Nevada couple donates $150 million for state’s first children’s hospital

Three decades ago, Felicia Horowitz watched her child receive lifesaving treatment at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in California. During that difficult period, she noticed the Packard name displayed on the hospital walls and made a personal promise to herself that if she and her husband, Ben Horowitz, could one day afford to do so, they would give back to help other families facing similar circumstances. That promise has now taken shape in a major philanthropic commitment. The couple has pledged $150 million towards Nevada’s first stand-alone children’s hospital, a project intended to expand access to specialised paediatric healthcare in a state where families have long faced challenges obtaining complex treatment close to home.A decades-old promise becomes a major philanthropic commitmentThe donation was announced on October 23, 2026, by Intermountain Foundation. The new facility will be named the Intermountain Health Felicia and Ben Horowitz Children’s Hospital in recognition of the couple’s contribution. According to Intermountain Health, the gift is among the largest publicly announced donations to a children’s hospital in the United States.Felicia Horowitz is pr...