11/18/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
Gates Pledges $7B to Boost Health, Agriculture in Africa
$52M Gift from Lauder to Establish Nurse Practitioner Program at Hunter College
New Ascension Foundation to Address Social Determinants of Health
Billionaire Writes $50M Love Letter To His Indiana Hometown
Nonprofits Urged to Move Fast to Push Their Agendas in Congress (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
Centura Offers $30K Bonuses to Entice Nursing Hires
Gundersen, Bellin Health Systems $2.4B Merger to Close November 30
Tulane Plans $600M Redevelopment of Abandoned NOLA Hospital
Healthcare Employment in 20 Numbers
Henry Ford Health Partnership Launches Circadian Health Management Offering
11/17/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
Foundations Chosen to lead Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Jersey Grantmaking Program
How Inflation, Economy Could Impact Your GivingTuesday (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
Why a Regional Funder is Backing a National Ad Campaign to Open Minds About Mental Health (Inside Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
Brown, Lifespan, Care New England Align Research Operations
Why Doesn’t the U.S. Have More Black Doctors?
What Will UnitedHealth’s New Trove of Claims Data Mean for Consumers?
183 Rural Hospital Closures Since 2005
11/16/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
Gilbert Family Foundation Invests $23M in Brain Tumor, Vision Restoration Initiatives
$1.2M for New Behavioral Health Program at Mercy Hospital
Recession Fears Grow As Inflation Slows—What Fund Managers Predict For 2023
HEALTHCARE
Sanford, Fairview Revive Merger Talks Decade After Last Attempt Failed
CHOP Researchers Find Financial Strain Due to COVID Pandemic Took Toll on Adolescent Mental Health
Michael L. Good, MD, Named Chair of AAMC Alliance of Academic Health Centers
AWS launches AWS Healthcare Accelerator Global Cohort for Workforce Development
Where Are the 22 Leapfrog Straight-‘A’ Hospitals?
11/15/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
$73B Added to Donor-Advised Funds Last Year. More Than $243B Available to Flow to Charity (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
Initiative Launched To Address Neglected Global Health Crisis of Alcohol
Nonprofit IT Security: 5 Inexpensive Ways to Secure Your Organization
HEALTHCARE
COVID Hospitalizations Rising in Infants Under 6 Months
Amazon Launches Virtual Doctor Marketplace
Jefferson Collaborates with MDClone to Accelerate Academic Research
General Catalyst partners with MetroHealth, Banner Health, Others on Digital Innovation
State Board Approves Advocate Aurora Merger with Atrium Health
11/14:
PHILANTHROPY
Pan-Mass Challenge Gives $69M to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
How the ALS Association Shepherded a New Treatment to Market (Inside Philanthropy, subscription required)
Biden-Harris Administration Launches $50M Program for Nonprofit Energy Upgrades
FTX Bankruptcy Also Endangers Founder’s Philanthropic Gifts
Companies Jump-Start Donations From Everyday Donors as Year-End Giving Arrives (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
Google Cloud Launches ‘Accelerators’ to Help Improve Health Equity, Patient Flow, Value-Based Care
Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Healthcare Across Cities and Specialties
Increases in Expenses, Payor Denials, Takebacks Cost Hospitals Billions of Dollars
New TUG Robots Assist Mercy Co-workers, Create More Time for Patient Care
HHS Cybersecurity Center Warns of New Ransomware Threat
11/11/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
$50M Perot Family Gift Expands UT Southwestern’s Medical Scientist Training Program
Intermountain Launches “Primary Promise” Initiative to Enhance Children’s Health
Bezos Awards $174M in Amazon Shares to Nonprofits
Economy Shows Mixed Signals as Giving Season Approaches (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
Millennials in Philanthropy: Understanding the Millennial Mindset
HEALTHCARE
Jump Ship or Fight Misinformation? Physicians Debate Staying on Twitter
Corewell Health Announces First RN Nursing Apprentice Program
Thomas Health to Become Full Member of WVU Health System
Hoag Announces $300M “Boldly Hoag” Capital Campaign
11/10/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
Wallethub: Most Charitable States for 2023
Bernstein: Best Year-End Charitable Giving Strategies
