Overlook Foundation

About Overlook Foundation

Overlook Foundation’s giving is built around Overlook Medical Center, with its largest recent grants directed to the hospital for capital, staffing, and program support. The foundation’s pattern is unusually concentrated: every listed recent grant goes to a recipient in New Jersey, and the center of gravity is clearly the hospital’s own campus in Summit. Recent awards show support for major facility work, clinical training, and service lines that reach patients across the care continuum. The foundation backs both large institutional needs and targeted clinical priorities. It funded the Overlook Ahead capital campaign project with an $8,752,405 grant in 2023, then followed with substantial support for hires, summer externs, salaries, and department-level needs. Other grants show direct support for children with cancer, palliative care, hospice and respite care, neuroscience fellowship positions, and emergency department capacity. The recent-grants list also includes assistance for breast cancer patients, ovarian cancer research, stroke programming, pharmacy technician training, and dental equipment. Overlook Foundation also supports community-facing health work outside the hospital walls through a local community grants program. Those awards are aimed at health-related initiatives in Union County and neighboring communities within the medical center’s primary catchment area.

What Overlook Foundation Funds

Cancer care appears across several specific grants. In 2023, Overlook Foundation gave $341,016 to Overlook Medical Center for support for children with cancer, $56,395 for oncology support, $45,758 for support for breast cancer patients, and $23,865 for support for children with blood cancers. It also funded $36,204 for ovarian cancer research. Palliative and hospice services are another clear focus. A $195,000 grant supported the palliative care program, while $68,652 went to hospice, respite care, and support of indigent patients. Caregiver support shows up as well through $70,870 for position support at the Thomas Glasser Care Giver’s Center. Workforce development and clinical training receive direct backing. The foundation provided $763,407 for new hires, a summer extern program, and salaries, plus $142,600 for neuroscience fellowship position support and $73,091 for the pharmacy technician program and informatics salary support.

How Overlook Foundation Gives