Billionaire Tom Golisano, who made his fortune as the founder of Paychex, has announced the launch of an alliance designed to advance and expand pediatric health care, including grants totaling $253 million to six university children’s hospitals, which boosts Golisano’s philanthropic investments to more than $1 billion.
The Golisano Children’s Alliance will unite 10 children’s hospitals to more easily share resources and expand access to care. The latest recipients include Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford ($50 million); Penn State Health Children’s Hospital in Hershey, Pennsylvania ($50 million); University of Kentucky Children’s Hospital in Lexington ($50 million); University of Maryland Children’s Hospital in Baltimore ($50 million); University of Vermont Children’s Hospital in Burlington ($25 million); and WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia ($28 million).
They join Golisano Children’s Hospitals in the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York; Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital in SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York; Golisano Children’s Hospital of Lee Health, in Fort Myers, Florida; and the soon-to-be renamed John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital, Buffalo, New York…