On Apr. 7, 2020, the University of Washington Medicine (UW) announced that more than $20 million has been raised to help UW Medicine scientists and clinicians work to preserve community members’ health. Seattle-area philanthropists were accelerating UW Medicine’s COVID-19 response with more than $20 million in contributions towards a $50 million need for the UW Medicine Emergency Response Fund.

Early supporters of the fund include Connie and Steve Ballmer, The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, The Bezos Family, Susan Brotman, The Neukom Family, M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust, Wendy and Eric Schmidt, Christine and Bryan White, Janet and James Sinegal, Washington Research Foundation, Anu and Satya Nadella, and an additional 3,380 community members.