Gilead $20M funds include Xavier

FOSTER CITY, Calif. - Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD) announced Sept. 13 that the Gilead Foundation’s Creating Possible Fund™ will provide a total of $20M to 13 inaugural grantees that includes Xavier University of New Orleans and the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala. The fund was launched to support creative and high-impact strategies that advance health through education equity, with a main focus on building a pipeline of Black health leaders. The work of these grantees aims to help increase social connections for underserved students, improve the school and learning environment, and create systems of support for students to thrive. “Thanks to the Gilead Foundation's support for advancing educational equity, more than a thousand students in New Orleans will have access to intensive pre-college STEM programs for the first time,” said Dr. Reynold Verret, president of Xavier University. “The Creating Possible Fund will help develop and support a new generation of possible Xavierites who will go on to continue our legacy of excellence as Black STEM leaders, healthcare providers and educators. At Xavier, we are blessed to educate future changemakers at all levels.” The organizations were selected as inaugural Creating Possible Fund grantees, who are national leaders, thinkers and change-makers in education, health and racial equity, adolescent mental health and social justice,” said Korab Zuka, Gilead Foundation president and VP of Public Affairs at Gilead Sciences. (Gilead Foundation 09/13/22) Gilead Foundation Awards $20 Million to Organizations Working to Advance Health Through Education Equity | Business Wire