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Private foundation (trust)EIN 364336415Est. 2000-09

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

Austin, TX 78746

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$5.4B

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$116.3M

FY 2023

Grants Made

877

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$133K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$250–$7.5M

Typical

Deadlines

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Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$15.4M

Data Driven Education & Ed-FiThese direct charitable activities support the delivery of modern, flexible, powerful and actionable student-centric education data systems for K-12 schools that educators use to better serve their students. They also support the development of the Ed-Fi solution - a free, flexible and complete ed-tech solution to empower educators with relevant, timely information that enables better data collection to drive improved student outcomes. They also support the creation and implementation of an education data system in South Africa that is designed to improve student outcomes through district management tools and best practice sharing.

Program 2

$9.0M

Global Scholarship/University SuccessThese direct charitable activities support student resources and equipment, such as computers and textbooks, as well as the implementation of and improvements to global scholarship tools in the US, India, and South Africa. They also support a robust US scholarship program application platform.

Program 3

$5.0M

Educational Initiatives K-12These direct charitable activities support pre-university education quality improvement projects in US, India and South Africa. Additionally, they support assessments of education improvement efforts.

Program 4

$960K

Jobs & LivelihoodsThese direct charitable activities support the development of market-based models in the US, India and South Africa to provide families from under-resourced communities access to financial tools, skill development and employment opportunities in order to establish financial stability. Additionally, these direct charitable activities support a goal of increasing capacity in the Central Texas medical community.

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$4.3B

Total Expenses

$199.8M

Qualifying Distributions

$200.7M

Distributable Amount

$89.0M

Min. Investment Return

$90.4M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

877 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $250 through median $17K to maximum $7.5M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Top Recipients

500 grants

University of Texas at Austin
$21.1M
17 grants
Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc
$6.0M
1 grant
Dell Children's Medical Center Foundation of Central Texas
$4.0M
2 grants
New Leaders Foundation
$2.4M
1 grant
Give USA
$1.6M
2 grants
TNTP Inc
$1.5M
2 grants
Click Foundation
$1.5M
2 grants
Charter School Growth Fund
$1.5M
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
$10–50K
263
grants
$50–250K
119
grants
$250K–1M
105
grants
$1–5M
11
grants
$5M+
2
grants

Geographic Focus

36 states

Texas
$49.5M
53% of total
New York
$12.9M
14% of total
California
$7.1M
8% of total
Massachusetts
$3.3M
4% of total
District of Columbia
$2.2M
2% of total
Colorado
$2.0M
2% of total
Illinois
$1.7M
2% of total
Minnesota
$1.7M
2% of total
South Carolina
$1.5M
2% of total
Utah
$1.2M
1% of total

+26 more states

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