Luigi Mangione: Murder Suspect's Family Donates Millions To Charity

TOWSON, MD — His family donates to hospitals. He's accused of killing a health insurance CEO.

Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Towson native, has been charged with murder in connection with the Dec. 4 fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside of a Manhattan hotel. Though Mangione is accused of killing a health insurance mogul, his wealthy Maryland family has a history of donating to healthcare, educational, religious and arts causes.

“Unfortunately, we cannot comment on news reports regarding Luigi Mangione,” the Mangione family said in a Monday statement posted on X. “We only know what we have read in the media. Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest. We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved. We are devastated by this news.”

Mangione's paternal grandparents were the first generation born in the U.S. to families who immigrated from Sicily, Italy.

The New York Times reported that Mangione's grandfather, Nick Mangione Sr., was born in Baltimore's Little Italy and was a World War II Navy veteran who rose from a bricklayer to an influential developer.

Mangione Sr. bought Turf Valley Country Club in Ellicott City in 1978 and built Hayfields Country Club in Hunt Valley starting in 1986. In 1988, he also bought the conservative talk radio station WCBM-AM 680 based in Owings Mills, The Baltimore Banner reported. The Baltimore Sun said Mangione Sr. and his wife had 10 children and 37 grandchildren, leaving the family well-connected statewide.

Charities Supported By Mangione Family

As self-made multimillionaires, the family supported several charitable causes through the Mangione Family Foundation.

The family has donated over $1 million to the Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson, The Banner reported. The Banner said the hospital, where the family's grandchildren are traditionally born, named its high-risk obstetrics unit after the Mangiones.

Mangione Sr. was the developer for the since-closed Fallston General Hospital in Harford County. Mangione's grandparents also founded Lorien Health Services, a nursing home and assisted living chain, in 1977.

Tax filings obtained by ProPublica show that the Mangione Family Foundation donated $266,730 in 2022.

The foundation gifted $5,000 to the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson and $250 each to St. Jude's Children's Research in Tennessee and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. The American Red Cross received $750, Gilchrist Hospice Care collected $500 and the American Cancer Society netted $100.

A $50,000 donation to the Archdiocese of Baltimore was tied for the foundation's largest of the year.

Contributions to schools were the most common with major gifts supporting:

• Calvert Hall College ($20,000)
• Cristo Rey Jesuit High School ($16,000)
• Howard Community College Educational Foundation ($35,000)
• Loyola Blakefield ($30,000)
• Mercy High School ($50,000)
• Morgan State University ($3,000)
• Stevenson University ($20,000)

Loyola University Maryland is another frequent beneficiary, with the college's pool bearing the Mangione name. The Baltimore Banner reported that several Mangiones attended the college, where several played soccer, including two who played professionally.

The arts are another priority for Mangione's family, as his paternal grandmother was a board member and supporter of the Baltimore Opera. She also supported The Lyric Performing Arts Center and the Walters Art Gallery.

What's Next In Criminal Case

Mangione was denied bail Tuesday. He's being held in central Pennsylvania, where he was spotted and arrested on Monday. Mangione is fighting extradition back to New York, where he faces charges of second-degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon, possession of a forged document and criminal possession of a firearm.

Mangione was also charged with five crimes in Pennsylvania: firearms not to be carried without a license, forgery, tampering with records, false identification to law enforcement, and possessing an instrument of a crime. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 23, court records show.

Thomas Dickey, Mangione's attorney, said following Tuesday's hearing that Mangione will plead not guilty to the Pennsylvania charges and likely will plead not guilty to the New York charges.

Shackled and wearing an orange jumpsuit, Mangione shouted "It’s completely out of touch and is an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience!" as he arrived at the Blair County Courthouse for his Tuesday hearing. It's unclear what he was referencing.

Patch Field Editor Eric Heyl contributed reporting to this story.

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