Nonprofits Evolve Amid Economic Uncertainty: BDO Nonprofit Standards Survey 2022
Renaming CA Law School Sparks $1.7B Legal Fight That Shows How Hard It Is to Ditch Donors’ Names (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
Do the Forbes Philanthropy Scores Give Foundation Donors Too Much Credit? (Inside Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
Four Seasons Expands Collaboration with Johns Hopkins Medicine International
Defense Department Health Plan Cuts Its Pharmacy Network by Nearly 15K Outlets
Analysis Reveals Increasing Addiction and Intensity of E-Cigarette Use by US Adolescents
Why Some States Want to Guarantee Medicaid Coverage From Birth to Age 6
George Mason University Launches College of Public Health (Washington Post, subscription required)
11/9/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
State of Disaster Philanthropy: Covid Giving Shattered Records
Ad Council Announces $65M Mental Health Initiative
Why Nonprofits Should Seek Out Younger Donors
HEALTHCARE
How Healthcare Measures Stacked Up in the Midterms
Where Healthcare Tech is Receiving the Most Venture Capital
Healthcare Providers Still Have Lots Of Traditional Office Space, But Not For Long
OSU Wexner Awarded $1.4M for Workforce Safety Innovation
Augusta Hospital Proposes $36M Cancer Center Expansion
11/8/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
Smith Foundation Gives $20M to Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital
Altrata: 2022 World Ultra Wealth Report
Abortion Giving May Not Be Fading Away as Fast as Feared (Inside Philanthropy, subscription required)
North Colorado Medical Center Foundation Rebrands as Weld Legacy Foundation
HEALTHCARE
NCH Healthcare, Hospital for Special Surgery Announce Joint Venture, $20M Match Grant
Walgreens-Backed VillageMD and Evernorth Buy Summit Health For $9B
Why More Physicians Are Unionizing
Tampa General $15M Venture Capital Fund Seeks More Startups to Support
Parkview Cancer Institute Renamed in Honor of CEO
11/7/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
$10M Steele Foundation Includes Private Support for UArizona Health Sciences Center
Gifts by Donors Asked to Evoke Fond Memories Were 90% Higher Than Others (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
County Awards Grant to ChristianaCare to Support Reopening of Shuttered Hospital
A New Alliance Channels Asia’s Growing Philanthropic Heft (Inside Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
Children’s Hospitals Outline Year End Priorities in Letter to Congress
Does Prestige Belong in Medicine?
Mass General Brigham Unveils New “Patient Code of Conduct”
UnityPoint Spins off 3 Illinois Hospitals to Carle Health
11/4/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
$25M to Lurie Children’s Hospital to Support Early Childhood Programs
North Kansas City Hospital Receives $3M Gift
University of Utah Health Receives $3.6M to Help Diagnose Rare Childhood Disorders
Disability Service Org Access Living Receives $8M from MacKenzie Scott
Gamers are Givers: Using Charitable Games to Fundraise for Your Nonprofit
HEALTHCARE
The 10 Most Expensive States for Healthcare
Hackensack Meridian Health’s Helena Theurer Pavilion Profiled
Cleveland Clinic Partners with Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Half of Hospitals Spend 1.4% of Expenses on Charity Care
Healthcare Sector Persists Despite Mounting Pressures and Disruptions
11/3/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
How to Find and Activate Non-Donors on Giving Tuesday
The Great Nonprofit Leadership Turnover (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
New Chair of Rockefeller Fund Wants Public to Understand How Philanthropy Works (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
Insurers’ Record Profits Clash with Hospitals’ Hardship
Kaufman Hall National Hospital Flash Report (October 2022)
New Omicron Variants Are Here–What We Know So Far
Using Data-Driven Insight to Address Health Disparities
11/2/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Receives $50M Gift for Specialty Care Building
Timken Foundation Gives $5M to MD Anderson Cancer Center
Foundation Source 2022 Report on Private Philanthropy
Meta Will Match up to $7M in Donations Across its Apps this Month
WA State Department of Commerce Invests $17.9M in Behavioral Health Facility Projects
HEALTHCARE
A New Transparency Measure for U.S. News Top Hospitals Survey
Tower Health Edges Close to Chestnut Hill Hospital Sale
Why Rebrand a Health System Now?
