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Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation donates $15 million to Boston Medical Center
(BOSTON) – The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation has given $15 million to Boston Medical Center (BMC), as part of its Building the New BMC facilities expansion plan, it was announced today. In recognition of their generous support of BMC, the hospital will name the new 245,000-square-foot ambulatory care center the Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Ambulatory Care Center.
Building the New BMC will be a major multi-year capital expansion project that will create approximately 500,000 square feet of new clinical space to consolidate services, upgrade and expand services and improve access to care. To support and fund the effort, the hospital anticipates launching a major capital campaign.
The nine-story Ambulatory Care Center that will bear the Shapiro’s name will be located at the corner of East Concord and Albany streets and will provide outpatient care. Experiencing consistent annual growth in patient volume, existing facilities are no longer adequate to meet the increasing demand for services.
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, BMC Board Chair Marshall Carter and BMC Board Vice Chair Alan Solomont joined BMC President and CEO Elaine Ullian and hundreds of BMC physicians, nurses, staff and supporters for the announcement of the donation. “We are deeply grateful to the Shapiro Family for their generosity,” Ullian said. “This gift will have a lasting impact on our patients and the care they receive and will ensure that we continue to provide exceptional care without exception.”
“Our family is very pleased to be making this investment in Boston Medical Center and the people of our city,” said Ronny Zinner, President of the Shapiro Family Foundation. “Over the years we have come to know much more about the critical role that BMC plays in caring for the underserved and underprivileged in our community.
“In our estimation BMC is doing an extraordinary job fulfilling its mission of providing “exceptional care without exception” for so many Bostonians, Zinner said.
Mr. Shapiro is the founder and former chairman of Kay Windsor Inc., a New Bedford, Mass.-based manufacturer and importer of women's apparel. He founded Kay Windsor in 1939 and built it into one of the largest companies of its kind in the country before it was acquired by VF Corporation in 1971. The Shapiros, who live in Palm Beach and Boston, are widely known for their extensive support of both regions’ major medical, cultural and educational institutions. In Boston, along with their support of BMC, they have given to Brandeis University, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Dana Farber Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Wellesley College, Hebrew SeniorLife, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Museum of Fine Arts. In Florida, they are active in the Norton Art Museum, the Kravis Center for Performing Arts and the Palm Beach Opera. In addition, through several community-based initiatives, the Shapiro Family Foundation supports close to 75 Boston nonprofits focused on improving the lives of the disabled, disadvantaged and disenfranchised.
Boston Medical Center is a private, not-for-profit, 582-bed, academic medical center affiliated with Boston University School of Medicine. Committed to providing high-quality health care to all, the hospital offers a full spectrum of pediatric and adult care services including primary and family medicine and advanced specialty care with an emphasis on community-based care. Boston Medical Center offers specialized care for complex health problems and is a leading research institution. Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine are partners in the Boston HealthNet – 15 community health centers focused on providing exceptional health care to residents of Boston. For more information, please visit www.bmc.org.
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