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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. The donation was announced on October 23, 2026, by Intermountain Foundation. The overall project is estimated to cost more than $1 billion, making it a major healthcare infrastructure investment for the region.
The gift is among the largest publicly announced donations to a children’s hospital in the United States, according to Intermountain Health. 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 new facility will be named the Intermountain Health Felicia and Ben Horowitz Children’s Hospital in recognition of the couple’s contribution. The contribution forms part of the Nevada Campaign for Kids, a wider philanthropic effort supporting the hospital’s development. The hospital is being developed at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ Harry Reid Research and Technology Park in southwest Las Vegas.
Intermountain Health says the investment will help recruit experienced paediatric healthcare professionals, develop specialised programmes and advance medical research. Beyond its inpatient facilities, the hospital is intended to strengthen the region’s ability to provide specialised treatment for children. The project is also connected to Intermountain Health’s wider paediatric healthcare network. The organisation operates Primary Children’s Hospitals in Utah and is expanding paediatric services in Billings, Montana. Its stated ambition is to connect specialist knowledge, research and treatment across the communities it serves, allowing developments in one location to benefit children elsewhere in the network.