CVS Agrees to Pay $5B to Resolve Opioid-Related Lawsuits
Strong RSV Vaccine Data Lifts Hopes After Years of Futility
11/1/2022:
PHILANTHOPRY
$9.4M Crypto Gift to University of Maryland to Study Clean Indoor Air
UNLV Receives $4M to Expand Mental Health Services
Rockefeller Foundation Gives $3M for Data Science Platform to Strengthen Pathogen Surveillance
Funders Address Gun Violence as Public Health, Social Justice Issue
Desperately Seeking Fundraisers (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
J.P. Morgan Launches Private Capital Team Targeting Investments in Innovative Healthcare
TN Governor Announces $230M in Health Resiliency Grants to Transform Care & Services
Healthcare Lobbying Rose 70% Over Past Two Decades
10/31/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
John and Myrna Daniels Foundation Gives $52M to Emergency Care for Older Adults
Partners In Health Receives $25M Pledge to Support Global Health Equity Research
Mackenzie Scott, Jack Dorsey & the Changing of the Guard in Philanthropy
Maximize Your Social Fundraising This Giving Season
What Nonprofit Boards Need to Do to Protect the Public Interest (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
Is the FTC’s Campaign Against Hospital Mergers Effective?
Hospitals Pivot to New Tactics as They Try to Recruit, Retain Staff
$9M Bailout Possible for Mississippi Hospital
After Weeks of Drama, Disappointment, Atlanta Medical Center to Close
10/28/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
$5M Gift Will Create the Rich Family Chief Caregiver Chair at Cleveland Clinic
Houston Methodist Receives $10M Anonymous Gift
Mailman Center for Child Development at UMiami Receives $3M Federal Grant
HEALTHCARE
OSF HealthCare and Bradley University Partner to Solve Pressing Healthcare Problems
University Hospitals Opens Wesley Center for Immunotherapy
Pressures Grow on Healthcare Industry to Reduce Climate Pollution
WHO: Tuberculosis Cases Rise for First Time in Years
Ambulance Company Halts Some Rides in Southern CA, Citing Low Medicaid Rates
10/27/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
Foundations, Big Donors Step In to Tackle the Nurse Shortage (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
8 Tips to Help Prospective Donors Enjoy Your Letter
Moncton Hospital Foundation Funding Med School Scholarships to Attract Doctors
HEALTHCARE
Gift of Life Donor Care Center Opens at HUP
McKinsey: The Threat to Employee Healthcare Benefits
Walmart Adds New Health Clinics in Florida
USDA Announces $56M to Construct New Healthcare Facility in ND
Inflation Is Squeezing Hospital Margins—What Happens Next?
10/26/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
$90M Gift to the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research
Oscar de La Hoya Gives $1M for Breast Cancer Treatment at Adventist Health White Memorial
Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship Announced
Nonprofits with Candid Seal of Transparency Can Accept Donations via Apple Pay
HEALTHCARE
Henry Ford Health’s Specialty Pharmacy Software Goes National
Northeast Georgia Health System Launches New Ventures Office
States Opting Out of a Federal Program That Tracks Teen Behavior
How Private Equity Is Investing in Health Care: A Video Primer
University of Utah Health Launches New Digital Health Initiative
10/25/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
Only 5 Billionaires Have Signed up to the Giving Pledge This Year
How Marcus Smart’s Support for Cancer Patients Transformed Children’s Hospitals
Bezos Family Committed $710M to Disease Research. Here’s How That Came Together (Inside Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
Healthgrades Recognizes Top U.S. Hospitals for Excellence in Specialty Care
Fitch: Labor Strife to Continue for U.S. Nonprofit Hospitals Despite Reprieve
CHIME names 2022 ‘Most Wired’ Hospitals and Health Systems
AHA Asks Congress to Assist with Crushing Financial Challenges
10/24/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
Rotary and Gates Foundation Extend Fundraising Partnership to Eradicate Polio
Nemours Jacksonville Receives $2M from The Players Championship
Brown University $5M to Help Create New Labor, Delivery Center at Women & Infants Hospital
How Paul Allen’s Giving Set the Stage for Effort to Map the Human Brain (Inside Philanthropy, subscription required)
7 Ways the Next Generation of Giving Will Look Dramatically Different
HEALTHCARE
Healthcare Workforce lost 333,942 Providers in 2021
JPMorgan Chase Launches Advanced Primary Care Centers for Columbus Employees, Families
US News May Add Health Equity to Rankings
Construction Apparently Paused on Texarkana Hospital
