Apply for a Dr. John T. Macdonald Grant
Apply for a Dr. John T. Macdonald Grant
Meeting Today's Needs and Tomorrow's Medical Advances
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.
Department of Human Genetics
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, autism, multiple sclerosis, dementia, and loss of hearing and sight are some of the disease with genetic links found by the world-class researchers in the Dr. John T. Macdonald Department of Human Genetics...
Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute
Smaller than a millionth of a millimeter, they promise to carry tumor targeting drugs that don’t affect healthy cells, help “smart pills” detect glucose and release insulin, and strain tumor cells in the blood with an ultra-fine filter. It sounds like science fiction but…
About Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation
Funding more than $45 million in grants during its 26-year history, giving over 445 grants to community-based organizations, the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation funds three groundbreaking Signature Programs as well as projects designed to improve, preserve or restore the health and healthcare of the people in Miami-Dade County.
History
2018-2019 marks the Seventieth Anniversary of the ground- breaking and 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 is the T. Foundation.
The group of local physicians which founded the hospital, honored their departed colleague by naming the Foundation after him when purchasing Doctors’ Hospital, making it a non-profit
institution, 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 grant-making institution with an initial fund balance of some $12 million from the sale of the hospital, the Foundation’s fund balance has grown appreciably over the last 20 years.
Grant & Scholarships
Support for local community-based organizations and medical scholarships are vitally important and remain a priority for funding. The Foundation realizes the potential in individuals and smaller initiatives that are key to promoting sustainable transformation in the populations we serve.
Named 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, the University of Miami School of Nursing & Health Sciences and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
