Comcast CEO Grants Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia $125 Million, Largest Single Gift Ever To Institution
deadline.comBrian Roberts, chairman-CEO and controlling shareholder of NBCUniversal parent Comcast, and the Roberts family have gifted $125 million to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to create Roberts Children’s Health, a new state-of-the-art, 20-story tower, and to revitalize the existing hospital.
The media giant is based in Philadelphia. It marks the largest single donation the institution has received in its 170-year history.
It’s a big grant. David Geffen, co-founder of DreamWorks SKG, gave $200 million to what became the David Geffen School Of Medicine at UCLA in 2002, followed by $146 million to a scholarship fund for medical students.
Last year, Michael Bloomberg, through his Bloomberg Philanthropies, gifted $1 billion to his alma mater John’s Hopkins to make the medical school free for most students and expand financial aid for nursing and public health students.
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