Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Historical FunderAustin, Texas · EIN 36-4336415 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$163.8M
Organizations funded826
Typical grant$19,573
Total assets$7.8B
Half of its grants to organizations were between $5,500 and $79,387.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | dellscholarsorg dellyoungleadersorg |
|---|---|
| Address | 4417 Westlake Drive, Austin TX 78746 |
| Phone | 5126005500 |
| Form and materials | Online application |
| Deadlines | Please refer to the applicable websites |
| Restrictions | Please refer to dell.org |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
73% of grants went outside Texas.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charter School Growth Fund | Denver, CO | Launching the Dell Catalyst Fund to Drive Quality Charter School Growth | $50,000,000 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | UT For Me Powered by Dell Scholars: 2024-2025 Academic Year | $8,492,618 |
| Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc | Austin, TX | Scaling Community First! Village to Combat Homelessness | $7,586,321 |
| United Jewish Appeal | New York, NY | Launching a Hub to Transform the Lives of Jewish New Yorkers | $2,500,000 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | Dell Scholars at UT Austin: 2023-2024 Cohort | $2,106,020 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | Dell Scholars at UT Austin: 2022-2023 Cohort | $2,085,748 |
| Charter School Growth Fund | Denver, CO | Accelerating Quality Schools Growth in Texas | $2,000,000 |
| Communities Foundation of Texas | Dallas, TX | Scaling Education to College and Career Pathways in Texas | $1,774,968 |
| New Leaders Foundation | Johannesburg, SF | DDD 2023/24 Implementation | $1,551,429 |
| Region 4 Education Service Center | Houston, TX | Accelerating Adoption of Texas Education Exchange | $1,521,000 |
| America's Frontier Fund | Arlington, VA | Building Pathways to Opportunity in Critical-Tech Sectors | $1,500,000 |
| Teach For India | Mumbai, IN | Improving Holistic Outcomes for Students From Low-Income Communities | $1,322,451 |
| New Schools Venture Fund | Oakland, CA | Scaling Career Connected School Models | $1,250,000 |
| Education Analytics | Madison, WI | Ed-Fi Expansion into Local California Education Agencies | $1,215,000 |
| The British Asian Trust | London, UK | Skill Impact Bond - Skilling low-income youth for aspirational jobs | $1,104,167 |
| Apex Education Group | Cape Town, SF | Apex Blended Learning Schools (2023-2025) | $1,053,708 |
| American Friends of Ogen | University Heights, OH | Generating a Revolving Zero-Interest Fund For Reservists | $1,000,000 |
| Texas 2036 | Dallas, TX | Supporting Texas 2036 for Economic Mobility and Health Outcomes for Texans | $1,000,000 |
| Texas Region 20 San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | Supporting Texas Education Exchange Adoption through ASCENDER | $1,000,000 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | Dell Scholars at UT Austin: 2021-2022 Cohort | $983,310 |
| Springboard Collaborative | Philadelphia, PA | Scaling Literacy Tutoring Technology and Tools | $950,000 |
| NPower Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Scaling an Innovative Tech Training Program That Leads to a Quality Job | $900,000 |
| Sheba | Ramat Gan, IS | Transforming Israels Pediatric Mental Health System to Address Trauma Nationwide | $900,000 |
| The Fistula Foundation | San Jose, CA | Providing Life-Transforming Surgeries for Fistula and Severe Perineal Tears in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda | $900,000 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | Building a New Model of Postpartum Care for Texas | $892,751 |
| Magic Bus | Mumbai, IN | Support for Expanding Blended Employability Training Model for Life Skills | $841,051 |
| Click Foundation | Johannesburg, SF | Acceleration of personalized, early grade literacy program | $830,510 |
| Avanti Fellows | New Delhi, IN | College Entrance Test Preparation Coaching | $806,588 |
| Connxus | Austin, TX | Actioning the Central Texas Health Information Exchange | $779,600 |
| United Way for Greater Austin | Austin, TX | Building a Community Reporting Framework for Social Services | $767,781 |
| Foundation Communities Inc | Austin, TX | Advancing Families' Self-Sufficiency With Education, Health, and Financial Services | $756,000 |
| Cambiar Education | Minneapolis, MN | Accelerating Literacy Gains with Cost-Effective Tutoring | $750,000 |
| The British Asian Trust | London, UK | Improving Outcomes for Foundational Literacy and Numeracy through an Ed-Tech Accelerator | $731,245 |
| Yemin Orde Youth Village | Yemin Orde, IS | Elevating Education and Teens Integration | $713,416 |
| Lighthouse Communities Foundation | Pune, IN | Employability Training and Linkages in a Demand-Led Model for Pune City | $711,239 |
| TNTP Inc | New York, NY | Developing Leaders of Color to Create Resilient and Responsive Schools | $679,618 |
| Coursemojo Inc | Washington, DC | Expanding High-Quality CTE Pathways | $659,600 |
| ClassLink | Clifton, NJ | Expansion of OneData to Address Assessment and Chronic Absenteeism | $650,000 |
