Category: Philanthropy

New York City-based St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children received a $20 million gift, which will go toward financial stability and launch innovative programs, including remote services delivery.

UMass Chan Medical School received a $15 million gift from alumni Dan and Diane Casey Riccio to further neuroscience research, the Telegram and Gazette reported Feb. 7.

GoFundMe campaigns for medical costs are rarely successful, with only 12 percent meeting their goals in 2020, a Feb. 3 study published in the American Journal of Public Health found.

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth received a $50 million gift, which will go toward an expansion at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, Wash.

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center received a $100 million gift, creating the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Cancer Ecosystems Project, which is named after the donors.

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Six donations have been made to healthcare organizations in the last week to establish centers and build facilities, Becker’s reported.

Cleveland Clinic surpassed its $2 billion fundraising goal — accumulating more than $2.6 billion — which it set 10 years ago.

Dallas-based Children’s Health received a $7.5 million gift from Bright Industries, led by the family of late Dallas Cowboys owner Harvey Roberts “Bum” Bright, to go toward the new emergency department at Children’s Medical Center Plano. 

Donations from Kansas City Chiefs fans are pouring into Buffalo, N.Y.-based Oishei Children’s Hospital after the team’s win against the Buffalo Bills on Jan. 23, with more than $206,000 from more than 11,200 donors, Kristen Bieber, marketing manager of…