Amount donated in 2013: $50-million
Beneficiary: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Background: The Buerger family founded Coventry, a life-insurance company in Fort Washington, Pa.
They pledged $50-million to build the Center for Advanced Pediatric Care, which will be named after them. Reid Buerger, a son of Alan Buerger, is a trustee of the hospital.
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