The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation (TX)



The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation was established in 1999 by Michael and Susan Dell in Austin, Texas. During the early years of the foundation, they focused on the improvement of education and children's health in Central Texas.


Currently, they are committed to assist nonprofit organizations working in major urban communities in the United States, South Africa, and India. They focus on opportunities with greatest potential to directly and measurably transform lifelong outcomes of impoverished urban children around the globe.


They use metrics-based methodologies and analysis to identify where their resources can be effectively applied to produce both immediate and long-term systemic changes that can be sustained and expanded.

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Recent News from Michael and Susan Dell Foundation


United Way for Greater Austin receives $450000 grant to fight systemic poverty
Foundation: Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

United Way for Greater Austin was awarded a $450,000 grant by the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation to fund its Austin 2-Gen Strategic Plan, according to a Dec. 18 news release. The plan involves a...more

Here's What It Really Takes to Boost College Completion Rates
Foundation: Citi Foundation, Helios Education Foundation, Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

Other funders supporting a range of college persistence and completion programs include Helios Education Foundation, Citi Foundation, and Great Lakes Higher Education Philanthropy. And, just last...more

Windfall: Lessons From an NFL Star's Remarkable Crowdfunding Campaign
Foundation: Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Laura and John Arnold Foundation

In hindsight, it isn't surprising to see J.J. Watt's Hurricane Harvey crowdfunding campaign exceed its goal. It had all the right ingredients: a...more

Millions Pledged To Harvey Relief As Rebuilding Starts
Foundation: Greater Houston Community Foundation, Dell Foundation, Meadows Foundation, Meadows Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

... Mayor Sylvester Turner and Judge Ed Emmett established a Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund through the Greater Houston Community Foundation...more

International Innovation Corps, University of Chicago aims to accelerate social development by ...
Foundation: Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

New Delhi: The University of Chicago's International Innovation Corps (IIC) organized a three-day conference at their center in Delhi. The...more

Tata Trusts' FISE to raise $30 mn to fund social startups
Foundation: Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

Tata Trusts, the philanthropic wing of the Tata Group, is looking to raise nearly $30 million (Rs 192 crore) to invest in social enterprises. The firm...more

Schools, Tools, and People: How a Venture Philanthropy Fund Works on K-12
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Walton Family Foundation

While venture philanthropy funds were still new in the late 1990s, ... With new philanthropic dollars flowing more heavily in Silicon Valley and...more

Foundation to fund college partnerships on community college transfer
Foundation: Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

The foundation is funding the nonprofit Education Design Lab to lead a one-year ... But deLaski said the grants will be aimed more at...more

2010 K-12 Givers
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Dell Foundation, Ford Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Walton Family Foundation

Philanthropy plays a major role in reshaping K-12 education. Foundations play a significant role in funding educational reforms to better education. According to the Foundation Center, the five...more



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Is Corporate Philanthropy Dead?


Senay Ataselim-Yilmaz, Chief Operating Officer, Turkish Philanthropy Funds, writes that philanthropy often solves the very problems that stems from market failure. Some social issues, however,  cannot be tackled by questioning the return on investment.




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