Most Beneficial Healthcare Donations of 2014

Devoted to cancer research and treatment , the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Foundation pledged $ 50 million to the New York University Langone Medical Center . The NYU Cancer Institute will be renamed the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center . Isaac Perlmutter is chairman and former chief executive of Marvel Entertainment . The couple belongs to Langone ’ s Board of Trustees and has previously donated approximately $ 8 million to Langone .

Gordon Gund donated an estimated $ 50 million to the Foundation Fighting Blindness in Columbia , Maryland , matching gifts made to the organization to support research into new methods for treating degenerative diseases of the retina and restoring vision to those who are blind . Gordon Gund is the chief executive of Gund Investment Corporation and is chairman and co-founder of the Foundation Fighting Blindness . He lost his vision at the age of 30 in 1970 .

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