About Tampa General Hospital Foundation
Tampa General Hospital Foundation Inc backs Tampa General Hospital’s mission to heal, teach, innovate, and care through grants tied to patient care, research, education, and facility development. The largest recent award in the record was $7,000,000 in 2023 for emergency preparedness and hospital support, a sign of how closely the foundation aligns its giving with hospital operations and resilience. In 2024, it also directed $1,952,065 to the Cancer Institute and $1,052,700 to neonatal intensive care, alongside support for burn care, cardiovascular services, and pediatric and trauma-related programs.
The foundation’s recent grants show a consistent pattern of funding internal hospital priorities rather than external nonprofits. Awards go to Florida Health Sciences Center Inc Dba Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, with purposes ranging from ICU renovations and network expansion to clinical research, education, and staff development. That mix suggests a funder focused on strengthening the hospital’s capacity across the care continuum, from specialty clinical services to the systems and facilities that support them. Its work also reaches supportive care efforts such as pet therapy, spiritual health, and employee wellness.
What Tampa General Hospital Foundation Funds
In oncology, Tampa General Hospital Foundation Inc gave $1,952,065 in 2024 to Florida Health Sciences Center Inc Dba Tampa General Hospital for the Cancer Institute, and the same year it supported cancer care through the broader patient-assistance-oriented Every One grant of $1,721,126.
Neonatal care is another clear priority. The foundation awarded $1,052,700 in 2024 for neonatal intensive care, and an earlier $126,681 grant covered neonatal intensive care equipment, training, and education.
For burn services, it funded $1,011,694 in 2024 for burn ICU renovations and previously gave $388,606 for burn unit ICU renovations. It also backed cardiovascular and interventional services with $155,000 for cardiovascular support and $134,775 for the Interventional Center of Exel.
How Tampa General Hospital Foundation Gives
Typical grant size sits at $18,764 at the 25th percentile, $65,452 at the median, and $176,530 at the 75th percentile. The record includes one very large hospital-support grant of $7,000,000, but most awards are far smaller and cluster around operational, clinical, and facility needs. Grantmaking is recurring: the same hospital recipient appears across 2023 and 2024 in multiple purpose lines, including capital, research, education, and patient-care support. The foundation is a hospital foundation, not a DAF or individual-giving vehicle, and its grants in the file are all made within its local Florida footprint.