What Happens Behind the Scenes During a Hospital Ransomware Attack
10/21/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
Hansjörg Wyss Makes $350M Gift To Harvard University
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Receives $55M NIH Award
Record-breaking Fundraising Year for Driscoll Children’s Hospital
The Pursuits of the Wealthy and Why They Matter
Event Registration Firm Sued Over Unlawful Fees
HEALTHCARE
Nemours’s Marks 10 Years Since Opening Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida
UC Davis School of Medicine Receives National Award for Diversity, Inclusion
Report Finds Physician Shortage on the Rise as Burnout Continues to Drive Turnover
9 Recent Health System Innovation Projects, Investments
A Guide to Overcoming HIPAA’s Tensions Between Access and Security
10/20/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
Kimberly Querrey, Louis Simpson Trust give $121M to Northwestern
Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits Additional $50M to Eradicate Polio
Billionaire Trends and Their Influence on the Wealthy
Harvard Alumni Account for 5% of the World’s Ultra-High-Net-Worth
3 Impact Metrics Nonprofits Aren’t Using (But Really Should)
HEALTHCARE
COVID Played a Role in 1 in 4 Maternal Deaths in 2020 and 2021
$11.3M to Reduce Disparities, Boost Healthcare Workforce at University of Hawaiʻi
Children’s Hospital Considering Setting Up Medical Tent Amid Surge of Respiratory Illnesses
Physicians Becoming Harder to Replace as Burnout Continues
10/19/2022:
FUNDRAISING
$15M from MacKenzie Scott Catalyzes VisionSpring Initiative
1 in 8 UK Charities Experienced Cybercrime Last Year
Pledge Giving Platform Covers Fees for Donations of $1K or Less
Philanthropy Pours More Money Into Advancing Economic Wealth of Latinos (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
FreeWill 2022 Planned Giving Report
HEALTHCARE
Elevance Health Records $1.6B Profit as it Braces for Recession
Kids’ Mental Health Care Leaves Parents in Debt and in the Shadows
Hospital Volumes Under Pressure as Labor Crisis Persists
1.3M American Adults Rationed Insulin Due to Cost
Cedars-Sinai Joins $31M Investment for Firm Aiming to Treat Muscular Dystrophy, Cancer
10/18/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
Gates Foundation Boosts Giving Tuesday with $10M Donation
Meet the 2022 Class of Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering
Grappling with Rejection – The NonProfit Times
HEALTHCARE
Inflation Is Now Showing Up in Healthcare After Delay
Opinion: Hospital Finances Need Intensive Care to Rebound from COVID-19
Biden Admin Increases Funding for Community Mental Health Clinics
New Mayo Clinic Journal will Focus on Healthcare’s Digital Transformation
Apple Will Launch Health Insurance In 2024, Says Analyst
10/17/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
Katz Amsterdam Charitable Trust Awards $2M to Advance Racial Equity in Behavioral Health
Bank of America Gives $1M to Boston Children’s Hospital for Behavioral Health
Gates Foundation Pledges $1.2B to Eradicate Polio
Mastercard to Exempt Nonprofits in Good Standing From Recurring Donation Regulations
2022’s ‘Collapse’ in Small Gifts Threatens Nonprofits as Recession Looms (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
White House to Raise Cyber Standards for Healthcare Communications
NY Governor Announces Pay Increases for Nurse Positions to Improve Recruitment and Retention
Froedtert, ThedaCare Plan Medical Campuses in Oshkosh, Fond du Lac
U.S. COVID-19 Map: Tracking the Trends
Landmark Trial Begins Over Arkansas’ Ban on Trans Youth Care
10/14/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
AFP: Donors Drop by 7% in Q2, but Dollars Up 6.2%
WVU Reynolds Memorial Receives $7.5M to Assist with 5 New ORs
$5.5M Grateful Patient Gift to Broward Health
$2.5M Gift to Community Regional will Enhance Birthing Experience
Foundation CEO Salaries Aren’t Keeping Pace With Inflation (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
The Cost of Nurse Turnover in 23 Numbers
Good Samaritan Hospital Changes Name
ChristianaCare Announces First Spin-off to Advance Gene Editing Research
The ‘Innovator’s Burden’: How to Combat Skepticism in Healthcare
Biden to Sign Order Seeking New Prescription Drug Cost Savings
10/13/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
University Of Florida Given $100M, The Largest Gift In Its History
Black Philanthropy: Overcoming the Wealth Gap to Build on a Legacy of Giving
Why the Knowledge Age Is Making It Harder for Fundraising
HEALTHCARE
Unity Health Appoints Mark Amox as President/CEO
Minnesota’s Essentia, Wisconsin’s Marshfield Explore Merging Health Systems
Hospitals Cut Pediatrics to Make Room for More Lucrative Adult Patients
