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THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS
A SON’S GIFT, A MOTHER’S LEGACY
Matt Deitch was a 20-year-old college student when his mother Robbie died from ovarian cancer. To honor her memory, Matt chose to give to a cause she championed fiercely: women’s health.
Matt’s donation of $250,000 functioned as a seed grant for Dr. Ronald Buckanovich, who specializes in finding novel treatments for ovarian cancer. One year later, on Christmas Eve, the National Institutes of Health approved a $2.2 million grant based on the research that Matt’s gift funded.
That tenfold return on his initial investment was a significant boost for research that may change the course of the disease that took Robbie’s life far too soon.
$1 MILLION GIFT FUNDS PREMATURITY RESEARCH
Terri and Tom Bone donated $1 million to Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation to benefit a cause that is dear to their hearts: prematurity research. Two of the Bones’ three children spent time in the NICU after being born prematurely, reflecting a pattern of prematurity that runs in Terri’s family.
Having worked hard all their lives, Terri and Tom wanted to give to a place where they knew it would make a difference. “I have confidence that this is a good place to put money to both enable results and enable women to be empowered to get those results,” Terri said.
