OHSU Knight Cancer Institute receives record $2 billion commitment from Phil and Penny Knight

The largest single donation ever made to a U.S. university, college or academic health center will transform cancer care

By OHSU News August 14, 2025 Portland, Oregon

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Targeting Hope gala

Nike, Inc. co-founder Phil Knight speaks at the Knight Cancer Institute during the Targeting Hope gala for the Knight Cancer Institute in September 2013. (OHSU)

Celebrating the Knight Cancer Challenge success

Brian Druker, M.D., speaks on June 25, 2015, at the OHSU campus celebration about the Knight Cancer Challenge. (OHSU)

Targeting Hope gala

Targeting Hope Event. From left: Tim Boyle, president and chief executive officer of Columbia Sportswear; Nike Co-founder Phil Knight; Wieden+Kennedy Co-founder Dan Wieden; and Brian Druker, M.D., director of the Knight Cancer Institute, at the Targeting Hope gala for the Knight Cancer Institute in September 2013. (OHSU)

The Knights and Brian Druker

Nike, Inc. co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, with OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Director Brian Druker, M.D. The Knights received the 2020 "Champions for Cures" award from the Association of American Cancer Institutes. (OHSU Foundation)

Give Cancer Hell - Knight Cancer Institute logo

Brian Druker, M.D.