Advancing Nursing Excellence Through Philanthropy

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In honor of our centennial anniversary, philanthropist Betty Wold Johnson has pledged a $1,000,000 challenge grant for nursing excellence. The Centennial Challenge Grant will be received when Princeton Health raises $1 million from the community toward the endowment. The full $2 million will establish a nursing endowment to support scholarships and continuing education, research and 

innovation, and Princeton Health’s nursing residency program. The Princeton Medical Center Foundation has already raised over $500,000 to date.

“I understand the vital role of nurses and how important it is to help them to continue learning,” Ms. Johnson said. “The endowment at Princeton Health will focus on a wide range of crucial goals, including mentoring the next generation of nursing leaders and increasing the percentage of nurses with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, which is associated with better patient care.”

“This endowment will enable us to continue promoting nursing excellence in education and professional practice, conduct nursing research, and test innovative concepts for new models of patient care,” said Sheila Kempf, Vice President, Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer. “It is important to create a nursing workforce of the future so that we are prepared to meet health care’s ever-changing needs."


This is a unique opportunity to double the impact of your philanthropy for one of our community’s greatest assets. Any gift you make toward our nursing endowment will be matched dollar for dollar by Ms. Johnson’s challenge grant. If you are interested in supporting nursing excellence at Princeton Health and taking advantage of this opportunity, please contact Hyona Revere at 609.252.8710.


Article as seen in Foundation News Spring 2020.

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