The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute wants to expand racial and ethnic diversity in undergraduate science education. Michael Abernethy, Elon University Elon University students in the Grand Challenges in Engineering 1 course test their underwater remotely operated vehicle prototype. million to close racial gaps in homeownership in three U.S.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 4, 2024

By Maria Di Mento Plus, a $25 million gift to the Philadelphia Orchestra honors the legendary opera singer and civil-rights activist Marian Anderson, and the sons of Chinese-immigrant parents give $5 million to honor a Black businessman who helped their family in the 1930s.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 7, 2024

By Maria Di Mento Children’s Health/UTSW Trevor and Jan Rees-Jones, center, with sons David Rees-Jones, left, and Trevor Richard Rees-Jones, III, attend the groundbreaking for a new medical campus supported by a $100 million gift from the Rees-Jones Foundation.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 13, 2022

By Kay Dervishi. Help from MacKenzie Scott and other donors large and small are allowing organizations to help millions of Americans. Now relief groups are putting more money into advocacy work to help avoid debts and work with nonprofit hospitals to ensure patients in need get subsidized care.

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Throughout the overlapping worlds of science and medicine, thin, White, young, heteronormative bodies are seen as the standard, and are most often represented within medical textbooks. For aspiring care providers who use medical textbooks, illustrations essentially provide the first visual guide for diagnosing and treating medical conditions.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Mercy Ships is not the only medical NGO that offers medical care by boat, but it is one the largest. And Doctors Without Borders “brings medical care to people affected by conflict, disasters, epidemics, and social exclusion.” A medical simulation manikin sits atop a hospital bed in the Global Mercy’s simulation room.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 8, 2024

The media mogul's donation is the latest aimed at making medical school tuition-free. The media mogul's donation is the latest aimed at making medical school tuition-free. By Drew Lindsay Johns Hopkins University In 2018, Michael Bloomberg gave $1.8

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 18, 2024

While making medical school free is a worthy endeavor, to truly transform health care, Bloomberg needs to think bigger. By Amy Schiller Courtesy of Johns Hopkins University Michael Bloomberg’s $1 billion gift to Johns Hopkins Medical School guarantees the money goes where it’s needed most, but it also ensures education remains a commodity.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 26, 2024

While most patients pay out of pocket, the Animal Medical Center offers multiple efforts to cover charity care, especially for rescue animals and working dogs. By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press NEW YORK Mary Altaffer/AP Harrison, a French bulldog, is seen in the surgery prep area at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center.

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Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2024

In this episode, Rob speaks with Dr. Kristen Brown, Senior Research Associate at the Urban Institute, about the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on medical research.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 7, 2024

. — delivering accurate medical information. delivering accurate medical information. By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press Rafiq Maqbool/Associated Press Women learn to use a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence developed by Myna Mahila Foundation at the local women’s organization’s office in Mumbai, India.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The University of Massachusetts Medical School is commemorating an unrestricted $175 million donation from the Morningside Foundation — the philanthropic arm of venture capital and private equity firm Morningstar — that will more than double its endowment.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Their gift establishes the Cherng Family Center for Integrative Oncology, a program that will bring together Eastern and Western medical and healing practices to treat and care for cancer patients. Plus, financier Oscar Tang and art historian Agnes Hsu-Tang gave $40 million to New York Philharmonic, MacKenzie Scott gave $15 million for U.S.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 24, 2023

By Maria Di Mento Plus, the MD Anderson Cancer Center lands $16 million for brain cancer research, and Tulane gets $12 million for a data-science program.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Plus, Dan and Jennifer Gilbert have pledged $375 million for two new medical facilities, and MacKenzie Scott is giving $20 million for affordable housing in San Francisco.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Their $375 million gift will build two medical centers, one named for their son, who died at age 26 of neurofibromatosis. By Maria Di Mento Their $375 million gift will build two medical centers, one named for their son, who died at age 26 of neurofibromatosis.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 20, 2024

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and its partner Children’s Health received big donations. Plus, Drake and Hofstra Universities also landed huge sums, along with Jupiter Medical Center Foundation.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 16, 2024

By Maria Di Mento Plus, Howard University’s medical school landed $12 million from billionaire novelist MacKenzie Scott, and Ballet Arizona company received $2 million from a longtime supporter.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

By Rasheeda Childress Tristen Menichetti An interactive mystery production called the Puzzling Plague was performed three nights late last year and raised $21,000 for the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health The donor organized an interactive mystery play to teach people about public health — and she invited people in her (..)

