Van Andel family donates $8 million to ‘first-of-its-kind’ pediatric health center at Pine Rest

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation has donated $8 million to the Pine Rest Pediatric Center of Behavioral Health, a facility the family says will provide “compassionate and expert care” to children with mental health issues.

“Pine Rest is critical to the health and wellbeing of our community,” Carol Van Andel said in a statement. “This is particularly true for our children. Pine Rest is stepping up to make sure no family in Michigan struggles to find their child the compassionate and expert care they need. We are honored to play a role in bringing this critically important pediatric center to the finish line.”

The gift is the largest by a single private donor in Pine Rest’s history.

The two-story, $98 million pediatric behavioral health center is expected to open in spring 2026 at Pine Rest’s main campus in Gaines Township.

Once open, it will feature a pediatric psychiatric urgent care facility as well as outpatient services for children with eating disorders, substance use disorders, and autism spectrum disorder. An estimated 10,000 children are expected to be treated there annually.

“We are tremendously grateful to the Van Andel family for their leadership gift in support of this vital new center,” said Pine Rest President and CEO Dr. Mark Eastburg said in a statement. “Too many kids deal with the pain and hopelessness of mental health issues with little or no access to the care they desperately need. The Van Andel family has demonstrated time and again their deep commitment to helping kids return to lives of joy.”

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