Numerous healthcare organizations recently received donations to fund research, advance treatments, improve patient care and start renovations.
Here are four recent donations, pledges or bequests given to healthcare organizations by various entities reported by Becker's Hospital Review in the past two weeks, beginning with the most recent.
1. Cedars-Sinai receives record-breaking $50M gift to launch heart institute
Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai received a $50 million gift — the largest gift in its 116-year history — from The Smidt Foundation to establish a heart institute.
2. Intermountain donates $15M to U of Utah for new medical school: 4 things to
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare gifted $15 million to Salt Lake City-based University of Utah to help fund the construction of a medical school facility.
3. Seattle Children's receives landmark $60M
Seattle Children's received a $60 million bequest from late Seattle businessman Bruce Leven Feb. 13 — the second largest single charitable gift in its 111-year history.
4. Christy-Houston foundation pledges $6M toward expansion at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital
Murfreesboro, Tenn.-based Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital, part of St. Louis-based Ascension Health, received $6 million from the Christy-Houston Foundation to support an ongoing expansion project.