L.A. Free Clinic receives $10 million gift

The Los Angeles Free Clinic Monday announced an extraordinary gift of  $10 million from philanthropists Haim and Cheryl Saban.  The Clinic will  be renamed The Saban Free Clinic in honor of the gift, which is the  largest in the Los Angeles Free Clinics 41-year history.  The endowment  will provide much needed discretionary funds for special projects at  the Clinic.
Haim Saban, who founded Saban Entertainment and Fox  Family Worldwide, is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer  of Saban Capital Group and Chairman of the Board of Univision  Communications Inc.  Cheryl Saban, PhD is an author and advocate for  childrens health and education. The gift marks the culmination of the  Sabans 16 years of support for the Clinic.
The Saban Free Clinic  will continue to provide services to children and adults at four sites  in Los Angeles.  All medical services are provided for free, although  patients are asked to donate what they can for their visits.
I  have had a deep respect for The Los Angeles Free Clinic ever since, as a  single mother, I turned to them for my own medical care, more than 25  years ago, said Cheryl Saban. The services I received were  professional and kind.  And, now that I am in the privileged position of  being a philanthropist, I am also impressed with their record as a  charitable money manager, with the breadth of their donor and volunteer  pool, and with their longevity as a service provider.
We have  always been impressed with The Los Angeles Free Clinic and the work it  does for those in need, said Haim Saban.  Our greatest wish for this  gift is that it inspires other donors to recognize the important role of  the Clinic in providing heath services to the uninsured in Los Angeles.   Anyone can fall through the insurance safety net, Saban concluded.
While our name is changing, The Saban Free Clinic is, and will be, the  same institution as The Los Angeles Free Clinic, offering high quality  medical dental, mental health care and social services to Los Angeles  uninsured residents, said Abbe Land,  Co-CEO of the Clinic. The  Sabans enormous generosity will give us some breathing room, especially  in these insecure times, and we will continue to rely on the generosity  of the entire community to fund our services, continued co-CEO Jeffrey  Bujer.
The Los Angeles Free Clinic is a highly regarded health  and social services organization with four clinics, 160 employees, more  than 400 volunteers, and over 100,000 patient visits annually. The Los  Angeles Free Clinic is a well-managed agency with 85 cents of every  dollar going to direct services and has earned three consecutive 4-star  evaluations from Charity Navigator  a designation only 12 percent of  all the non-profits they evaluate have earned.