| Education Analytics | Madison, WI | Connecting Multi-State Federal Data Standards through Ed-Fi Collaboration | $650,000 |
| The Community Chest of the Western Cape | Cape Town, SF | Supporting the Expansion of the YearBeyond Youth Service Program | $622,598 |
| Contigo Ed Inc | Houston, TX | Innovative Counseling and Solutions for Post-Secondary Success | $620,004 |
| Dream a Dream | Bangalore, IN | Supporting Adolescents in Government Schools with Social Emotional and Life Skills | $602,112 |
| Bottom Line | Boston, MA | Achieving Exponential Growth While Maintaining High-Quality Outcomes | $600,000 |
| Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation | Pomona, CA | Community Partnership for Student Success | $600,000 |
| Communities in Schools - Central Texas | Austin, TX | Expanding Student Success Across the Region from K-12 through Post-Secondary | $600,000 |
| SAFE Alliance | Austin, TX | Strengthening Programs and Services for a Safer Austin Community | $600,000 |
| Indus Action | New Delhi, IN | Strengthening Delivery of High-Impact Social Benefits to Low-Income Communities | $598,688 |
| The British Asian Trust | London, UK | Support Foundational Literacy and Numeracy levels for primary grade students through a performance linked structure | $591,605 |
| iMentor | New York, NY | Improving Post-Secondary Outcomes Through Targeted Mentoring | $591,379 |
| Click Foundation | Johannesburg, SF | Identifying the Most Effective Edtech Products for Improving Literacy and Numeracy | $561,243 |
| Funda Wande (RF) NPC | Cape Town, SF | Expanding the Provincial Rollout of a Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Program | $555,926 |
| Smile Train | New York, NY | Providing Cleft Lip and Palate Repair in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda | $550,000 |
| United Way for Greater Austin | Austin, TX | Expanding social service connections in health, education, and financial stability | $541,340 |
| Communities in Schools - Central Texas | Austin, TX | Bolstering Growth of Three Core Programs | $535,000 |
| Sightsavers | Boston, MA | Combatting Trachoma and Preventing Avoidable Blindness in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya | $521,061 |
| Tech Mahindra Foundation | Mumbai, IN | Demand-driven Skilling in Tier 2 and Tier 3 Cities | $513,245 |
| Stellenbosch University Trust | Stellenbosch, SF | Dell Young Leaders Wrap Around Support at SU - 2025 | $505,119 |
| Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | Providing Life-Changing Cardiac Surgeries in Kenya | $500,001 |
| National Association of System Heads | Washington, DC | Designing and Piloting Solutions to Address Curricular Flexibility | $500,000 |
| National College Attainment Network Inc | Washington, DC | Increasing FAFSA Completion Rates for the 2024-2025 Cycle | $500,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 826 grants to organizations.
The return also lists 9 grants to individuals ($91,262). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charter School Growth Fund | Denver, CO | Accelerating Quality Schools Growth in Texas | $50,000,000 |
| Charter School Growth Fund | Denver, CO | Accelerating Quality Schools Growth in Texas | $18,000,000 |
| Dell Scholars Program | Salt Lake City, UT | Dell Scholars Program - Class of 2024 | $8,848,000 |
| Sheba | Ramat Gan, | Transforming Israels Pediatric Mental Health System to Address Trauma Nationwide | $7,613,750 |
| CIIE Initiatives | Ahmedabad, | Grant Support for market solutions to enable Financial Inclusion and Livelihood | $3,104,038 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | Dell Scholars at UT Austin: 2021-2022 Cohort | $2,865,209 |
| Tech Mahindra Foundation | Mumbai, | Demand-driven Skilling in Tier 2 and Tier 3 Cities | $2,673,215 |
| New Schools Venture Fund | Oakland, CA | Scaling Career Connected School Models | $2,500,000 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | Dell Scholars at UT Austin: 2021-2022 Cohort | $2,384,396 |
| CEGIS Foundation | New Delhi, | Improving Education Data Governance in Telangana and Tamil Nadu | $2,152,009 |
| Communities in Schools - Central Texas | Austin, TX | Expanding Student Success Across the Region from K-12 through Post-Secondary | $1,965,000 |
| New Leaders Foundation | Johannesburg, | DDD 2023/24 Implementation | $1,812,154 |
| Texas Region 20 San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | Advancing ASCENDER SIS to Enable Texas Exchange Partnership | $1,784,610 |
| Yemin Orde Youth Village | Yemin Orde, | Elevating Education and Teens Integration | $1,426,832 |
| Education Analytics | Madison, WI | Ed-Fi Expansion into Local California Education Agencies | $1,408,750 |
| YouthForce NOLA | New Orleans, LA | Expanding Opportunity for Youth in New Orleans Public Schools | $1,378,864 |
| Udhyam Learning Foundation | Bengaluru, | Enabling Entrepreneurial Mindsets and Life Skills among Youth in Indian States | $1,313,681 |
| Teach For India | Mumbai, | Improving Holistic Outcomes for Students From Low-Income Communities | $1,284,489 |
| Breakthrough Central Texas | Austin, TX | Scaling Proven Models for First Generation Student Success | $1,255,000 |
| Literacy First | Austin, TX | Expanding Student Literacy Outcomes to New Districts | $1,175,000 |