Biden-Harris Administration Invests $110M to Improve Health Care for Rural Communities
Opportunities for AI + Comp Med Expands with Optum Labs AI in Healthcare Hub
10/12/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
MAT-SU Health Foundation Receives $15M Gift
City of Hope Accelerates Immunotherapy Research with $15M Gift
Kettering Health Foundation Surpasses $100M
Google Analytics 4: A Guide for Nonprofits
The Donor Perspective on Giving Tuesday: Data Axle Survey Report
HEALTHCARE
Mass General Brigham’s Dr. Anne Klibanski on the Academic Health System of the Future
A Treatment for America’s Healthcare Worker Burnout
LCMC Health to Acquire 3 HCA Hospitals with Tulane University
Survey Finds More Than 40% of Americans Misled Others About Having COVID-19
Parkview Health System and UCHealth Agree to Partnership
10/11/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
$100M Gift Expands Mayo Clinic’s Proton Beam Therapy Services
Intermountain Announces $35M To Build Model Health System for Children
NAMI Receives $30M for Mental Health Support and Advocacy
This Boston Billionaire Is Giving Away $1M A Week
Wealthy Donors Want Their Giving to Be Different Than Their Parents’ (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
Hospitals Have Been Slow to Bring On Addiction Specialists
American Oncology Network to go Public
Many Patients Can’t Afford Health Costs Even With Insurance
Newly Merged Beaumont-Spectrum Health System Rebrands as Corewell Health
Walmart Announces Healthcare Research Institute to Improve Care for Underserved Communities
10/10/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
$10M Gift at UChicago Medicine to Support ALS Research
Jameel Institute Announces Initiative to Increase Global Pandemic Preparedness
As Recession Fears Grow, Economy Shows Troubling Signs for Giving (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
The Role Of Administrative Waste In Excess US Health Spending
Construction of 10-Floor Patient Tower at Mount Nittany Medical Center to Begin in 2023
Nursing Shortage Causes Hiring of International Nurses at Novant
NM Teens in Crisis Are Being Housed in Homeless Shelters
10/7/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
$30M Gift to Cleveland Clinic for Leadership and Innovation
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Receives Gant to Advance Equitable Cancer Care
Bloomberg Takes a Data-Driven Approach to Wealth Gap (Inside Philanthropy, requires subscription)
HEALTHCARE
Yale New Haven Health Acquires 2 Connecticut Health Systems
Report: California’s Health Care System is Failing Black Californians
Intermountain: Making Behavioral Health Services More Accessible
Healthcare Jobs Recovered from Early Pandemic Losses
20% of Americans with Medical Debt Don’t Think They’ll Ever Pay it Off
10/6/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
How to Get Big Donors to Give in Troubled Times (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
Even as Altruism Grows Around the World, Charitable Giving Remains Flat
New Gifts Empower $32M Total Investment in Sustainable Health Equity Solutions
HEALTHCARE
Mental Health Crisis Programs Face Challenges in Rural Areas
Olathe Health Signs Letter of Intent to Join University of Kansas Health System
Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Engagement Saved Billions in Healthcare Costs
The Smartest Decisions 48 Health System Leaders Made Last Year
UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies Plans $280M Expansion
10/5/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
NEOMED Receives $10M from Bitonte Family Foundation to Establish College of Dentistry
Citadel Credit Union Helps Raise Over $2M for Cancer Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Competing – Really Competing – For Federal Grants
$15M Donation to Norton Hospital May Change Diabetes Care in Kentucky
Harvard Undergrads Submit Proposal to Remove Sackler Name From Campus Buildings
HEALTHCARE
Wisconsin Medicine Addresses Workforce Shortages via “Significant” Gift from Epic
UPMC Pledges to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 50%
What Health System Venture Capital Arms Are Investing In
Change in Telehealth Utilization Varied by Region in United States
UAB Heersink School of Medicine Identifies Four New Research Focus Areas
10/4/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
Gates Foundation Announces Grants to Reduce Infant Mortality
How to Talk to Big Donors About Mental-Health Programs (Chronicle of Philanthropy, requires subscription)
Venmo Rolls Out ‘Charity Profiles’ to Allow Charities to Raise Funds Directly Within its App
Can a Nonprofit’s Financial Audit Result in More Donations?
