Tag Archives: Culture of Philanthropy
It Takes A Community
“They call them ‘community’ benefits for a reason.” That’s Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) Vice President of Community Health, Joyce Reid, in last month’s Georgia Trend Magazine. A great piece by Jerry Grillo examines the billion dollars’ worth of free care Georgia’s not-for-profit hospitals deliver every year. GHA’s 2011 Community Benefits Report itemizes $983 million annually [...]
Truly Transformational
Last year, Leslie Wexner and the Limited Brands Foundation announced a donation of $100 million to Ohio State, the largest donation in the university’s history. In announcing the gift, Wexner, a 1959 OSU graduate, said, “”We all have a responsibility to the community. We all have a responsibility to ourselves to live useful and productive [...]
9 Out Of 10 On Board
More than nine in 10 Americans say they have taken action to create social change within the last year, and over three-quarters say such involvement is personally meaningful, according to an online survey of more than 2,100 adults conducted by Walden University and Harris Interactive. About 85 percent of Americans believe their individual actions can [...]
How Critical is Philanthropy?
A new study by Moody’s Investors Service cited in the Wall Street Journal reports that nonprofit hospitals are seeing revenue grow at the slowest pace in two decades. The Chronicle of Philanthropy summarizes the findings, “ The review of 401 facilities’ fiscal 2010 results found median growth of 4 percent, the lowest figure since Moody’s [...]
Creating a Culture of Philanthropy
Does your non-profit organization have a “culture of philanthropy”? If the answer is no, how can you create it? Consider the word “culture” which has multiple dictionary meanings: – Quality that arises from a CONCERN for what is regarded as EXCELLENT – Development or IMPROVEMENT of the mind BY TRAINING or education – BEHAVIORS and beliefs [...]
