500000 Gift from New Jersey Filmmaker Actor and Comedian Danny DeVito to Advance Care at Jersey Shore University Medical Center

Published:
June 28, 2023

What You Need To Know

  • Filmmaker, actor and comedian Danny DeVito donated $500,000 to advance health care at Jersey Shore University Medical Center.
  • The gift will support the hospital through the Jersey Shore University Medical Center Foundation, providing a source of funding for the medical center's needs for present and future patients.
“We are so grateful to Danny DeVito for his confidence and support in the high-quality innovative care we provide at Jersey Shore University Medical Center,” said Robert C. Garrett, FACHE, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health. “Danny truly understands the powerful impact that philanthropy has on health care, and for him to give back to the community where he grew up - and to the hospital he was born at - means so much. With his support, we can continue our mission to transform health care and be a leader of positive change in New Jersey.” DeVito was born at the former Raleigh Fitkin-Paul Morgan Memorial Hospital, now Jersey Shore University Medical Center, and grew up in Asbury Park. He is widely known for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series Taxi, which won him a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. He plays Frank Reynolds in the FX and FXX sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. DeVito is also the star of Jersey Mike’s Subs commercials.

For More Information

Click here to view the press release announcing the donation.