HEALTHCARE
Medical Groups Call on DOJ to Investigate Threats Targeting Gender-Affirming Care
CDC Suspends Country-Specific Covid-19 Travel Notices
Nation’s Obesity Epidemic is Growing: 19 States Have Adult Obesity Rates Above 35 Percent
Safety Net Hospital Operator Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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10/3/2022:
PHILANTHROPY
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing Receives $13M to Fund Student Scholarships
The Tow Foundation Launches New ‘Innovation Fund’ with $1.5M in Grants
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Helped Fund Development of a New Drug for Treatment
Why Three Deep-Pocketed Funders Joined Forces to Take on Bipolar Disorder (Inside Philanthropy, subscription required)
New Alliance Raises $300M+ to Drive Philanthropic Partnerships in Asia
HEALTHCARE
Report: Hospitals Likely to End 2022 in the Red Despite August Boost
Nurses Ratify $273M Contract with University of Michigan Health
Baptist Health South Florida Announces Bo Boulenger as President & CEO
HHS: Pharmacists Can Now Administer Monkeypox Vaccine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center to Build Top-Line Biosafety Facility
9/30:
PHILANTHROPY
Retired Boston Pops Musician Gives Boston University Medical School $100M
$75M from Orlando Corporation to Healthcare and Health Education in Canada
Don’t Risk Your Donors’ Data: How Nonprofits Can Protect Sensitive Information
Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Tesla, Microsoft and Meta Lost $260B in 24 Hours
Billionaires Are Still Stingy, but There May Be Grounds for Hope (Inside Philanthropy, requires subscription)
HEALTHCARE
Best & Worst States for Health Care
9 Hospitals Have Closed this Year — Here’s Why
Kaleida Health CEO: Cost of Strike Could Reach $142M Monthly
Why Every Healthcare Organization Needs a Chief Wellness Officer
YouTube Adds Patient Stories to Answer Questions on Healthcare
9/29:
PHILANTHROPY
$50M Gift to Accelerate Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Penn Medicine
Nine on Forbes 400 Have Given Away at Least 20 Percent of Net Worth
Dohmen Company Foundation Pledges $75M Investment to Eliminate Diet-Related Disease
Nonprofits May Need to Spend a Third of Their Budget on Overhead to Thrive (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
How Nonprofits Can Unleash The Power Of Data To Create A Better World For Women
HEALTHCARE
Geisinger, Rush, More Partner to Share Social Determinants of Health Data in EHRs
More than 1,000 Hospitals Join Northwell Gun Safety Coalition
Hundreds of Hospitals at Risk of Flooding from Hurricanes, Harvard Study Finds
Intermountain Healthcare Changing Its Name In 2023
OU Health Stops Some Gender Health Services Following Government Pressure
9/28:
PHILANTHROPY
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott Donates $20M to Episcopal Health Foundation
Deloitte US Announces $1.5 Billion Social Impact Investment to Foster a More Equitable Society
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust Will No Longer Invest In Tobacco
HEALTHCARE
Study Shows Telehealth, In-Person Visits Comparable in Quality
Google Pilots Opioid Addiction Moonshot in Dayton, Ohio (Bloomberg, subscription required)
4 Ways the U.S. Failed COVID-19 Vaccine Messaging
9/27:
PHILANTHROPY
The 2022 Forbes 400 List Of Richest Americans: Facts And Figures
$20M donation to QEII Foundation Changes Cancer Care in Nova Scotia
CZI Supports UK Biobank to Create World’s Largest Imaging Dataset To Understand Disease
Fundraisers Earned More in 2021 and Anticipate Higher Wages to Come (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
Three Steps for Launching Successful Giving Tuesday Campaigns
HEALTHCARE
Duke: Healthcare Worker Burnout Rose to 40% During Pandemic
Montana Health Officials Call Out hospitals for Too Little Charity
Penn Medicine, IBX, Tandigm Partner for Value-Based Care
As Ian targets Tampa Bay, hospitals, nursing homes evacuate patients
Only 68% of Young Physicians Would Choose Medicine Again
9/26:
PHILANTHROPY
Rotary International Announces $150M Pledge Toward Polio Eradication
Biden Announces $1.5B in Funding to Battle Opioid Overdoses, Support Recovery
HEALTHCARE
Rice Business and MD Anderson Launch Healthcare Leadership Program
