Baylor Scott & White Central Texas Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273513154
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
2148204135
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,030,692
Expenses
$22,391,559
Assets
$192,045,350
Liabilities
$2,873,947

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lori Luppino (President/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Robin W Watson MD (Director): $1,714,016 total reported compensation
  • Timothy Bittenbinder MD (Director): $1,168,834 total reported compensation
  • Arundhati Rao MD PhD (Director): $1,033,098 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Together, we can advance innovation, expand access to care and empower people to live well.

What it reported doing in 2024

See Schedule OBaylor Scott & White Central Texas Foundation, a separately incorporated 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, raises awareness and philanthropic support for initiatives across Baylor Scott & White to enhance patient care and create healthier communities.Our generous donors are philanthropic partners who believe in Baylor Scott & White's mission, providing support to enhance specialty care services, improving access to primary care, and advancing medical technology through innovation.Significant support from the Foundation equips Baylor Scott & White Health to embrace new changes, continue to excel in the delivery of quality services to its patients, and develop new models of care to meet the needs of a growing population. Through the support of generous donors, the Foundation is helping Baylor Scott & White Health improve lives in central Texas and beyond in many tangible, lasting ways. During the fiscal year, the Foundation distributed more than $17 million for priority programs and initiatives across Baylor Scott & White Health.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 94% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.5%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 84.1%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $14.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 45%; rating input score 45; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 48%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.58; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.2%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 68.5% of revenue deployed · 84.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 20 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $18.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.7M · 29 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 36 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 136 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.