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The Gilbert Family Foundation’s commitment ($350 million) builds on more than a decade of impactful investments, including the historic decision to relocate the Rock Family of Companies to downtown Detroit in 2010. Dan Gilbert Founder & Chairman, Rocket Companies. Jennifer Gilbert Founder & CEO, Amber Engine Founder & Creative Director, POPHOUSE.
Sep 12, 2024 · OUR WHY Inspired by Nick’s Legacy. Dan and Jennifer’s commitment to NF research began when their oldest son, Nick, was born with NF1. They established the Gilbert Family Foundation in 2015 to advance groundbreaking, cutting-edge NF research and are focused on supporting the best ideas, no matter how radical they may seem at first.
Nov 14, 2022 · In addition to their investments from the Gilbert Family Foundation, Dan and Jennifer Gilbert raise money for NF1 research through NF Forward, which hosts an annual gala called The beNeFit in Detroit each November. This year’s beNeFit is the 10 th annual gala. In total, over $45M dollars have been raised for the Children’s Tumor Foundation ...
Mar 7, 2024 · Laura Grannemann: Yeah, absolutely. So the Gilbert Family Foundation was officially founded in 2015, and the original goal was really to advance cutting edge research to try to end, to eradicate neurofibromatosis. Unfortunately, Dan and Jennifer's son is affected by neurofibromatosis, Nick Gilbert.
Sep 14, 2021 · The Gilbert Family Foundation is a private nonprofit foundation founded by Jennifer and Dan Gilbert to accelerate a cure for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and build economic opportunity and ...
Dec 24, 2019 · Dan Gilbert serves on the boards of the Children’s Tumor Foundation, the Cleveland Clinic, and the Children’s Hospital Foundation. In 2023, the couple pledged $375 million to create the Nick Gilbert Neurofibromatosis Research Institute, named after their son who died of the disease at 26, and a new rehabilitation center at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
The Gilbert Family Foundation was founded in 2015 to help accelerate a cure for NF1. Nick Gilbert, the oldest son of Dan and Jennifer Gilbert, was diagnosed with NF1 as an infant and continues to battle the disease. To help further research and discovery, the organization launched its Brain Tumor Initiative (BTI) in 2022. This initiative falls ...
