$20M Donated To Inova Health System By Peterson Family: Report

FAIRFAX, VA — The Peterson family of Fairfax-based Peterson Cos. donated $20 million to the Inova Health System, putting it closer to meeting its $75 million fundraising goal, according to the Washington Business Journal.

Last spring, NVR. Inc. founder Dwight Schar and his wife Martha challenged the healthcare system to match the couple's $75 million gift to the Inova's Heart and Vascular Institute, WBJ reported. Thanks to the Peterson family's $20 million gift, the nonprofit has raised $68 million.

“I cannot overstate how many patients and families in our community and region they will impact with this latest gift — certainly thousands upon thousands,” Sage Bolte, chief philanthropy officer and president of the Inova Health Foundation, told WBJ's Sara Gilgore in an email.

Most of the Peterson family's gift, $15 million, will go to support Inova’s Life with Cancer program. Now dubbed the Inova Peterson Life with Cancer, the program provides free psychosocial support and education to patients and families affected by cancer, according to WBJ.

Read the Washington Business Journal's full report.