Each employee has a unique story to tell about why they devote their time, talent and passion each day to Children’s Health℠. And with over 10,000 of us contributing our time and talents each day, coming together to provide philanthropic support can spark a movement of incredible impact.
As the fundraising arm for Children’s Health, one of the largest and most prestigious nonprofit pediatric health systems in North Texas, the Children's Medical Center Foundation provides philanthropic support through partnerships with individual donors, organizations, and corporations.
These funds support Children's Health with the enhancement of care, discovery of cures, and building a healthier community across all Children's Health campuses to fulfill the mission to make life better for children. All contributions to Children's Medical Center Foundation impact patients and their families, ensuring the best experience, best care, and ultimately a fighting chance to get back to being a kid again.
Employees can provide ongoing support through payroll deduction gifts. This is an easy way to make a pre-tax contribution that adds up over time and provides the system with regular source of funding.
Employees can also make one-time or monthly gifts online or include Children’s Health in their will. No matter how you give to Children’s Health, you are making a difference in the lives of North Texas children and beyond.
Our Current Fundraising Priorities
Greatest Needs at Children's Health
General, undesignated philanthropic resources provide the flexibility and means for Children’s Health to adapt, explore, sustain, and enhance the many ways we fulfill our mission to make life better for children. They are crucial to the day-to-day lives of our patients, families, staff, clinicians and the pediatric community of North Texas, and they enable our institution to invest in new initiatives and care solutions.
New Dallas Pediatric Campus
This new Dallas campus will be a destination for leading-edge patient care and emerging treatments and will provide the infrastructure needed to transform health care for the most complex pediatric patients. It will also serve as a hub for innovations, academic research and the development of lifesaving technologies to provide exemplary care for children for decades to come. Philanthropic support is crucial to ensure we are ready to meet the needs of our community’s pediatric population for decades to come.
Childrens Health Plano Campus Enhancements
Continued philanthropic support is crucial to ensure Children's Medical Center Plano can support the unique and wide-ranging needs of the rapidly growing North Texas pediatric population. Enhancements to the Plano hospital will allow us to adapt to meet our community’s medical needs closer to where they live, work and play for decades to come.
Questions? Contact the annual giving team or read through our frequently asked questions below.
FAQs
How can I make a gift?
There are several different ways you can give back to Children’s Health.
1. To set up ongoing, recurring gifts through payroll deduction, fill out our form.
2. To set up a recurring gift through credit card donations, visit our donation page.
3. To make a one-time donation, visit our donation page.
4. To make a planned gift such as designating Children’s Health as a beneficiary on your life insurance, retirement or bank account; donating your retirement assets, or establishing an endowment fund, visit our Legacy and Gift Planning page.
5. To set up a peer to peer fundraising page to raise monies for Children’s Health, visit our fundraising page.
6. Mail your one-time donation to:
Children's Medical Center Foundation
PO Box 847253
Dallas, TX 75284-7253
Can I host a fundraiser for Children’s Health?
Employees can encourage others to give by creating a peer-to-peer fundraising page on our Children’s Health fundraising website. Peer-to-peer fundraising pages give you the ability to raise money for Children’s Health – whether you’re celebrating your birthday, an anniversary, a milestone in your life, or honoring a beloved family or team member.
How will my gift be used?
What area of Children’s Health your gift supports is up to you! Our current fundraising priorities are:
Greatest Needs at Children's Health
New Dallas Pediatric Campus
Children's Health Plano Campus Enhancements
You can read more about these priority areas above.
What percentage of my gift goes to the funding area I choose?
100% of your gift goes toward the funding area you designate on your giving form or through the online donation form.
Is my gift tax-deductible?
Yes, your gift is tax-deductible. You will receive a year-end tax receipt. If you give through recurring payroll deductions, you can also use your year-end pay stub for your tax forms.
How do I change the funding area or amount of my current recurring online donation?
Please reach out to the annual giving team at annualgiving@childrens.com to make changes to your current recurring payroll giving.
Why I Give Back to Children's Health
Each employee has a unique story to tell about why they devote their time, talent and passion to Children’s Health.
Dr. Dai Chung appointed first Master Physician in pediatric surgery
Children’s Health is proud to announce the appointment of Dai Chung, M.D., Chief Medical Executive at Children’s Health and Professor of Surgery at UT Southwestern, as the first holder of the Dr. George W. Dorman Master Physician in Pediatric Surgery, thanks to an endowment established by an anonymous family.
Sara and facility service dog Atticus' work brings smiles to patient faces and helps their healing, so setting up a recurring payroll deduction to give back was an easy decision.
For decades, Wendell Muhammad has kept Children’s Health safe—and as a proud supporter, he gives back, knowing every contribution helps make a difference for patients.
“A lot of people my age are not thinking about wills or life insurance, but I live with the thought that today could be my last and where would I want the funds to go?” Sierra said.
The Behavioral Health Integration and Guidance (BHIG) initiative trains pediatricians to better identify and address mental health problems before they become a crisis.
Meet our 2023 Red Balloon League, a collection of employees, patients, families and supporters of Children's Health, unifying to make the impossible possible.
From the moment he greets his patients when they arrive for the doctor's appointment, Dr. Rodriguez-Baez's positive energy and sense of humor are indisputably contagious.
For the last year, this powerful duo has been at the helm of a first-of-its-kind initiative to train North Texas pediatricians to identify and treat mild to moderate mental health concerns before they escalate.
Meet our 2022 Red Balloon League, a collection of employees, patients, families and supporters of Children's Health, unifying to make the impossible possible.
Meet our 2021 Red Balloon League, a collection of employees, patients, families and supporters of Children's Health, unifying to make the impossible possible.
Dr. Andrew Koh is studying how the gut microbiome impacts the immune system of cancer and stem cell transplant patients so he can develop new therapies to help his patients.
Fully funded by Children's Medical Center Foundation, the pet therapy dog program brings joy and comfort to patients at Children's Medical Center Dallas.
An employee at Children's Medical Center Plano, Stacey unexpectedly had a massive heart attack while at work - but her co-workers were there to save her life.
Most mornings, you will find Terry Pate, Maintenance Mechanic, Engineering, cleaning a fountain in a secluded courtyard at Children’s Medical Center Dallas – regardless of the weather forecast.
Hoping to raise at least $2,000 to support the Pauline Allen Gill Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, where she works as a research coordinator, Shahenaaz Sunderji simply asked for help.
After beating breast cancer two decades ago, Lori finds countless ways to give back to patients dealing with the stress and anxiety she's all too familiar with.