Oklahoma City, OK – At a luncheon thanking donors for their generous support, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation President J. Donald Capra announced that more than $63 million had been raised in the first year of the “For the Future of Medical Research” campaign. Launched November 10, 1999, the five year campaign seeks to raise $100 million in capital and endowment funds for OMRF.
“In one year, we have raised more than sixty percent of our goal,” said Capra. “Not only is this a tremendous accomplishment for OMRF, but it also underscores the generosity of Oklahoma’s citizens and philanthropic organizations.”
Capra also noted that in the past year, 13,530 individuals gave 27,532 gifts. “Each year, Oklahomans contribute more than $700,000 to honor family and friends through OMRF’s Memorials Program. OMRF was built by charitable individuals, and every dollar raised from these men and women directly supports medical research, not overhead.”
When the campaign officially began last year, OMRF received $41.6 million in gifts or pledges from the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Chapman Trusts, Putnam City School District’s Chair in Cancer Research, and the Gaylord Family. Since the campaign’s kick-off, the following major gifts have been received. The intent of the gift, and when available, the dollar amount, are as follows:
Presbyterian Health Foundation, Endorsed M.D./Ph.D. Program between OMRF and OUHSC
Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, Genetic Research Center ($5 million)
Sarkeys Foundation, Chair in Alzheimer’s and Aging Research
Merrick Foundation, Chair in Aging Research
McCasland Foundation, Chair in Developmental Biology
Mabee Foundation, Building Renovation
Hocker Foundation, Conference Room
Goddard Foundation, Auditorium Renovation
Champlin Foundation, Conference Room
Hasbrouck Foundation, Chair in Lupus Research
Rainbolt Family, Endowed Memorial Program
Rapp Foundation, Laboratory Space Expansion
Williams Companies Foundation, TeleScience Project
Barrett Family, M.D./Ph.D. Project
Puterbaugh Foundation, Fleming Scholar Program (amount unavailable)
Bernsen Foundation, Diabetes Research
Bovaird Foundation, Arthritis Foundation
Dolly Harrison, Diabetes, Cardiovascular and Alzheimer’s Research
Kirkpatrick Foundation, TeleScience Project
Chairman of the “For the Future of Medical Research” campaign is H.E. “Gene” Rainbolt, chairman of BancFirst Corporation and prominent civic leader and philanthropist. OMRF’s Chairman of the Board of Directors is David R. Brown, M.D., Oklahoma City. The campaign committee includes Sharon Bell, partner in Rogers and Bell law firm of Tulsa; Len Cason, partner in Hartzog Conger and Cason of Oklahoma City; Michael A. Cawley, president and CEO of The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation of Ardmore; and Brooks (Boots) Hall, Jr., chairman of Fred Jones Automotive Group of Oklahoma City.
Chartered in 1946, OMRF is a private, non-profit biomedical research institution which employs over 400 scientists, physicians, technicians, and administrative and support personnel, including Oklahoma’s only two Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators. OMRF focuses on several critical areas of research: Cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, lupus and other autoimmune diseases, stroke, AIDS, children’s diseases and genetic disorders.
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