The Nevada Cancer Institute puts Las Vegas’ newfpound philanthropic nature to the test — and patients around the region come up winners.

By Nicole Rollender

“We were able to see it, feel it, touch it. That made it much easier to call people,” Gitomer says.

The NVCI’s initial fundraising phase extended until very recently and, as of October, the organization had received 40 gifts of $1 million and up from donors named by the organization as its “Founders,” and three more gifts of $5 million or more from its “Visionary Founders.”