| Strive For College | Milpitas, CA | Expanding Online Career Mentoring | $1,112,624 |
| SAFE Alliance | Austin, TX | Strengthening Continuum of Services for a Safer Austin Community | $1,000,000 |
| SkillUp Coalition | San Francisco, CA | Providing Accessible Career Navigation Supports at Scale | $1,000,000 |
| Texas 2036 | Dallas, TX | Supporting Texas 2036 for Economic Mobility and Health Outcomes for Texans | $1,000,000 |
| Goodwill of Central Texas | Austin, TX | Enabling Successful Pathways in School and Career | $961,500 |
| The Fistula Foundation | San Jose, CA | Providing Life-Transforming Surgeries for Fistula and Severe Perineal Tears in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda | $900,000 |
| College Possible | Saint Paul, MN | Bolstering Student Success in Post Secondary Pathways | $897,402 |
| Foundation for Jewish Camp | New York, NY | Fostering Lifelong Connection to Judaism through Summer Camp | $800,000 |
| United Way for Greater Austin | Austin, TX | Expanding social service connections in health, education, and financial stability | $767,782 |
| ideas42 | Washington, DC | Enhancing Employability through Behavioral Science | $700,797 |
| National Ramah Commission Inc | New York, NY | Fostering Jewish Identity at Camp Ramah | $700,000 |
| iMentor | New York, NY | Improving Post-Secondary Outcomes Through Targeted Mentoring | $652,648 |
| America's Frontier Fund | Arlington, VA | Building Pathways to Opportunity in Critical-Tech Sectors | $637,500 |
| Goal Beyond Group | San Diego, CA | Deploying a Transformational Experiential Learning Model | $625,000 |
| National Louis University | Chicago, IL | Supporting a Jobs-First Higher Education Model in Health Care and Technology | $602,500 |
| Array Education | New York, NY | Bridging Education to Employment Through Paid Work-Based Learning Experiences | $600,000 |
| The Dallas Foundation | Dallas, TX | Advance Together: Piloting Systemic Efforts to Improve Outcomes for Low Income Texans | $600,000 |
| Shalom Austin | Austin, TX | Challenge Match for Israel Support | $570,000 |
| T3 Partnership | Fort Worth, TX | Piloting Streamlined Student Support to Quality Job Attainment in Texas | $570,000 |
| Foundation For Excellence India Trust | Bengaluru, | Scholarship Support for Cohort 1 of Dell Aspire Scholars | $569,822 |
| Smile Train | New York, NY | Providing Cleft Lip and Palate Repair in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda | $550,000 |
| Springboard Collaborative | Philadelphia, PA | Scaling Literacy Tutoring Technology and Tools | $550,000 |
| Funda Wande (RF) NPC | Cape Town, | Expanding the Provincial Rollout of a Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Program | $531,624 |
| Sightsavers | Boston, MA | Combatting Trachoma and Preventing Avoidable Blindness in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya | $521,062 |
| National Association of Student Personnel Administrators | Washington, DC | Increasing Texas Community College Meaningful Wage Employment | $500,828 |
| Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | Providing Life-Changing Cardiac Surgeries in Kenya | $500,000 |
| VisionSpring Inc | New York, NY | Expanding Vision Screenings and Glasses Delivery in Kenya and Uganda | $500,000 |
| The Steve Fund | Providence, RI | Supporting Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being for Academic Success | $494,000 |
| IDP Foundation Inc | Chicago, IL | Providing Loans with Financial Incentives to Improve Learning Outcomes in Kenya | $450,000 |
| Helping Hand Home for Children | Austin, TX | Strengthening and Expanding Residential Treatment and Expanding Foster and Adoption Services | $438,750 |
| Wayside Schools | Austin, TX | Creating a College Success Program | $397,875 |
| Global Schools Forum | London, | Increasing Access to High-Quality Foundational Literacy and Numeracy in Africa | $390,000 |
| Region 4 Education Service Center | Houston, TX | Accelerating Adoption of Texas Education Exchange | $379,000 |
| Click Foundation | Johannesburg, | Acceleration of personalized, early grade literacy program | $345,555 |
| Stellenbosch University Trust | Stellenbosch, | SU Dell Young Leaders Wrap Around Support 2023 - 2024 | $328,467 |
| Austin Achieve Public Schools | Austin, TX | Scaling High Quality Literacy and Numeracy Instruction during Growth Phase | $327,050 |
| Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) | Washington, DC | Building State Leadership Capacity and Understanding for Interoperability | $300,000 |
| Shalom Austin | Austin, TX | Challenge Match for Israel Support | $300,000 |
| United Way for Greater Austin | Austin, TX | Expanding social service connections in health, education, and financial stability | $282,006 |
| ClassLink | Clifton, NJ | ClassLink OneData Ed-Fi Managed Service Provider Phase I | $271,842 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $163,778,073 | 923 |
| 2023 | $116,292,647 | 942 |
| 2022 | $134,130,302 | 950 |
| 2021 | $117,278,076 | 975 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 14, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202543189349104239
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 36-4336415
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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