February 2020 SitRep
Foundation: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
We are excited to announce that registration is open for our upcoming donor conference on veterans philanthropy, Deploying Veterans at Home:...more

Grant will boost U of I's cancer screening efforts in three city neighborhoods
Foundation: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
They will work with the University Illinois' Health Mile Square Health Center, 7037 S. Stony Island Ave., and Project Brotherhood – a...more

With $1.5M Grant, UI Cancer Center to Address Disparities in Chicago
Foundation: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
With $1.5M Grant, UI Cancer Center to Address Disparities in Chicago ... The University of Illinois Cancer Center has received a $1.5 million grant to address ... hospitals and health centers in...more

Bristol-Myers Squibb: a trusted and committed reform and innovation partner in China
Foundation: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Bristol-Myers Squibb: a trusted and committed reform and innovation ... China has experienced rapid economic and social development following...more

Doykos Named APhA Jacob W. Miller Award Winner
Foundation: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Doykos has also developed and led international and US grant-making and public-private partnership programs for global HIV/AIDS, women's health, cancer, and serious mental illness. She chairs the...more

Philanthropic Leaders Converge on Capitol Hill to Shine Spotlight on Veterans Health Issues
Foundation: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, McCormick Foundation
The Council on Foundations' Veterans Philanthropy Exchange hosted a congressional briefing to highlight work underway in veterans' healthcare and mental health services for transitioning veterans....more

$1.6M grant to boost lung cancer screening in West River communities
Foundation: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
It's a vision that started 16 years ago when Petereit, a radiation oncologist at Regional Health–John T. Vucurevich Cancer Care Institute, first began to delve into some of the issues facing the...more

Integrated Care of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Symposium, Hosted by UNC School of Medicine
Foundation: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
A three-year $1.7 million grant from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation is helping to fund this program, with a goal to improve health outcomes for underserved and vulnerable populations. The...more

This donor wrote a check for nearly $1M to resolve health disparities
Foundation: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Cooper Foundation, Cooper Foundation, Cooper Foundation
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, deviating from its norm, recently donated $982,000 to the philanthropic arm of Camden, N.J.-based Cooper Health System, to enhance heart disease care in...more

Grant award targets cancer healthcare disparities
Foundation: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
... and embracing health equity through research, education, and clinical care,” said Roy Herbst, co-principal investigator for the Cancer Disparities Firewall project and chief of Medical Oncology...more