A new $100 million anonymous donation brings Oregon Health & Science University $82 million short of meeting its $500 million match goal.
A new $100 million anonymous donation brings Oregon Health & Science University $82 million short of meeting its $500 million match goal.
Last year Nike co-found Phil Knight announced he would give the cancer institute $500 million if the institute raised $500 million on its own. If OHSU failed to raise its half of the money by February 2016, Knight would be off the hook for his promised $500 million. The Knight matching grant is believed to be the single largest grant of its kind in U.S. history.
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