UMass Chan received roughly $200 million in research funding from the NIH in fiscal year 2024, according to UMass Chan. The school's departments that received the largest share of funds included anatomy and cell biology ($40.2 million), internal medicine/medicine ($35.1 million) and genetics ($21.2 million).

The family foundation’s gift will go to an endowment to fund research into curing ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases at the UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester.

WORCESTER ― A foundation that honors the life of a Massachusetts man who grew his family's produce business from a pushcart in 1928 at Boston's Haymarket into a national concern made a $35 million donation to UMass Chan Medical School.