Category: Philanthropy

UNC to create triple negative breast cancer center after $25M gift

The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill, N.C., has received a record-setting $25 million donation to establish a center dedicated to triple negative breast cancer. 

7 healthcare organizations naming facilities, programs after donors

Seven healthcare organizations have honored their donors in the last couple months by naming a building or program after them:

6 recent donations to healthcare organizations

Six donations have been made to healthcare organizations in the last month to improve care, establish chairs, create institutes and spur innovations, Becker’s reported.

10 hospitals, health systems seeking philanthropy leaders

Several hospitals and health systems are hiring philanthropy talent. Here are 10 open positions:

$25M gift launches cancer research institute at Dartmouth, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health 

Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health received a $25 million gift from Dorothy Byrne of the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation to establish an interdisciplinary cancer research institute at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, the sys…

MSK Cancer Center launches innovation fund after $100M gift

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has created a fund to find more effective cancer treatments after receiving a $100 million gift from the Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller Foundation.

8 recent hospital donations of $50M or more

Eight donations of $50 million or more have been made to healthcare organizations since September, which have gone toward advancing care, education and construction projects.

12 hospitals, health systems seeking philanthropy leaders

Several hospitals and health systems are hiring philanthropy talent. Here are 12 open positions:

Big gifts drive the success of a healthcare philanthropy program

The success of a philanthropic program depends on a robust principal gift program that has the support and investment of organizational leadership.

27 hospitals that named facilities after their donors in 2021

After receiving major donations, several hospitals and health systems named buildings and centers after their donors or their donors’ loved ones in 2021.