Vancouver-headquarted Kuni Automotive recently contributed $5 million through its foundation to Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) Knight Cancer Institute. The gift is dedicated to OHSU’s Knight Cancer Challenge to transform early detection and treatment of cancer and save countless lives. The Challenge completed its $1 billion fundraising campaign on Thursday, June 25.
The gift from the Kuni Foundation was one of a handful of major gifts in recent weeks that allowed the Knight Cancer Institute to hit the fundraising goal in record time.
“We’re thrilled to continue investing in OHSU’s work to revolutionize cancer treatment and early detection,” said Jacki Gallo, executive director of the Wayne D. Kuni and Joan E. Kuni Foundation. “The Kuni family has collaborated with the Knight Cancer Institute since 2000, and we look forward to working together for years to come.”
Since its founding in 2005, the Kuni Foundation has made grants totaling several million dollars to support the research of a number of “Kuni Scholars” working in leading cancer research hospitals in the Northwest, including OHSU.