Mission Viejo, CA. (March 10, 2025) — Providence Mission Hospital Foundation announced today the landmark gift of $50 million from Rancho Mission Viejo to support the hospital’s multiphase expansion at its Mission Viejo campus.

The donation, the largest gift in the hospital’s history, was announced at a surprise ceremony for physicians and employees to celebrate this remarkable milestone.

In recognition of this transformative gift, Providence Mission Hospital will name the new tower, expected to open in 2030, the Rancho Mission Viejo Family Tower.

“We are truly humbled by the generosity of the Rancho Mission Viejo family and the $50 million investment they have made toward the future of health care for the residents in Orange County and beyond,” said Seth Teigen, chief executive, Providence Mission Hospital. “On behalf of the entire Providence Mission Hospital family of caregivers, physicians and leaders, we thank Rancho Mission Viejo for their commitment to the hospital expansion and for ensuring generations to come will benefit from their philanthropy.”

The $50 million gift will be used to support several facets of the hospital’s expansion, including the construction of the new Rancho Mission Viejo Family Tower, which will support a total reorientation of the campus. The tower will house 100 private patient rooms, including intensive care, medical/surgical, and acute rehabilitation units; a new cardiology department inclusive of cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology suites; new surgical operating rooms and procedural suites, including the campus’s first hybrid operating room; new radiology and clinical laboratory services to support expansions of the emergency department, Level II pediatric and adult trauma center and acute care operations; and new emergency department observation rooms as part of the reimagined patient experience.

“We have enjoyed a long history with Providence Mission Hospital, beginning with the donation of the land where we stand today,” said Anthony R. Moiso, chairman and CEO, Rancho Mission Viejo. “There is nothing more important than the health of our community and our families. Mission treats its patients as family, as we treat our employees at The Ranch. Melinda and I have experienced firsthand the great talents of Mission’s doctors, nurses, caregivers and executives. We are inspired, grateful and proud to support the hospital’s future.”

The funds will also allow for Providence Mission Hospital’s investment in noninvasive treatment technologies; specialist recruitment to offer academic-level care with top physicians in a regional hospital setting; facility and programmatic enhancements that deliver advanced technology in a healing environment for patients, visitors and caregivers; and enrichment to its primary, urgent and emergency care continuum, including the expansion of radiology services and specialty services at its future Rancho Misson Viejo and San Clemente Mission Health Center outpatient clinics.

“This gift is transformational for Providence Mission Hospital, and will no doubt inspire others to partner with us as we reimagine health care delivery in Orange County,” said Nicole Balsamo, president and chief philanthropy officer, Providence Mission Hospital Foundation. “The power of philanthropy enables the hospital to continue to innovate and Rancho Mission Viejo’s generosity ensures we’ll be delivering compassionate, whole-person care to our community in perpetuity.”

Notably, in 1969 Rancho Mission Viejo donated the land Providence Mission Hospital occupies at the direction of its patriarch, Richard J. O’Neill. The company has a storied history of land stewardship, conservancy and philanthropic support. Not the least of its generosity is the land donation to establish a world-class hospital to serve and care for the residents of Orange County.

“Providence Mission Hospital and The Ranch are synonymous with South Orange County,” said Don Vodra, vice-chairman of the board of directors, Rancho Mission Viejo. “Both organizations have helped this region flourish into one of the most attractive places to live in all of California. Today’s announcement ensures this special community will thrive for generations to come as a result of the generosity of the family, individual owners and our business partner, DMB Associates.”

Rancho Mission Viejo is the last working ranch in Orange County, home to acres of citrus groves and miles of protected creeks and canyons within The Nature Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo, which provide the idyllic background for multiple mixed-use villages. At completion, Rancho Mission Viejo will encompass approximately 6,000 acres, or 25%, of the 23,000-acre ranch, which has been held in the O’Neill/Moiso/Avery family since 1882. About 17,000 acres, or 75%, of The Ranch will be preserved for the large habitat conservation area known as The Nature Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo, and for ranching and farming. 

“Our family and company are honored and humbled to play a small part in the important expansion of Providence Mission Hospital,” said Jeremy Laster, president, Rancho Mission Viejo, and member of Providence Mission Hospital Community Ministry Board. “In addition to attracting top-rated doctors, nurses, caregivers and executives, our community will enjoy advanced, state-of-the-art facilities and the highest quality health care in the region.”

To announce and honor Rancho Mission Viejo’s record-setting gift, Providence Mission Hospital hosted a ceremony followed by a daylong employee event to celebrate this historic moment at both the Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach hospital campuses.