Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have donated $1.48 million to Hawaii’s Wilcox Medical Center, the latest contribution in what Chan described as a 10-year philanthropic relationship with the island community of Kauaʻi.
The donation was made via the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and will help fund a mobile MRI unit and a new 3D mammography machine at Wilcox Medical Center, according to Hawaii Pacific Health. In a message published by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Chan said, “What began as a desire to give back to a place we call home has grown into lasting partnerships with organizations dedicated to strengthening communities, caring for local families, and stewarding the people and places that make Kauaʻi so special. The gift comes as Chan reflects on a decade of philanthropy in Kauaʻi.
2026 marks 10 years of philanthropic work on Kauaʻi, with more than $100 million committed to over 100 local organisations and more than $57 million invested directly on the island, according to the initiative.
For the uninitiated, Wilcox performs more than 4,000 MRI scans a year, and the temporary unit will keep those exams available during the work. Wilcox says it was the first medical center on Kauaʻi to offer 3D mammograms, in 2010, and it performed more than 8,500 mammograms last year. Chan, a paediatrician, and Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Meta Platforms, have now made five contributions to Wilcox programmes and services totalling more than $4 million.
The latest contribution is the couple’s second donation specifically aimed at expanding imaging technology at the hospital, according to Hawaii Pacific Health. The 3D mammography unit, along with the room renovations needed to install it, will support breast cancer screening. The hospital notes that the clearer 3D images are especially valuable in Hawaiʻi, where many women have dense breast tissue.