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Great Medicine in the Making Campaign for BWHThe Development Office, responsible for managing BWH’s fundraising efforts, continues to build momentum around its aggressive capital campaign. The “Great Medicine in the Making” campaign has raised more than $171 million toward its $200-million goal. “Working closely with BWH President Dr. Gary Gottlieb and other hospital leaders, the Development team has made substantial progress this year,” said BWH Chief Development Officer Joan Stephens Hadly. She explained that BWH is well on its way to bringing in the most money ever raised in a single fiscal year for 2003, with $55 million committed to-date. “Right now, we are on track to reach our campaign goal in the spring of 2004, rather than September 2005, when it was originally set to be completed. We feel really encouraged and extremely proud of this achievement.”
Fundraising efforts have canvassed a wide variety of hospital initiatives over the past year, including a focus on strategic centers of excellence in the neurosciences, women’s health, and oncology, as well as cardiovascular, musculoskeletal and transplantation medicine. In addition, the Development team is working to secure funds for future clinical and scientific initiatives in an effort to help support the hospital priorities and areas of expansion.
As reported in BWH Bulletin, a recent Development highlight involved a $24 million award by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation in May—the largest single philanthropic gift received from a private foundation in the hospital’s history. The award will go toward the establishment of the Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center at BWH, a collaboration also involving MGH and Harvard Medical School (HMS).
Another substantial gift was a $1 million donation from Ed and Paula Sidman designated to BWH and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) for cancer care, which has further strengthened the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center.
In addition, BWH has received a $1 million commitment from Stephen and Roberta Weiner. The hospital’s Minority and Faculty Development Program received an anonymous gift of $500,000 as well.