Health-care providers in 2010 saw slow recovery from the recession years of 2008 and 2009, when they saw fewer new major-gift pledges and planned-gift commitments, as well as smaller gifts from individual donors, although the commitment of individual donors has continued, a new report says. At the same time, individual fundraising programs have experienced improved [...]
Washington, DC – Bentz Whaley Flessner is pleased to announce the release of the 11th annual healthcare survey, “What the Affluent Think About Healthcare Philanthropy,” which examines attitudes towards and experiences with philanthropic giving to healthcare organizations. Key findings this year are in two main areas: (1) what influences people to give to healthcare providers [...]
Washington, DC – Bentz Whaley Flessner is pleased to announce the release of the 11th annual healthcare survey, “What the Affluent Think About Healthcare Philanthropy,” which examines attitudes towards and experiences with philanthropic giving to healthcare organizations. Key findings this year are in two main areas: (1) what influences people to give to healthcare providers [...]
A friendship forged between two boys — one who became a doctor at the Mayo Clinic, the other a patient there — has resulted in a $10 million gift for the world-renowned hospital based in Rochester, Minn.
Tarek Obaid, 35, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, mad…
Nonprofit hospitals are under increasing financial pressure, with revenue growing at the slowest rate in at least two decades, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.
The 4% median revenue growth rate, based on a review of 401 hospit…
American Friends of Rambam Medical Center has announced a $10 million gift from Joan and Sanford I. Weill and the Weill Family Foundation to support pediatric care at the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel.
Rambam — the largest medical cente…
Healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente has announced grants totaling $10 million to promote healthy living in seven underserved Northern California communities.
Three-year grants of $1 million each will establish Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) zones …
U.S. nonprofit healthcare organizations reported an average return on investible assets of 10.9 percent for fiscal year 2010, a decline from the average return of 18.8 percent registered in FY2009 but a significant improvement over the average of -21.2…
The Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation said Monday it will give $5 million to the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific, the largest single donation in the hospital’s 58-year history.The gift will help pay for the hospital’s renovation and kicks off a $17…
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 …