Funding search · diabetes · Texas
Who funds diabetes work in Texas
15 funders have a record of paying for diabetes work by Texas recipients: 47 grants totaling $7.3M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas ($4.5M), Southwestern Medical Foundation ($450,000) and Grant a and Peg Brady Dove Foundation ($47,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Texas recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South TexasSan Antonio, TXCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $4.5M · through 2024Largest: $38,497 to South Texas Juvenile Diabetes Association — diabetes prevention program
Southwestern Medical FoundationDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $450,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to UT SOUTHWESTERN — to support the chair and efforts in obesity and diabetes research
Largest: $15,000 to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundati — to assist with juvenile diabetes research
Largest: $500,000 to AUSTIN CHAPTER OF THE JDRF — to provide support for the advocation of type 1 diabetes research worldwide
Largest: $100,000 to SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER — endow dr. robert c. and veronica atkins chair in obesity and diabetes research
Dallas Jewish Community FoundationDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $34,731 · through 2024Largest: $11,101 to JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION — medical research
Largest: $45,000 to BREAKTHROUGH T1D — diabetes cure research
Will Rogers Range Riders FoundationAmarillo, TXCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $700,000 · through 2024Largest: $700,000 to DIABETES FOUND-HIGH PLAINS — diabetes research
Largest: $5,000 to JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION — program support
Community FoundationMemphis, TNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $158,673 · through 2023Largest: $150,000 to JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION (NORTH TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA) — general operational support
Largest: $24,860 to Project Vida Health Center — expand diabetes prevention program opportunities in el paso, tx.
Largest: $200,000 to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) Houston Gulf Coa — to support research at rice university for two years
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