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N.Y. Couple Gives $125 Million to Help Israeli Medical Students

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Maria Di Mento Yuval Yosef Mindy and Jon Gray attend an event in their honor as Tel Aviv University announces the new Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences. The donation from Jon and Mindy Gray is aimed at addressing Israels physician shortage and at helping underserved students become doctors.

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Bloomberg Gives $600 Million to Four HBCU Medical Schools' Endowments

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The donations will more than double the size of three of the medical schools' endowments. Bickel/AP Michael Bloomberg’s gifts are going to Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science.

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Why Bloomberg’s $1 Billion Gift to Johns Hopkins Medical School Matters

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The move continues a pattern of donations that seek to increase accessibility to medical school. By Amir Pasic AP Photo/Patrick Semansky Most medical students at the university will no longer pay tuition. The move continues a pattern of donations that seek to increase accessibility to medical school.

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$400 Million to Columbia U. in Boom Year of Medical School Megagifts

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Roy and Diana Vagelos's latest donation expands the medical school's mission to advance treatment for diseases. Roy and Diana Vagelo's latest donation expands the medical school's mission to advance treatment for diseases.

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Children's Hospital Los Angeles Lands $25 Million for Pediatric Mental Health Program

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

philanthropists Gene and Mindy Stein aims to help young children with complex medical conditions navigate mental health challenges. The gift from L.A.

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MacKenzie Scott Gives Rare Third Gift to Medical Debt Relief Group

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The billionaire philanthropist has donated a total of $130 million to Undue Medical Debt as anger swells over high health care costs. By Stephanie Beasley Getty Images The billionaire philanthropist has donated a total of $130 million to Undue Medical Debt as anger swells over high health-care costs.

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U. of South Carolina Students and Faculty to Benefit From $75 Million Windfall

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Plus, a law school in Nebraska landed $2 million to enhance holocaust and international justice studies, and several other universities and a medical center in Hawaii received big gifts.

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