WVU Medicine Children's To Be Renamed After $28M Gift

WVU Medicine Children’s in Morgantown will be renamed WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s after a $28 million unrestricted gift from entrepreneur and philanthropist Tom Golisano. Hospital leaders said the funding will expand pediatric services across West Virginia, support a growing network of community clinics, and accelerate programs—particularly pediatric and adolescent mental health, intellectual disabilities, and neurodevelopmental services—that otherwise could take years to implement. The gift is intended to reduce out-of-state transfers for complex pediatric care and to give WVU flexibility to address immediate statewide needs. The donation also makes WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s part of a newly created 10-hospital Golisano Children’s Alliance after Golisano committed $253 million to six university-based children’s hospitals, joining four earlier Golisano-supported hospitals and bringing his total giving past $1 billion; the alliance will leave hospitals operating independently while promoting collaboration and shared learning. Hospital officials said signage and naming updates will follow in the coming months and called the donation a transformational investment in regional pediatric care.