Pistachio Billionaires Give UCLA $100 Million for Mental Health

Lynda and Stewart Resnick, the billionaire co-owners of agricultural giant the Wonderful Company, are giving $100 million to UCLA Health to fund the expansion of a neuropsychiatric hospital and mental health campus.

The gift from their foundation is the largest in the health system’s history and will anchor construction of a new specialized complex aimed at addressing the growing mental health crisis, UCLA Health said Thursday.

Stewart and Lynda Resnick at a White House state dinner in Washington in April 2024.

Photographer: Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg

“It is the most serious thing facing our children and our society today,” Lynda Resnick, 83, said in an interview. “Because when you don’t have your mental health, you can’t make ...