Fundraising for Hospitals or Health Organizations:
A Resource List

As medical costs continue to rise, maintaining your hospital's fiscal health is more important than ever. This resource list, which contains citations to selected works from the Foundation Center's bibliographic database, Catalog of Nonprofit Literature, will help you explore emerging trends in health philanthropy and assist you with developing a fundraising strategy for your organization. For complete bibliographies on related topics, search Catalog of Nonprofit Literature, using headings such as Hospitals or Health Care in the Subject field. See also Fundraising For Health: A Resource List for more information in specific fields such as AIDS or medical research.

• Handbooks
  
• Directories
  
• Surveys and Reports
  
• Related Materials
  
• Internet Resources
  

Handbooks

Fitzpatrick, Joyce J. and Sandra S. Deller. Fundraising Skills for Health Care Executives. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, Inc., 2000. ix, 193 p. Call Number: 710 FIT

A handbook describing the elementary principles of fundraising of various types, including planned giving, private funding, capital campaigns, and individual giving. Provides case studies related to donations to nursing schools. Extensive resource lists are appended. Indexed.

Gitlin, Laura N. and Kevin J. Lyons. Successful Grant Writing: Strategies for Health and Human Service Professionals. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, Inc., 2004. xiii, 305 p. ISBN: 0-8261-9261-0. Call Number: 770 GIT

Covers numerous aspects of proposal development and grantsmanship including identifying competitive projects, composing a budget, and grants management for both public and private agencies. Indexed.

Miller, Lorne S. Fundraising for the Elderly: A Development Primer for Homes for the Aged, Long-Term Care Facilities, and Seniors' Centres. Toronto, Canada: Lorne Miller & Associates, Inc., 2003. 153 p. ISBN: 0-9688251-1-7. Call Number: 142 MIL

Covers the full range of development tasks from creating a case statement, researching the donor base, recruiting volunteers, donor recognition, strategic planning, special events, and planned giving. Includes worksheets.

Phelan, Joseph F. A Dynamic Foundation for Fund Raising: A Guide to Organizing or Reorganizing an Institutionally Related Foundation. Washington, DC: Council for Advancement and Support of Education, 2004. xiv, 160 p. ISBN: 0-89964-379-5. Call Number: 570 PHE

According to the author, there are probably more than 4,000 affiliated foundations in the nation today, providing support for universities, museums, hospitals, and other nonprofit organizations. The book explains the process of creating an affiliated foundation, from devising a mission and governance structures to planning.

Directories

Falkenstein, Jeffrey A. (ed.) National Guide to Funding in Health. 9th ed. New York, NY: Foundation Center, 2005. 2684 p. Call Number: 226 FC HEA

Provides information on 10,700 foundations, direct corporate giving programs, and public charities (including community foundations) that have demonstrated a substantial interest in health-related programs, services, or research.

Foundation Center. Grants for Mental Health, Addictions and Crisis Services. New York, NY: Foundation Center, annual. Number: REF GRA 008

Lists more than 5,600 grants of $10,000 or more made foundations for psychiatric hospitals; mental health centers and clinics; hotline/crisis intervention services; alcohol, drug and substance abuse prevention and treatment programs; mental health counseling and support groups; family, pastoral, and bereavement counseling; addictive disorders; Alzheimer's disease; services for the autistic, developmentally and learning disabled; and public education and research. Grants are indexed by recipient name, location, and subject.

Foundation Center. Grants for the Physically and Mentally Disabled. New York, NY: Foundation Center, annual. Call Number: REF GRA 010

Lists more than 6,400 grants of $10,000 or more made foundations to hospitals, schools, mental health associations, and primary care facilities for research, medical and dental care, vocational training, education, diagnosis and evaluation, prevention information, recreation, rehabilitation, transportation, legal aid, and scholarships. Grants are indexed by recipient name, location, and subject.

Surveys and Reports

Association for Healthcare Philanthropy 2004 Salary Report. Falls Church, VA: Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, 2004. 6 p. Subject File Number: 631

Provides results from an online salary survey of 1,128 members of the Association for Health Care Philanthropy. The results are arranged into twelve fundraising positions, and broken down by geographic regions in the United States and Canada.

FY 2005 Report on Giving: USA. Falls Church, VA: Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, 2006. 16 p. Subject File Number: 228

Statistics are based on an online survey completed by 327 American members of the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy in 2006, and document the following types of giving: cash, securities, pledges and planned gifts, non-monetary gifts, endowment income and investments.

Hubbell, Gary J. Forces of Change: The Coming Challenge in Hospital Philanthropy. Falls Church, VA: Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, 2004. 46 p. Call Number: 227 HUB

Intersecting trends may lead to a downturn in giving to hospitals in the years between 2010 and 2030, according to research by the author. He begins with an overview of the current situation in the hospital industry (specifically nonprofit community hospitals). Hubbell compares his findings on donor behavior to the work of Paul Schervish and others. With bibliographical references.

Marudas, Nicholas P. and Fred A. Jacobs. "Determinants of Charitable Donations to Large U. S. Higher Education, Hospital, and Scientific Research NPOs: New Evidence from Panel Data." Voluntas, vol. 15 (June 2004): p. 157-79.

The researchers introduce a model, explain variables, and provide a glossary for this analysis. With bibliographical references.

Related Materials

Costa, Nick G. "Integrating Fundraising into Finance." New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising, vol. 49 (Fall 2005): p. 13-27.

In hospitals, disagreements can arise between the finance and development departments due to various pressures. Costa recommends specific approaches that can anticipate or alleviate these conflicts.

Davison, David. "Is Philanthropy Dying at the Hospital?" Philanthropy, vol. 15 (August-September 2001): p. 24-6. Subject File Number: 227

Takes a look at the history of medical philanthropy, noting the impact of Medicaid and Medicare and the growth of private insurance. Full text available at: http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/magazines/2001/august/davison.html.

Falk, Stephen C. "Maximizing Fundraising's Strategic Contribution." New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising, vol. 49 (Fall 2005): p. 3-12.

The vice president for philanthropy at Northwestern Memorial Foundation (Chicago, IL) recounts how he links fundraising with the strategic plan of the hospital, noting come caveats.

Hall, Frank R. "The Fundraising CEO." New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising, vol. 49 (Fall 2005): p. 43-50.

Advice as it relates to hospital and health care administrators, specifying the multiple roles played by the CEO.

Internet Resources

Foundation Directory Online

Search the Foundation Center's comprehensive database of U.S. grantmakers and grants for funders that have an interest in hospitals, hospices, and other health organizations.

Association for Healthcare Philanthropy

The organization provides resources geared toward fundraising professionals in the health care field. Web site contains conference information, guides, and articles.

Grantmakers In Health (GIH)

While GIH's mission is to support foundations and corporate giving programs, grantseekers should browse the reports and bulletins to keep abreast of health funding trends.

Grants.gov

The federal government's portal for grant opportunities for state and local governments, nonprofits and academia can be browsed by subject, including health.

MedWeb

Maintained by staff from the Emory University's Health Sciences Center Library, MedWeb's "Grants and Funding" area offers a lengthy, well-organized list of links to funding opportunities, newsgroups, libraries, and medical and health organizations, as well as a variety of grantseeking and grantwriting resources.