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Established in 1994, Josh’s Fund partners with the Oncology Nursing Society Foundation to award educational grants to oncology nurses annually. To date, over one hundred oncology nurses have been selected to receive the Josh Gottheil Career Development Award, enabling them to participate in courses and programs that further professional knowledge and skills in patient care. Expanding the fund’s reach endowments have been established to provide resiliency support to nurses at both Siteman Cancer Center Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis and at Carle Health in Urbana, IL. Both endowments seek to provide nurses support for balancing the emotional and mental demands of caring for patients with their empathy, compassion and professionalism. Seeking to play a part in the ongoing need for more nurses entering the profession, beginning in 2026 the fund will provide a scholarship on annual basis for a student entering the nursing program at Parkland College in Champaign, IL. Read more on the What We Do page.

Joshua David Gottheil was a young man with a special charm and a big heart. At a very young age, Josh accomplished a large part of what seemed to be his dream—to support musicians and to bring the music that he loved to audiences. Read more about Josh in the About Josh section.

Latest News

  • Stronger Together: The Power of Nursing—Carle Health’s Nurse Resiliency Conference coming up with support from Josh’s Fund on November 3, 2026 will include presentations by a line-up of nurses with diverse professional experience
  • Parkland College in Champaign, IL to announce the first Josh Gottheil Memorial scholarship in nursing for Fall 2026

February 17-20, 2026: Recipients of the ONF’s 2025 Josh Gottheil Memorial Career Development awards attend the Tandem meetings in Salt Lake City.

November 4, 2025: Siteman Cancer Center holds the Josh Gottheil Memorial Nursing Resiliency Symposium on campus of Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University Medical Center

August 2025: The Oncology Nursing Foundation announces the names of the newest Career Development Award recipients. Read more about the Career Development Award

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Josh's FundFriday, July 24th, 2026 at 4:31pm
With Parkland College – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉
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Josh's FundTuesday, July 21st, 2026 at 6:00am
We are pleased to announce that Parkland College has announced the first recipient of the Josh Gottheil Memorial Nursing Scholarship. Congratulations to Brian, whose dedication to nursing embodies everything this scholarship was created to support.

As Brian wrote in his application:

"The pursuit of a nursing career is not just a goal but a responsibility to my family and my community."

Brian is balancing nursing school while working full-time and supporting his family, all while maintaining a 4.0 GPA. His commitment to caring for others and giving back to his community makes him a truly deserving inaugural recipient.

Thank you to Parkland College for partnering with us to create this scholarship and for helping make it possible for future nurses to pursue their education .
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Josh's FundWednesday, July 8th, 2026 at 6:27am
Josh's fund is very proud to announce the establishment of an annual scholarship for a student in the Parkland College nursing program. Thank you Parkland for enabling members of the Champaign-Urbana community to become nurses who serve patients with professionalism and commitment to their care.
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Parkland College Foundation Establishes Josh Gottheil Memorial Scholarship
The Parkland College Foundation recently established a scholarship fund in memory of one former student. The Josh Gottheil Memorial Scholarship will provide full tuition, fees, books, and other program expenses for non-traditional Parkland students in the Nursing-ADN program. "Our family has been i...
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