# OT: We like your money but not your name **URL:** \ **Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\ **Created:** [May 16, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/ot-we-like-your-money-but-not-your-name/118341 "2025-05-16T12:58:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrBob2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/drbob2/32/3456_2.png) [@DrBob2](https://discussion.fool.com/u/DrBob2)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/ot-we-like-your-money-but-not-your-name/118341/1 "2025-05-16T12:58:56Z")
Back in 2015 Mark Zuckerberg and his wife gave $75 million to San Francisco’s public hospital. They name the hospital after them. Ten years later they can’t change the name without giving the money back. > **[Mark Zuckerberg gave $75 million to a San Francisco hospital. The city has...](https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/12/3/22151273/mark-zuckerberg-general-hospital-san-francisco-naming-vote)** > > A vote on Tuesday was the latest flashpoint in the debate over the proper role for billionaire philanthropy. _Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s adopted hometown of San Francisco on Tuesday formally condemned the naming of a major hospital after him and his wife…_ _Activists on both the left and the right have grown sharply critical of big tech companies like Facebook. And simultaneously, there is a building backlash movement to charitable gifts from the mega rich._ _The 10-1 vote is a manifestation of each of those crosscurrents, which both run particularly strong in liberal San Francisco. **The measure has no legal force and is merely symbolic**._ DB2 ---
**Author:** ![steve203](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/steve203/32/3302_2.png) [@steve203](https://discussion.fool.com/u/steve203)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/ot-we-like-your-money-but-not-your-name/118341/2 "2025-05-16T13:20:43Z")
> [@DrBob2](#): > > And simultaneously, there is a building backlash movement to charitable gifts from the mega rich. Selling “naming rights” is big business. For decades, the convention center on the Detroit riverfront was “Cobo Hall”, named after a former mayor. Then money changed hands, and it became “TCF Center” (TCF Bank). Then more money changed hands, and it is now “Huntington Place” (Huntington Bank). pop culture tidbit: the opening of the original “Robocop”, which is set in Detroit, has an evening shot of a city skyline. The helo that took that shot flew directly over Cobo Hall. The while lights visible just below the “Roboco” title are on the rooftop parking lot of Cobo. The tall building in the background, with the red light on top, is the Penobscot Building, an art deco landmark, built in 1928. ![Screenshot 2025-05-16 at 09-15-47 RoboCop Opening - YouTube](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/original/3X/2/4/24b7f025145ef03901f43a8f2077ac0fd83b6600.png) Steve ---
**Author:** ![eldemonio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/eldemonio/32/36963_2.png) [@eldemonio](https://discussion.fool.com/u/eldemonio)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/ot-we-like-your-money-but-not-your-name/118341/3 "2025-05-16T13:55:08Z")
> [@DrBob2](#): > > Back in 2015 Mark Zuckerberg and his wife gave $75 million to San Francisco’s public hospital. I don’t have $75 million to give away, so this isn’t an apples to apples comparison. Before I give money to panhandlers, I ask them to wear a button that reads “I’m supported by El Demonio”. I get a lot of pushback too. ---
**Author:** ![captainccs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/captainccs/32/3775_2.png) [@captainccs](https://discussion.fool.com/u/captainccs)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/ot-we-like-your-money-but-not-your-name/118341/4 "2025-05-16T13:57:10Z")
> [@DrBob2](#): > > Back in 2015 Mark Zuckerberg and his wife gave $75 million to San Francisco’s public hospital. They name the hospital after them. Ten years later they can’t change the name without giving the money back. Money by any other name would be as sweet? Why didn’t they refuse the dough back in 2015? The Captain ---
**Author:** ![MataroPete](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/mataropete/32/16060_2.png) [@MataroPete](https://discussion.fool.com/u/MataroPete)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/ot-we-like-your-money-but-not-your-name/118341/5 "2025-05-16T15:30:13Z")
> [@captainccs](#): > > Why didn’t they refuse the dough back in 2015? > > The Captain Probably for the same reason they won’t return it now… 😉 Pete