Orange, Calif.-based Providence St. Joseph Hospital received a $53 million donation from a couple who chose to remain anonymous.
It is the largest gift in the Southern California region for the Renton, Wash.-based health system and the second largest in the organization's history, according to a May 3 Providence news release. The money will create an endowment fund for the hospital.
"We're blessed to have such charitable benefactors living in our community," Amy Daugherty, the chief philanthropy officer of Providence St. Joseph Hospital, said in the release. "These donors should take great pride in knowing that this contribution will touch tens of thousands of lives for the foreseeable future."