Outpacing the Impossible | Northwell Foundation

With you, we'll always Outpace the Impossible

The Outpacing the Impossible campaign raised $1.4 billion to support Northwell Health's promise to the people it serves. The campaign’s objectives improved hospitals and clinical programs, accelerated research and funded endowment.

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Campaign Impact Report

Northwell's first comprehensive fundraising campaign, Outpacing the Impossible, captured our shared commitment to transforming health care and redefined what we can achieve together. Thanks to the support of 209,000 generous donors like you, we surpassed our ambitious $1.4 billion fundraising goal to deliver innovative treatments and improved outcomes for patients and people in our community.

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Power of Connection: Celebrating $1.4 billion raised for Northwell Health

We’ve exceeded the ambitious goal of our Outpacing the Impossible campaign, raising more than $1.4 billion, thanks to more than 207,000 donors like you, who believe in Northwell Health's mission to save and transform lives. We're grateful for the profound impact you've had on our patients, their families, and the communities we serve.

Campaign Achievements

Outpacing the Impossible: The Northwell Campaign supports Northwell's promise to the people and communities it serves. The campaign, which was publicly launched in October 2018, supports capital projects, improves hospitals and clinical programs, advances research and funds endowment.

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Seeing health care differently

Northwell’s mission begins with its patients and families who have come to expect the unexpected from the organization. Outpacing the Impossible rests on four pillars that define Northwell’s culture.

Driven to discover – Focused on the future of healing, teaching and research, Northwell pursues and implements new knowledge that brings the impossible to life, such as the creation of bioelectronic medicine, a new field of medicine that uses electrical implants to help the body heal itself.
Disruptive thinking – Northwell fosters the intellectual capital behind its breakthrough research, innovations and treatments. Through inventive teaching methods at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell that defy expectations and inspire, we don’t just see things differently, but are changing the way the world sees health care.
Pioneering solutions – Northwell’s depth and breadth, agility and nimbleness enhances its ability to have an immediate impact across the region and beyond.
Seeing people fully – Northwell sees and treats people as who they truly are: families, friends, neighbors and coworkers.

Mental Health

With you, it's possible for Northwell to improve child and adolescent mental health by creating a unified center of excellence, and training and recruiting professionals with expertise in pediatric mental health and research.

Igniting hope for college students in crisis

When she needed support, Richelle experienced what kindhearted care feels like and found hope as a patient at Northwell.

Meeting the need for adolescent mental health services in New York

Our mission is only possible when we care, not only for the physical health, but also the mental, behavioral and…

Health Equity

With you, it's possible for Northwell to provide transformational change within the communities we serve focusing on inequities in health care; addressing social determinants of health; and promoting research, education and innovation.

Mark Butler smiles as he sits with arms crossed at a small brown table. An orange pill bottle sits in front of him, with some white pills scattered on the table.

Improving health equity, one text message at a time

Cardiovascular disease has afflicted the Black community more than any other group, but thanks to a grant from TD Bank,…

How the Northwell community is helping the people of Ukraine

Members of the Northwell community are helping meet the needs of the estimated 12 million people who require aid as the…

Cancer

With you, it's possible for Northwell to build a cancer enterprise to include a cancer hospital in Northwell’s central region and develop new treatments, expand clinical trials, improve outcomes and offer comprehensive survivorship programs to care for our patients holistically.

A milestone for cancer care

The generosity of longtime supporter and trustee Roy J. Zuckerberg has created Long Island’s first integrated cancer…

Endowment fuels research to find a cure for pancreatic cancer

Leonard Shapiro is honoring his late father by supporting “high-risk, high-reward" research at Northwell Health.

Manhattan

With you, it's possible for Northwell to build a new state-of-the-art outpatient medical pavilion including a cancer center and expand access to care for New Yorkers.

Lenox Hill Hospital’s new heart failure program saves lives 

When a young mother collapsed, one call activated the cardiogenic shock team —created through the support of Alison and…

Facilitating a New York City network

Four Manhattan locations are propelling Northwell’s vision for New Yorkers.

With you, everything is possible

We don't believe in limits. We set a goal to raise $1 billion and we've done that.

Michael Dowling, Northwell Health President and CEO

With you, it's possible for us to deliver the absolute best care to children.

Barrie Rich, MD, Pediatric Surgeon, Cohen Children's Medical Center

With you, it's possible for us to discover new therapies to treat disease.

Eric H. Chang, PhD, Neuroscientist, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research

It's going to give me the chance to be a mom, to be around for my kids. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Brooke Mills, Patient

I had my surgery at South Shore. It really did change my life.

William Spence, Patient

Zucker Hillside helped me see I wasn't alone in this fight. There are ways to get better.

Richelle Modestil, Patient

Portraits of Possible

With you, it’s possible for us to create a healthier vision of the future. Together, we can build on the extraordinary momentum of Outpacing the Impossible to raise an additional $400 million to advance care across our community hospitals and in critical areas where the need is greatest — mental health, employee wellness, health equity, cancer and expansion of care in Manhattan.

Campaign co-chairs

Leonard Feinstein

We believe that giving back is a great — and the right — thing to do. We wish everyone would.

William L. Mack

Building Lenox Health Greenwich Village, a state-of-the-art medical complex with 24/7 care to serve this diverse and…

Roy J. Zuckerberg

I am motivated to build facilities that make the patient experience a lot more pleasant.

Campaign Achievements

Seeing health care differently

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