10 recent cancer center gifts

Here are 10 recent donations given to cancer centers and health systems across the U.S.:

1. Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health Cancer Institute received $561,100 through fundraising efforts by the Bonita Bay Gala Committee and the FineMark Women’s Pro Tennis Championship at the Bonita Bay Club.
   
   
2. The Moores Cancer Center at University of California San Diego Health received $1 million from Pfizer to support the center’s early cancer detection and prevention efforts.
   
   
3. The Queen’s Medical Center-West Oahu Cancer Center received $5 million from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
   
   
4. New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine received a $50 million gift from the Weill Family Foundation to establish the Weill Cancer Hub East, a cancer research collaborative with Princeton (N.J.) University, New York City-based Rockefeller University and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, also in New York City.
   
   
5. Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Cancer Institute received $50,000 from Janet Stone to establish the David R. Stone Memorial Endowment. The funds will be used by oncology nurses attending the annual Oncology Nursing Society Congress.
   
   
6. UCI Health-Irvine in California will receive $11 million from the Clemons Family Foundation to support cancer research and the completion of two building projects.
   
   
7. Rutgers Cancer Institute and RWJBarnabas Health, both based in New Brunswick, N.J., received $25,000 from the Kay Yow Cancer Fund to support underserved patients’ needs.
   
   
8. The Stony Brook (N.Y.) Cancer Center received $1.25 million from the Betty Ajces Trust to enhance clinical trials and research.
   
   
9. Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center received $25 million from John and Sandy Black — the single largest gift in the center’s history — to support a new facility for the UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute.
   
   
10. Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag received an additional $50 million from the Sun Family Foundation for the expansion of the system’s Irvine hospital campus, including the creation of clinical cancer care facilities