Naming Opportunities

You can establish a Named Fund to support a specific area of Wistar’s work, identified with your name or that of a loved one, with a minimum commitment of $50,000. These are not endowed funds, and the charitable contributions to these funds will be used to support the intended project or area of research. Our donors create these named funds with the intent that they will continue to contribute to and replenish the fund year after year. With your permission, Wistar can also promote your Named Fund as a way to inspire additional support from other Wistar donors who share an interest in the fund’s area of support, prolonging the life and impact of the Named Fund.

Existing Named Funds at Wistar include:

• The Albert R. Taxin Brain Tumor Research Fund
• The Tobin Family Memorial Fund for Pancreatic Cancer Research
• The Louis C. Washburn Fund for Research of Environmental Factors of Cancer

You can establish a Named Endowed Fund to support a specific area of Wistar’s work, identified with your name or that of a loved one, with a minimum commitment of $100,000. Endowed Funds are invested and the principal preserved. A portion of the Endowed Fund’s annual income, generated from the investment’s growth, is used in line with the Endowed Fund’s purpose. The remaining assets are reinvested to ensure growing support for years to come. With your permission, Wistar can promote your Named Endowed Fund as a way to inspire additional support from other Wistar donors who share an interest in the fund’s area of support, prolonging the life and impact of the Named Endowed Fund.

Existing Named Endowed Funds at Wistar include:

• The Noreen O’Neil Endowed Fund for Melanoma Research
• The Elaine M. Ominsky, PhD Breast Cancer Research Endowed Fund
• The Schwartz McDonald Talent & Technology Endowed Fund
• The Wistar Family Endowed Fund for Cancer Research

The opportunity to offer endowed positions of this magnitude helps us attract and retain scientific leaders with exceptional, sustained records of achievement who will take Wistar science to new horizons. The minimum gift commitment for establishing a Named Endowed Distinguished Professorship is $2.5 million.

Existing Named Endowed Distinguished Professorships at Wistar include:

• The Robert and Penny Fox Distinguished Professorship
• The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Distinguished Professorship in Cancer Research

Endowed Professorships are a hallmark of academic quality and recognize and reward exceptional faculty members. Because they are so highly prized, endowed professorships are a powerful tool for recruitment and retention. The minimum gift commitment for establishing a Named Endowed Professorship is $1.5 million.

Existing Named Endowed Professorships at Wistar include:

• The Ira Brind Professorship
• The Christopher M. Davis Professorship in Cancer Research
• The Herbert Kean, MD, Family Professorship
• The Hilary Koprowski, MD, Professorship
• The Martha Stengel Miller Professorship in HIV Research (future endowed position)

Endowed Postdoctoral Fellowships help compensate trainees who have earned their doctorates and are embarking on highly specialized research alongside Wistar scientists. Postdocs are an important part of the Wistar workforce, actively supporting our principal investigators in their research projects. We are proud to be an integral part of their training, providing these future scientific leaders with mentorship and access to Wistar’s collaborative network, to help shape their future contributions in academia or industry. The minimum gift commitment for establishing a Named Endowed Postdoctoral Fellowship is $1 million.

Existing Named Endowed Postdoctoral Fellowships at Wistar include:

• The Ching Jer Chern Memorial Fellowship

Endowed Graduate Student Fellowships help compensate Ph.D. students under the supervision of and helping contribute to the research of a Principal Investigator in one of Wistar’s labs. We are proud to be an integral part of their graduate experience, providing these future scientific leaders with mentorship and guidance during their studies and helping to shape the next step in their careers.

Endowing any position at Wistar ensures a source of funding to support these essential roles and preserves the critical function these positions have at Wistar, in perpetuity. Your transformational gift to endow, underwrite and name any position at Wistar both releases and unleashes Wistar resources to advance our research by responding quickly, flexibly, and effectively to the evolving and most pressing needs of the Institute.