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Despite the poor economy, U.S. nonprofit hospitals and health care systems managed an eight percent increase in philanthropic donations last year, to over $8 billion, with individual donors contributing almost 60 percent of that total. But fundraising …

Four in five donors plan to give at least as much in 2011, if not more, than they did in 2010, according to a new study of more than 17,500 donors that provided one of the first real signs that charities can soon expect donations to rebound after the n…

Donations to health care nonprofits declined during the recession, but two industry reports indicate that contributions are inching up as the economy recovers.”It’s encouraging to see. Donors are coming back slowly, but the economy has had a dramatic e…

Hospitals could lose more than $1-billion in donations if Congress limits charitable deductions, hospital fund raisers estimated in a new survey by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy.A poll conducted last month of 317 fund raisers who belong t…

Bentz Whaley Flessner’s annual healthcare survey celebrates ten years of publication with some insightful and relevant information regarding new healthcare legislation and the current economic climate. This survey offers year-to-year data comparisons in easy-to-read charts, and action items for your development program. Download your complimentary copy here: What the Affluent Think about Giving to Healthcare

This survey offers year-to-year data comparisons in easy-to-read charts, along with “Action Items” for your development program.

Bentz Whaley Flessner’s Fall 2009 Client Advisory discusses why it is important to campaign now, the impact of the economy, and keys to fundraising success. Author M. Bruce Dreon introduces a new four-step campaign model that fits the economic and philanthropic reality of the times.

On Wednesday the Federal Reserve released the minutes from their August 11 and 12 meeting. The Fed viewpoint was that the economic recovery steps had strengthened their confidence that the downturn in economic activity was ending. This end of the recession is also the dominant viewpoint in the survey of leading economists by the Wall Street Journal.

Our 2008 Healthcare Survey will help prepare your development program for long-term success through: Understanding what motivates affluent donors in making gifts to healthcare organizations. Designing and implementing strategies to build relationships with affluent healthcare donors. Shaping our major gift work with affluent donors during uncertain and challenging economic times. Download your complimentary copy of [...]

A part of the American Recovery and Reinvesting Act could affect the very core of robust healthcare development programs–the ability to directly fundraise from grateful patients. Language contained within the original House and Senate bills (H.R. 1, section 4406 (b); S. 1, section 13046(b)) would deny not-for-profit hospitals and healthcare providers access to names and addresses of patients in their own institutions for fundraising purposes, as it removes fundraising from the definition of health care operations.