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Plus, three prominent LA museums land an art collection and $15 million for acquisitions, and medical students in Baltimore to benefit from $10 million for scholarships. By Maria Di Mento David Hume Kennerly A $120 million donation from Gary and Alya Michelson will help UCLA launch the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 7, 2024

raises money to pay for medical physicals required for students to play sports. By Drew Lindsay Logan Cyrus for The Chronicle Several new efforts aim to catalog grassroots efforts to strengthen democracy and close divides. Takiyah McCathern, an assistant principal at a high-poverty middle school in Wilkes County, N.C.,

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 12, 2024

H1 unveiled a new solution that connects doctors interested in global medical missions with non-governmental organizations.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 10, 2024

By Maria Di Mento AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Hedge fund manager Jim Simons supported mostly scientific and medical research, higher education, basic science, and STEM programs and scholarships. The billionaire math genius gave heavily to STEM after pioneering "quant" trading at his investment management firm Renaissance Technologies.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 3, 2024

Prest Also, MathWorks committed $25 million to protect and restore land throughout Massachusetts, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute promised $15 million to six research universities to bolster student success in the STEM fields.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 11, 2024

However, in the United States, the number of physicians and surgeons—including specific medical and surgical specialties that are vital for vulnerable populations—is in decline. Some of the medical and surgical specialties that treat conditions more common in older Americans…are among those most significantly impacted by potential shortages.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 27, 2023

By Kay Dervishi Getty Images The grants come amid a reckoning about the use of race in clinical algorithms and a broader push in philanthropy to promote equity in medical research.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 16, 2023

By Sam Gill and Elizabeth Christopherson Both historical mistreatment of people of color and widespread misinformation have diminished confidence in medical science. Grant makers can foster a culture that acknowledges and addresses science’s imperfections.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 18, 2024

Nic Coury, AP Photo In May, Alliance Medical Center turned on a new rooftop solar and battery storage system that was paid for by humanitarian aid organization Direct Relief. Unreliable power is a widespread problem for community health centers, which serve more than 30 million patients at 14,000 locations.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 31, 2024

Also, a new vice president of programs will join the Houston Endowment in July, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute has named its next leader. Prest Courtesy of the Mozilla Foundation Nabiha Syed, a media lawyer and CEO of the Markup, joins the Mozilla Foundation as executive director.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 23, 2021

It’s a gift with very few restrictions, made outright over the span of 10 years to the university, its medical school and athletics. It was made anonymously by a couple who is looking for nothing in return – not even recognition – to benefit themselves.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 17, 2024

Meyer and Renee Luskin’s donation will enable the Luskin Orthopaedic Institute for Children to further its patient care, research, and medical education programs. The hospital primarily treats underinsured children and is associated UCLA’s health system.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 17, 2024

Medical debt relief programs might not be the panacea that proponents hope, despite the good intentions behind such programs. Medical debt relief has become a growing public policy priority for philanthropists and lawmakers worried about the toll on Americans’ financial, mental, and physical health.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 24, 2024

Plus, hedge funder Anthony Melchiorre gave $30 million to back a new cancer center, a Wyoming businessman gave $1 million to help get medical supplies to Ukraine, and Portland Community College’s first-generation college students got a big boost.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 19, 2021

Whether you are in social services, relief and development, education, the environment, some form of medical research or care, or any of the scores of nonprofit causes that exist today, no matter what it is you do, you can feel deeply about it. You just need to let yourself do it. .

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

AUGUST 19, 2024

Plus, a performing arts school in Los Angeles received $16 million to endow a conducting fellowship program led by the legendary conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Cleveleand Clinic, Hastings College, and Indiana University’s medical school all received big gifts.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 30, 2023

Plus, Denny Sanford gave $70 million to a medical research institute, and NYU’s Stern School of Business received $25 million from Ken and Elaine Langone.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 29, 2024

By Valentine Benjamin minoHealth AI Labs seeks to streamline diagnostic imaging to accelerate health-care treatment and improve health outcomes in Africa.

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