{"id":21,"date":"2023-08-08T15:24:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T15:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/giving\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2023-12-07T05:59:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T05:59:14","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/giving\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-primary horizontal-navigation\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-primary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper has-horizontal-nav\">\n\n          <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n\n                  <div class=\"eyebrow-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/giving\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Giving to the Keck School of Medicine\">Giving to the Keck School of Medicine<\/a>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                 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