Here are 15 recent donations, grants or gifts given to healthcare organizations by various entities in October, beginning with the most recent.
1. St. Mary’s in Maine receives record-breaking $10M gift with one ask from donor: Use it for people, not buildings
Lewiston, Maine-based St. Mary’s Health System received a record-breaking $10 million gift from the Albert Lepage Foundation, with one caveat — the money must be used on people and cannot be spent on buildings or infrastructure.
2. U of Kansas Hospital receives $10M gift toward its new facility
Kansas City-based University of Kansas Hospital received a $10 million gift from Cheryl Lockton Williams to supply its new tower — Cambridge Tower A — with medical equipment and furnishings.
3. $19M in grants to go toward addiction services in New York State
New York State was awarded $19 million in grants to combat addiction.
4. Gilead awards $7.5M to 5 medical institutions to advance HIV research
Gilead Sciences, a California pharmaceutical company, awarded $7.5 million to five healthcare organizations to advance research on HIV.
5. Columbus Marathon raises $1M for Nationwide Children’s Hospital
The 2017 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus Marathon and Half Marathon, which took place Oct. 15, raised $1.2 million for Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
6. Dolly Parton gives $1M gift to Vanderbilt children’s hospital
Dolly Parton donated $1 million to Nashville, Tenn.-based Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt on Friday.
7. Houston Methodist Hospital receives record-breaking $101M donation
Houston Methodist Hospital received a $101 million donation from Rusty and Paula Walter — the largest philanthropic gift in the hospital’s 98-year history.
8. MUSC Children’s Hospital receives $5M donation toward $385M hospital project
Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital received a $5 million donation from the Zucker family, which will be used toward the facility’s $385 million project.
9. U of Mass Medical School founds Institute for Rare Diseases Research with $10M gift from Chinese businessman
Worchester-based University of Massachusetts Medical School will establish an Institute for Rare Disease Research with a $10 million endowment from Chinese businessman Li Weibo’s foundation.
10. Donations to help foot part of uninsured shooting victims’ hospital bills, Las Vegas hospital says
Las Vegas-based University Medical Center of Southern Nevada will use the donations it has received to cover “as much of the uninsured expense as [the hospital] possibly can” for those injured during the Oct. 1 shooting.
11. Michael Jordan donates $7M to Novant Health
Michael Jordan, basketball legend and majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets, is donating $7 million to Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health to build two medical clinics.
12. Cottage Children’s Medical Center receives $54k gift
Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Cottage Children’s Medical Center received a $54,067 check from two local credit unions last week.
13. Researchers at U of Alabama Birmingham receive $6.5M grant to investigate gout
University of Alabama Birmingham Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology researchers received a $6.5 million grant to study gout and hyperuricemia.
14. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital receives $12.8M gift for hospital renovation project
Melrose Park, Ill.-based Gottlieb Memorial Hospital received a $12.8 million pledge from the Gottlieb Memorial Foundation to help fund its emergency department renovation.
15. Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center awarded $5M grant to study kidney transplantation outcomes
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center received a $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of a genetic variation in donors that appears to contribute to positive kidney transplant outcomes.
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