Several healthcare organizations recently received donations to fund research, advance treatments, improve patient care and start renovations.
Here are four notable donations, pledges or bequests given to healthcare reported by Becker's Hospital Review or other news outlets this week:
1. University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (Aurora) received the largest private gift in its history — a $120 million commitment from the Anschutz Foundation. The donation will support faculty recruitment and retention, research opportunities, industry partnerships and the construction of a 390,000-square-foot health science building.
2. Mission Health (Ashville, N.C.) pledged to donate $90 million to hospital foundations in six rural communities, but with a twist. The provider said the donation will only be made if its proposed sale to Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare closes. The funds, which would come from sale proceeds, would be distributed over a three-year period. The gifts would support programs to enhance the health and well-being of the rural communities.
3. Indiana University Health (Indianapolis) received a $10 million gift from Joe Schwarz, a self-made businessman who lost his battle to throat cancer five months ago, and his wife Shelly. The gift will support construction of a cancer center at IU Health North, based in Carmel, Ind. The cancer center, scheduled to open in January 2020, will be named after the donors.
4. Ronald McDonald House Charities, a nonprofit foundation seeking to improve the health and well-being of children, received a record-breaking $100 million gift from AbbVie. The gift, which is the largest in the charity's history, will expand access to housing and family-centered services for pediatric patients and their families during hospital stays.