Advancing healthcare and wellness in the communities served by Southeast Health and its affiliates through philanthropy.
The Southeast Alabama Medical Center Foundation Inc concentrates its giving on Southeast Health’s own system and affiliates, with the largest recent grant reaching Houston County Health Care Authority Southeast Health Medical Center in Dothan for financial support. That pattern shows a foundation funding healthcare delivery close to home rather than dispersing gifts broadly. Recent grants also include support for Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, which connects the foundation’s philanthropy to medical education in the same community. Its stated purpose is to advance healthcare and wellness in the communities served by Southeast Health and its affiliates through philanthropy. The active program list reinforces that mission: scholarships for nursing, allied health, and surgical technology; support for Southeast Health team members pursuing advanced degrees; and community health initiatives such as HeartSafe. The foundation also backs maternal and child health, medical equipment and technology, and emergency response efforts tied to cardiac arrest survival. A notable feature of this funder is the mix of institutional support and workforce development. Scholarships are aimed at students, employees, teen volunteers, and employee family members, linking charitable giving to staffing and training within the local health system.
Healthcare delivery is the core of the foundation’s grantmaking. It gave $828,682 in 2025, $411,563 in 2024, and $554,564 in 2023 to Houston County Health Care Authority Southeast Health Medical Center in Dothan for financial support, indicating repeated backing for the health system’s operations. Medical education is another recurring theme. The foundation awarded $153,000 in 2023, $71,044 in 2025, and $25,626 in 2024 to Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, tying philanthropy to physician training in Dothan. Workforce development also appears through scholarships. Its Patsy S. McGowan Memorial Scholarship covers tuition for the five-semester Surgical Technology Program at Wallace Community College and requires a two-year work commitment at Southeast Health after completion. Community health is reflected in HeartSafe, a program built around early CPR training, AED access, and EMS intervention to reduce deaths from sudden cardiac arrest.
$900K
$4.6M
$1.2M
$932K
Most grants fall between $92K and $519K, with a median of $282K.
25th Percentile
$92K
Median
$282K
75th Percentile
$519K
AMY BUNTING
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Grant sizes cluster in the middle range, with a p25 of $91,533, a median of $282,282, and a p75 of $518,814. The recent grants list shows repeated awards to the same recipients across 2023, 2024, and 2025, pointing to sustained support rather than isolated gifts. The foundation gives cash grants and direct financial support, and it also administers scholarship and internal employee-giving programs. Unsolicited applications are accepted for the scholarship programs and the HeartSafe initiative.
Giving is fully concentrated in Alabama, with 100% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state and a local geographic scope. The largest listed grants go to Dothan-based organizations, especially Houston County Health Care Authority Southeast Health Medical Center and Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine. Program activity also centers on Dothan, Houston County, and the broader Southeast Alabama region, including HeartSafe work for city and county recipients.
Its stated mission is to advance healthcare and wellness in the communities served by Southeast Health and its affiliates. The program list shows support for healthcare delivery, community health and wellness, medical equipment and technology, nursing education and scholarships, medical student research support, maternal and child health, and emergency response efforts.
Yes. Houston County Health Care Authority Southeast Health Medical Center appears in the recent grants list in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine also appears in all three years, showing repeated support over multiple grant cycles.
The grant-size distribution is p25 at $91,533, median at $282,282, and p75 at $518,814. That puts many awards in the mid-six-figure range, while scholarship programs can be much smaller, such as $1,000 or $2,000 awards.
Some active programs accept unsolicited applications. The Foundation Scholarships program, the Patsy S. McGowan Memorial Scholarship, the Walter Scott Foundation Southeast Health Nursing Scholarship, the Walter Scott Foundation Nursing Scholarships, the Michael Miller Memorial Scholarship, the Suzanne & Ronald S. Owen Scholarship, and HeartSafe all indicate unsolicited applications are accepted.
The scholarship programs serve several local groups: students pursuing nursing and allied health training, Southeast Health team members seeking advanced nursing degrees, aspiring surgical technologists, Southeast Health teenage volunteers, and dependent children of Southeast Health employees. The scholarships are tied closely to workforce development in the local health system.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Current and upcoming funding from Southeast Alabama Medical Center Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Organizations in Houston County or the Dothan area that complete an application and meet HeartSafe criteria, including having an adequate number of individuals trained in Hands-only CPR and AEDs available within the required distance.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSTON COUNTY HEALTH CARE AUTHORIT SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER | DOTHAN, AL | $828,682 | 2025 | FINANCIAL SUPPORT |
| ALABAMA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDI | DOTHAN, AL | $71,044 | 2025 | FINANCIAL SUPPORT |
| HOUSTON COUNTY HEALTH CARE AUTHORIT SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER | DOTHAN, AL | $411,563 | 2024 | FINANCIAL SUPPORT |
| ALABAMA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDI | DOTHAN, AL | $25,626 | 2024 | FINANCIAL SUPPORT |
| HOUSTON COUNTY HEALTH CARE AUTHORIT SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER | DOTHAN, AL | $554,564 | 2023 | FINANCIAL SUPPORT |
| ALABAMA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDI | DOTHAN, AL | $153,000 | 2023 | FINANCIAL SUPPORT |
HOUSTON COUNTY HEALTH CARE AUTHORIT SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER
$828,682FINANCIAL SUPPORT
ALABAMA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDI
$71,044FINANCIAL SUPPORT
HOUSTON COUNTY HEALTH CARE AUTHORIT SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER
$411,563FINANCIAL SUPPORT
ALABAMA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDI
$25,626FINANCIAL SUPPORT
HOUSTON COUNTY HEALTH CARE AUTHORIT SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER
$554,564FINANCIAL SUPPORT
ALABAMA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDI
$153,000FINANCIAL SUPPORT
