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Serving the Miami-Dade Community since 1992
The DR. JOHN T. MACDONALD FOUNDATION provides funding for programs and projects designed to improve, preserve or restore the health and healthcare of people in Miami-Dade County.
About Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation
Since its inception in 1992 as a grantmaking institution, the Foundation has invested $55,730,886 in 657 grants and scholarships throughout the community.
The mission of the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation is to "provide funding for programs and projects designed to improve, preserve, or restore the health and healthcare of the people of Miami-Dade County."
The Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Board of Directors is committed to sustaining its support for meeting the needs of our local community while being engaged in funding cutting-edge medical advances.
Grantmaking is a point of pride for the Foundation, from the signature programs established at the University of Miami, to funding grants to community-based organizations, to our nursing and medical scholarships awarded to our local higher educational institutions.
History
2022 was the thirtieth anniversary of the Foundation's evolution to a grantmaking organization.
Its origins trace back to the 1949 opening of Doctors' Hospital in Coral Gables. The hospital and its legacy of service to local community is the genesis of today's Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation.
The group of local physicians who founded the hospital honored their departed colleague by naming the Foundation after him when purchasing Doctors' Hospital, making it a non-profit institution and laying the groundwork for enduring medical care in the community over these many years.
With the sale of the hospital in 1992, the Foundation was restructured and began funding and investing in the health care and medical needs of the local community. Starting as a grantmaking institution with an initial fund balance of $13.5 million from the sale of the hospital, the Foundation's fund balance has grown appreciably over the last 34 years.
Meeting Today's Needs and Tomorrow's Medical Advances
From the start, the Foundation's Board of Directors wanted the Foundation to serve the immediate needs of the community, from children to adults. Founded as a grassroots organization, its largesse was to serve the grassroots needs.
Over the course of these years, some 657 grants and scholarships have been awarded to more than 300 community-based organizations making an impact at a personal and local level.
In addition to these community grants and scholarships, the Foundation undertook three signature initiatives in conjunction with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine: the School Health Initiative, the Department of Human Genetics, and the Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute.
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation
SCHOOL HEALTH INITIATIVE
of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation
BIOMEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN GENETICS
of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
COMMUNITY GRANTS and MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Funding for local community-based organizations and medical and nursing scholarships is vitally important and remains a priority for funding. The Foundation realizes the potential in individuals and in smaller initiatives that are key to promoting sustainable transformation in the populations we serve.
Scholarships are provided to students at Barry University College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Florida International University Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Miami Dade College Benjamín León School of Nursing, St. Thomas University College of Nursing, the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies and the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine.