Shiloff Gift Adds $250,000 for Texas Tech Students
Students at Texas Tech Health El Paso may see additional scholarship money as the college matches the foundation's donation.
Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Scholarships
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The Shiloff Family Foundation announced a $250,000 donation to student scholarships at Texas Tech Health El Paso during its Season of Thanks event on Monday, November 9, 2026. Texas Tech Health El Paso will match the donation to create additional scholarship funding.
Why it matters
Scholarship dollars can help health-professions students cover costs while they complete their training, and a matched gift can stretch a single donation further. The announcement reflects the foundation's support for the institution, which it has backed since establishing an endowed scholarship fund there in 2015.
The Shiloff Family Foundation's gift is $250,000, and Texas Tech Health El Paso will match it to create additional scholarship funding. The Season of Thanks event brings together about 300 donors and scholars each year.
The players
Shiloff Family Foundation
A philanthropic foundation founded by Robert and Sara Shiloff that funds scholarships at Texas Tech Health El Paso.
Texas Tech Health El Paso
A health sciences campus of Texas Tech University in El Paso that includes medical, nursing, graduate biomedical and dental medicine schools.
The details
The donation was announced at Monday's Texas Tech Health El Paso Season of Thanks event, which gathers donors and scholars. The foundation's money will go to student scholarships, and the college will match it, adding to the scholarship pool available to students. Texas Tech Health El Paso is home to the Foster School of Medicine, the Hunt School of Nursing, the Francis Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the Hunt School of Dental Medicine, the programs the scholarships are meant to support.
Timeline
2015: The Shiloff Family Foundation established the Robert and Sara Shiloff Endowed Scholarship Fund at Texas Tech Health El Paso.
Monday, November 9, 2026: The $250,000 donation was announced at the Season of Thanks event.
Education Landscape
The Shiloff Family Foundation's latest gift builds on the Robert and Sara Shiloff Endowed Scholarship Fund it established at Texas Tech Health El Paso in 2015. Privately funded scholarships like this one add to the aid available to health-professions students at a time when training costs remain a concern for many.
Students at Texas Tech Health El Paso's health-professions schools may gain access to additional scholarship funding from this donation and match. Students interested in these awards should ask the school's financial-aid office how and when scholarships are offered.
The takeaway
Privately funded scholarships can grow when a donor's gift is matched by the institution receiving it. Students at Texas Tech Health El Paso who want to know about available awards should contact the school's financial-aid office.
Further reading
For more on how private donors and matching gifts fund student aid, see our Scholarships coverage.
Source note: This article includes information reported by KDBC.
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