Help the McGowan Institute Make a Difference

Help the McGowan
Institute Make a Difference

Your philanthropic support ensures the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine’s growth and success. Philanthropy lays the foundation for what we do, and our supporters are co-visionaries who help us imagine new possibilities.

Areas of Greatest Need

Recruitment and Infrastructure Fund

To build upon the McGowan Institute’s remarkable success and make the greatest future impact, we turn our focus to recruiting students into our unique environment to make meaningful clinical advances and to teach and train the next generation of scientists. Gifts in this area will be used to recruit, expand lab footprints and acquire needed equipment and other tools.

Director’s Excellence Fund

We are constantly reevaluating and determining what areas of our Institute need the most funding at any time. By making an unrestricted contribution to the Director’s Excellence Fund, you allow the Institute to direct the funding toward these areas of greatest need and ensure we remain at the forefront of regenerative medicine.

McGowan Institute Research Innovation Fund

Transformational and innovative research is the key to discovering new and more effective treatments that will improve our health. The McGowan Institute Research Innovation Fund will provide support to advance research initiatives and to accelerate translation of discoveries to clinical use and patient benefit.

McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine Student Resource Fund

Gifts to this fund will support educational programs and academic resources such as books, equipment, travel, or other needs for students based upon academic achievement and financial need.

Our Impact

Novel Respiratory Support

Teams at the McGowan Institute led the development and implementation of what would become ALung’s Hemolung Respiratory Assist System (RAS)…

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Muscle Regeneration

In 2010, 26-year-old Sgt. Ron Strang of Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania, was on patrol in Afghanistan when a roadside bomb went off, decimating part…

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Ways to Give

Customize Your Contribution

Gifts to this fund will support educational programs and academic resources such as books, equipment, travel, or other needs for students based upon academic achievement and financial need.

Questions?

Contact Cindy Cavallucci-D’Imperio, Director of Development, at 412-864-5535 or  cyc11@pitt.edu

Online and Recurring Gifts

Gifts can be made to the McGowan Institute using our secure online giving form. Questions?

Corporate Matching

Many employers match charitable contributions made by their employees. Find out how you can double or even triple the size of your gift to Pitt by participating in a workplace matching gift program.

Endowed Funds

Endowed funds are named funds that provide a perpetual stream of income for a specific purpose or for students within a particular area. Whether these gifts are for scholarships, fellowships, faculty chairs, or other important programs or services, they allow major gift donors to provide permanent support to the Institute. Minimum endowment levels guarantee that sufficient income will be available to fulfill the donor’s specific intentions.

Current Funds

Unlike endowed funds, current funds can be distributed in the same year they are received. They are a terrific alternative for those who might have excess funds available each year and ideal for annual IRA disbursements or lump-sum gifts.

Planned Giving

Planned Giving options allow you to amplify the impact of your generosity to the University of Pittsburgh, potentially create lifetime income streams and reduce your taxes. You can leave a legacy through bequests, retirement plans and life insurance.

Mail

Send your gift directly to the McGowan Institute by making a check to the University of Pittsburgh:

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
Division of Philanthropic and Alumni Engagement
213 Park Plaza
128 North Craig Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Contact Us

Contact Cindy Cavallucci-D’Imperio, Director of Development, at 412-864-5535 or  cyc11@pitt.edu