Annual Report on Giving

Student Support

Charitable gifts and grants promote diversity and support students

WesternU received multiple gifts and grants that will support students, attract a more diverse student body and equip faculty with high-tech learning tools.

FamilyCare donation

FamilyCare Inc. will donate $22.5 million to WesternU for a new behavioral health college

Western University of Health Sciences will receive a $22.5 million donation from FamilyCare, Inc., the largest gift in the University’s 45-year history. The donation will help WesternU expand the COMP-Northwest campus and launch a behavioral health college in Lebanon, Oregon. Dr. Jeff Heatherington, president of FamilyCare Health and president and CEO of The Heatherington Foundation for Innovation and Education in Health Care, said the Heatherington Foundation will donate 150 acres of land to WesternU to build the new campus.

Endowed scholarship

WesternU celebrates first Trustee Scholars

Five impressive and inspiring Western University of Health Sciences students are the first to receive “life-changing” WesternU Board of Trustees scholarships.

Grant funding

WesternU CHS-Northwest awarded M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Pediatric and Rural Health Care Services Grant

WesternU's College of Health Sciences (CHS)-Northwest received a $673,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust of Vancouver, Washington, to support its physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) programs in Lebanon, Oregon. The funding will help CHS-Northwest provide hands-on educational opportunities through authentic learning experiences and provide health care services to rural and underserved communities.

Scholarship Gift

WesternU College of Dental Medicine receives $25,000 donation from DentaQuest

Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Dental Medicine (CDM) received a $25,000 donation from DentaQuest to support third- and fourth-year students completing externships focused on care for vulnerable populations.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

WesternU College of Graduate Nursing receives $1.64 million grant to increase nursing diversity

Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Graduate Nursing received a $1.64 million Strategically Transforming and Advancing Nursing Diversity (STAND) grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to provide scholarships to underrepresented minority nursing students as well as supportive services to help them succeed.

CGN and CHS Grant

WesternU receives $2.5 million grant for Nurse Practitioner, PA Training

Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Graduate Nursing and College of Health Sciences received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to create the WesternU Integrated Substance Abuse Training Program (WISTP).

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