Southwestern Medical Foundation

SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION (THE "FOUNDATION") WAS ORGANIZED IN 1939 AS A TEXAS NON-PROFIT CORPORATION, COMMITTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF MEDICAL EDUCATION, MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PATIENT CARE IN THE NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IN 1943, THE FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL COLLEGE, NOW KNOWN AS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER (THE "CENTER"). THE FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO RAISE AND MANAGE PRIVATE PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS PRIMARILY FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE CENTER THROUGH GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS.