News

On March 19, 2020, Philip Mudd, MD, submitted a grant request to The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital for a large-scale clinical sample collection and processing program of SARS-CoV-2. With this data, the medical community is working to develop unique diagnostics and therapeutics to counter COVID-19.

Kathryn Lewis, a BJC Home Care and Hospice registered nurse, became alarmed when she visited a hospice patient at his rural Missouri home and found that his family was struggling to put food on the table.

New Balance, one of the world’s major sports footwear and apparel manufacturers, recently donated 500 pairs of sneakers to frontline caregivers through The Foundation for BJC Home Care (a dba of The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital).

The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital has been named to the "High Performer: Overall" list of fundraising organizations by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP). Only 84 U.S. and Canadian organizations were honored with this classification in AHP’s 2019 Report on Giving.

Thanks to the generosity of donors, The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital is providing funding for a study of an innovative, home-based cardiac rehabilitation (HCR) program to help patients recover during the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of the most prized possessions that new students receive at Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College is their first stethoscope. It comes inside a “health assessment” tote bag with other items they will soon learn how to use.   

Blackout Melanoma made a $5,000 donation to The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital to aid the hospital’s response to COVID-19.

By partnering with The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Dr. Chung was able to provide meals to hospital departments where they were needed the most.

Among provisions designed to lighten the economic burden of COVID-19, the CARES Act includes important measures to incentivize charitable giving for both individuals and corporations.

More than 11,000 meals have been delivered to Barnes-Jewish Hospital workers since April 1, thanks to the generosity of a wide variety of donors that include restaurants, corporations, and grateful patients and their families. The donations are coming in daily and being coordinated by The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Logistics Liaisons.