Hospitals and health systems have long been a favorite beneficiary of philanthropists.
Here are six recent major gifts to hospitals and health systems:
- The philanthropic arm of Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care received a $5 million donation, the largest in its history, from the Bernard and Shirley Brown Charitable Foundation and the Brown Foundation.
- Milwaukee-based Children's Wisconsin received a $3 million donation from retail giant Kohl's for the opening of new behavioral health clinics.
- Gas station company Wawa donated $6.15 million to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia also received a $10 million donation from the Gilbert Family Foundation for neurofibromatosis research.
- Los Angeles-based Cedars Sinai received a $140 million gift, the largest in its history, from Susanne and Ervin Bard to support clinical and research innovation.
- Cedars-Sinai received another gift of $30 million from the foundation of writer and producer Chuck Lorre to create a new school for aspiring healthcare workers in in-demand roles such as pharmacy technician and respiratory therapist.