Boston Celtics owners give more than $200 million to Boston Children's Hospital, the largest gift in its history
The hospital announced the gift on Oct. 29. It counts the $100 million that co-owner Rob Hale and his wife, Karen, pledged last December, matched by the other owners, and will help pay for a pediatric mental health facility in Brighton.
Boston. Boston Children's Hospital said on Oct. 29 that it has received a gift of more than $200 million from the ownership group of the Boston Celtics and the team, in association with the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation. Dr. Kevin Churchwell, the hospital's chief executive, said the size of the gift was unprecedented for the hospital.
The previous record was set last December, when Rob Hale, a co-owner of the team, and his wife, Karen, pledged $100 million. That pledge is half of the new total: according to Lifestyles Magazine, it prompted Bill Chisholm, the team's chairman and governor, and the roughly two dozen other owners to match it. The hospital's announcement does not break the total down by giver.
Where the money goes
The hospital listed five uses. The first is building what it calls the nation's premier pediatric mental health facility and earlier help for children in crisis. The others are research into emerging therapies for childhood diseases and into the origins of adult diseases, advanced training for pediatric nurses, an innovation fund for new ideas in children's health, and family programs that encourage healthy lifestyles in the community.
The mental health building is the one the Hale pledge was made for. Lifestyles Magazine reported that it will have 116 beds, nearly doubling the hospital's mental health bed capacity, and is part of a $640 million behavioral health campus in Brighton on the grounds of Franciscan Children's, which joined the Boston Children's system in 2023.
A gift from a team's owners
Mr. Chisholm said the gift was the owners' commitment to the next generation in Boston and beyond. Mr. Hale said it would help advance research and expand access to care.
The team planned to recognize current and former patients, families and staff of the hospital at its home game on Oct. 30.
“While the size of this gift is unprecedented for Boston Children's Hospital, its significance will ultimately be measured not by the record it sets, but by the lives it will save.”
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