texas Health Fort Worth also appears across multiple years, showing repeated support for core health-system and community priorities.
What Texas Health Resources Foundation Funds
Community health and well-being is a clear throughline. Texas Health Community Hope invests in programs, partnerships, and initiatives designed to improve health equity and community well-being across North Texas, and the recent grants list includes $813,585 to North Texas Healthy Communities in 2025 for that broader place-based work. The foundation also supports access and service delivery within its health system network, including $565,766 to Texas Health Plano in 2025 and $177,090 to Texas Health HEB in 2025. In cancer-related giving, it backed Texas Oncology Foundation Inc. with $95,420 in 2024 for oncology services and Texas Oncology PA with $92,056 in 2023 for patient assistance. Research appears as well: UT Southwestern Medical Center received $280,000 in 2024 for medical research. Public policy and advocacy are listed among the active program focus areas, alongside healthy food access and emotional, social, and spiritual support.
How Texas Health Resources Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$14.1M
Total Assets
$394.9M
Total Revenue
$46.9M
Total Expenses
$23.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $55K and $397K, with a median of $92K.
25th Percentile
$55K
Median
$92K
75th Percentile
$397K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Laura McWhorter
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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