The J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation of Tulsa has issued a $500,000 challenge grant to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s Capital Projects Needs Campaign. The J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation was established in 1948 in order to support capital improvements for educational, social service, and health-care organizations. The Mabee Foundation’s generosity extends to institutions across […]
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Mabee Foundation Commits $500,000 To OMRF Campaign
The J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation of Tulsa has issued a $500,000 challenge grant to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s Capital Projects Needs Campaign. The J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation was established in 1948 in order to support capital improvements for educational, social service, and health-care organizations. The Mabee Foundation’s generosity extends to institutions across […]
OMRF Campaign Progress Tops $46 Million
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has announced the most recent figures for its “For the Future of Medical Research Campaign.” As of January 1, over $46 million has been received or pledged to the fundraising campaign, with $26 million dedicated to Endowment Needs and $20 committed to Capital Project Needs.The campaign, which was launched on […]
Research Foundation’s NIH Grant Funding Makes Unprecedented Leap Growth Linked to High Quality of Research
Scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have garnered an unprecedented $12.1 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants in 1999, Foundation officials announced today. In a typical year, OMRF receives $7.7 to $8.0 million in competitive grants from NIH. This year, however, the figure shot up by more than 50 percent. While the […]
OMRF Kicks Off $100 Million Fundraising Campaign
The largest and most ambitious capital and endowment fundraising campaign in the history of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation kicked off today at a luncheon at Gaillardia Country Club in Oklahoma City. The five-year “For the Future of Medical Research” campaign for $100 million will push the 54-year-old private, non-profit biomedical research institute into the […]
Students Pledge to Raise $1 Million For Cancer Research
One of the most successful student fundraising efforts in the U.S. has moved up a considerable notch with a pledge that will further the fight against cancer. Since 1975, students in the Putnam City School System have raised nearly $1.5 million for cancer research — a dollar, five dollars and ten dollars at a time […]
