GOBEL tracks all publicly announced healthcare gifts of $10M+. Below find a list of principal/transformational gifts that were announced in September 2026.
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$10M+ healthcare gifts in September 2026:
- Providence St. Vincent Medical Center and Providence Heart Institute received a $1.1 billion gift from Phil and Penny Knight on September 15, described as one of the largest gifts to a healthcare institution in American history. The gift will create Oregon’s first hospital dedicated to women’s health, integrating gynecology, obstetrics, cardiology, and other specialties, and will advance next generation cardiovascular care at Providence Heart Institute. The gift builds on the Knights’ decade long partnership with the Heart Institute, to which they previously contributed $200 million.
- Tom Golisano announced $225 million in gifts to six children’s hospitals on September 10, expanding the Golisano Children’s Alliance to 21 member hospitals nationwide. Each recipient joined the Alliance, a network that allows independent children’s hospitals to collaborate on new treatments, research, and policy advocacy.
- Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital received a $40 million gift to support construction of a new five story, 56 bed hospital on its planned Wesley Chapel, Florida campus, part of a $300 million investment. The facility will be named Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Golisano Children’s Medical Center at Wesley Chapel, with an opening expected in fall 2027.
- Renown Health received a $40 million gift to build a stand alone children’s hospital for northern Nevada, the largest philanthropic gift in the organization’s history.
- Children’s Hospital Colorado, Colorado Springs received a $40 million gift to add surgical capacity, outpatient space, and inpatient beds across Southern Colorado, the largest gift in the hospital’s history. The hospital is now named Children’s Hospital Colorado, Golisano Children’s Hospital, Colorado Springs.
- Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt received a $40 million gift to advance pediatric heart care and establish a consortium for sharing cardiac innovations across the Alliance. The program was renamed the Golisano Pediatric Heart Institute.
- Children’s Minnesota received a $35 million gift to fund a 10 year initiative expanding access to precision medicine, including gene and cell therapies and regenerative medicine. The Minneapolis campus was renamed the Children’s Minnesota Golisano Campus.
- Dartmouth Health Children’s received a $30 million gift to expand pediatric care and innovation in northern New England. The hospital was renamed Golisano Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Health.
- Hackensack Meridian Health received a $125 million gift from an anonymous donor on September 14 to expand Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey, including a new critical care tower and 24 operating rooms. At the donor’s request, the new building will be named the John K. Lloyd Pavilion in honor of the late John K. Lloyd, the former leader who guided the hospital for more than four decades. The gift is the largest in HMH’s history, the largest healthcare gift in New Jersey history, and supports the system’s $1 billion Be the Difference campaign.
- EvergreenHealth received a $100 million gift from Dean Weidner and his late wife, Ana on September 28 to accelerate planning for a new patient care tower on its Kirkland, Washington campus. The gift, the largest in the community owned hospital’s history, will memorialize the Weidners’ legacy through the future facility.
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation received a $100 million CAD gift from an anonymous donor on September 22, the largest donation in the foundation’s history and described by its CEO as the largest single gift to cancer research in Canadian history. The gift supports cancer research, treatment, and patient care and helped launch the foundation’s $2.5 billion Carry the Fire campaign.
- The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus received a $50 million gift from an anonymous donor on September 22 to expand its Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Program, increasing patient access and advancing research, diagnosis, and treatment. The gift, one of the largest in campus history, also supports the largest patient survey ever conducted on CSF leaks, in partnership with the Spinal CSF Leak Foundation.
- Burke Rehabilitation received a $20 million challenge pledge from Bill Ackman and Neri Oxman on September 16 to launch its Unlock Possible capital campaign. The Ackman/Oxman Challenge will match philanthropic commitments dollar for dollar up to $20 million to advance rehabilitation technology, expand clinical programs, and transform patient care environments at the Montefiore Health System affiliate.
- Dartmouth Health received a $20 million gift from Richard “Dick” Levy on September 29 to launch Dartmouth Health At Home, which includes at home primary care, palliative care, and a new Family Caregiver Institute with the Geisel School of Medicine. Levy was inspired by his experience as primary caregiver for his late wife, Susan.
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Needham received a $15 million gift from Barbara Levine, Bruce Levine and family, and Ina and Lewis Heafitz on September 30 to advance the hospital’s planned campus expansion along Chestnut Street. The gift includes financial support and two properties essential to the project, and the new building will be named in honor of the Levine and Heafitz families. With $46 million raised to date, the hospital is extending its Transforming Health Care Here campaign through 2031 with an increased goal of $70 million.
- Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem received a $10 million matching gift pledge from Ernest and Evelyn Rady on September 3 to support three pediatric programs in Jerusalem that will together form the Rady Pediatric Center: a renovated pediatric inpatient surgery department, a neonatal unit expanded to 56 incubators, and a combined pediatric and adult pulmonology center. The pledge follows a comparable $10 million matching gift from the Radys in 2025.
- The Kinder Children’s Cancer Center received a $10 million gift from the Robert R. and Kay M. Onstead Foundation on September 9 to support capital projects for the planned facility, a joint venture of Texas Children’s Hospital and UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in the Texas Medical Center. A designated space within the new center will be named in the foundation’s honor.
- Indiana University School of Medicine received a $10 million gift from the Schwarz family on September 24 to establish the Jeff Schwarz Center for Neuro-Oncology Research, honoring an IU alumnus who died of glioblastoma. The school added $5 million for a total $15 million investment, which includes two endowed professorships.
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