Hospitals Cut Jobs, Services to Resuscitate Finances
CDC Says Some Nursing Homes and Hospitals No Longer Need to Require Universal Masking
9/23:
PHILANTHROPY
Outgoing Intermountain CEO Raises $3.3M to Support Children’s Healthcare
MSK Receives Grant to Help Increase Cancer Outcomes Equity in New York Region
Two Longstanding Partners Seed a New Fund to Stem the Rise of HIV Transmission (Inside Philanthropy, subscription required)
How Record Inflation Is Hurting Nonprofits and How They Can Fight Back
HEALTHCARE
Emory Johns Creek Planning Massive 20-Year Expansion
62 benchmarks on Nonprofit Hospital CEO Pay
MetroHealth Names Dr. Airica Steed as New President and CEO
COVID Raises Risk of Long-Term Brain Injury, Large U.S. Study Finds
Nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, TX, Vote to Unionize
9/22:
PHILANTHROPY
Gates Foundation Announces 2022 Global Fund Commitment
Record Numbers Gave to Charity Globally in 2021, Study Finds
Study: Nearly 6 in 10 Fidelity Charitable Donors Plan to Give More in 2022
Altrata: University Alumni Rankings of the Wealthy and Influential 2022
Northwell Health Surpasses $1B Goal in First System-Wide Fundraising Campaign
HEALTHCARE
UAMS Part of $6M National Effort to Make Testing for Toxins in Water and People Less Costly, Easier
Novo Nordisk Foundation investing $200M for Quantum Computer
Hackers Using Monkeypox Phishing Scheme to Target Healthcare Organizations
Community Health Systems Inc. in FL to close ShorePoint Health Venice
9/21:
PHILANTHROPY
OurCrowd, WHO Foundation Launch $200M Health Equity Fund
$25M gift Establishes the UNC Suicide Prevention Institute
CZI Commits $46M for Genomics Research at HBMCs
Coinbase’s $1B Crypto Philanthropy Ambitions Left a Trail of Disappointment
HEALTHCARE
Rural Hospitals Face Funding Cliff
Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall, Driven by New Treatments, Screenings
US Adults Should Get Routine Anxiety Screening, Panel Says
New York Spent $250M on Tech to Fight Covid That No One Uses
North Ottawa Community Health System Joins Trinity Health Michigan
9/20:
PHILANTHROPY
Partners In Health Establishes $200M Scholarship Fund for University in Rwanda
University Hospitals Receives $12.5M grant for COVID, flu vaccine research
Creating Wealth With ‘Baby Bonds’ (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
Billionaire Lukas Walton’s Family Office Fans Impact Investing Push
Vera Bradley Classic Raises $1M for Breast Cancer Research
HEALTHCARE
Dayton Children’s plans $100M behavioral health center expansion
CDC analysis shows more than 80% of US maternal deaths are preventable
Providence Announces $712M Expansion in Southern California
Dr. Selwyn M. Vickers Joins Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as President, CEO
Global AI Network Aiming to Improve Urban Heart Health Equity Launches in New York City
9/19:
PHILANTHROPY
Rockefeller Foundation Pledges $15M to Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
$55M Gift to Penn Medicine Creates New “Cancer Interception” Institute
Duke Awarded $12M Research Grant to Use Artificial Intelligence to Detect Autism
HEALTHCARE
Cooper University Health Care to Embark on $2B Expansion
University of Utah Health Lands Key Role in $10M Study on Aging in Autistic Adults
US States Like Massachusetts, California Impose Caps on Hospital Costs
9/16:
PHILANTHROPY
Geisinger Health Foundation Raises $6M for Pediatric, Women’s Health Innovation
This Small Bay Area Funder Is at the Leading Edge of Philanthropy for Aging (Inside Philanthropy, subscription required)
Text Messaging for Nonprofits: How to Be Compliant and Engage Donors at Scale
Parkinson’s Funders Take a Venture Philanthropy Approach to Speed Development of Treatments (Inside Philanthropy, subscription required)
Philanthropy Jumps Into the Spotlight at Next Week’s U.N. Meetings (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
2023 Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity announced
Main Line Health transitions pediatric services to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Viewpoint: Kaiser Permanente group CEO on how the healthcare system can regain public trust
WHO: COVID end ‘in sight,’ deaths at lowest since March 2020
9/15:
PHILANTHROPY
Hoag Hospital accepts $106M donation, largest ever
Gilead Foundation Awards $20M to Advance Health Through Education Equity
Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative Launches Racial Wealth Equity Database
CASE: When Advancement Meets Academia
Pandemic Lowered CEO Salaries at Big Groups Initially but Competition May Send Them Back Up (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
Newsweek: World’s Best Smart Hospitals 2023
Tenet opens South Carolina hospital
Cleveland Clinic returns to open patient visitation, lifting most COVID-19 restrictions
Genesis Health System and MercyOne Announce Intent to Partner
University of Chicago Medicine to acquire controlling interest in hospitals in west suburbs
9/14:
PHILANTHROPY
City of Hope Orange County Receives $25M Gift from Julia and George Argyros
John A. Hartford Foundation Announces $17M in Grants for Age-Friendly Care
$18.7M Gift to Double Nursing Grads, Expand Arts Program at University of Arkansas
Mount Sinai Awarded $2.4M Grant to Support Aging 9/11 Rescue and Recovery Workers
Richest Americans Lose $93B After Inflation-Fueled Stock Market Rout (Bloomberg, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
US launches trial for blood tests that promise to catch cancers earlier
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Breaks Ground on New North Miami Location
Truveta welcomes four new health systems joining its vision of saving lives with data
Deal to combine Advocate Aurora Health, Atrium blocked
Children’s Hospital Colorado Expands Access to Training to Help Students with ASD and ADHD
9/13:
PHILANTHROPY
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation Commits $33M to Break the Cycle of HIV Transmission
Merck Foundation Launches $20 Million Initiative to Advance Equity in U.S. Cancer Care
Global Platform Launches to Transform Bipolar Disorder Research and Care
Meet the Funder Collaborative Behind a Push for Psychedelic Mental Health Treatments (Inside Philanthropy, subscription required)
Top nonprofit CEO median compensation decreased in 2020, report finds
HEALTHCARE
Americans give health care system failing mark: AP-NORC poll
Top 5 universities for healthcare professions in 2023, per US News
Why PAs Want to Make Their Work Expansions Permanent
Nurse practitioner will be fastest-growing job over next decade
CVS Health Appoints Dr. Jeffrey Balser to Board of Directors
9/12/2022:
PHILANTHROPY:
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center receives $78 million gift to support precision oncology
$14M Gift to Nursing School Increases Access, Addresses Nurse, Nurse Faculty Shortages
Lendmark Financial Commits to Raising $10M in 10 Years for Childhood Cancer Research
HEALTHCARE:
UW Health nurses, administrators reach tentative deal to avert strike
GE Announces Board for Future Independent GE HealthCare; Confirms Target Spin-Off Timing
On Average, Two Nurses Are Assaulted Every Hour, New Press Ganey Analysis Finds
9/9/2022
FUNDRAISING
NJ’s Largest Behavioral Health Facility Gets $10 million to Expand Youth Inpatient Program
4 Ways to Make Your Donor Relations Recession Proof (philanthropy.com) (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
Philanthropies Facing a Bear Market
HEALTHCARE
Baylor College of Medicine wins COVID insurance verdict
Many Preventive Medical Services Cost Patients Nothing. Will a Texas Court Decision Change That?
Panel OKs another $70 million in Medical-Related Tulsa ARPA projects
9/8/2022
PHILANTHROPY
Billionaire-Backed Group Steps Up Hunt For Long Covid Treatment
Mackenzie Scott Donated Her $55 Million Beverly Hills House to Charity
As Attacks Proliferate, Philanthropy Sends More Money to Groups Serving Trans People (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
Atrium Health looks to build $86M satellite hospital in NC
Mission Health raises employee pay by $22 million
Mark Cuban’s pharmacy nears 1 million customers
9/7/2022
FUNDRAISING
$150 Million Gift to Stem Cell Research at UC San Diego
Dallas Foundation Awards $2.5M+ Through Inaugural Racial Equity Funding Cycle
Nonprofits Struggle to Recruit Diverse Volunteer Force (Chronicle of Philanthropy, subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
Fortune Announces Best Workplaces in Health Care 2022
Walmart and UnitedHealth Group Collaborate on Affordable Health Care
West Virginia Health Systems merge to form Vandalia Health
9/6/2022
PHILANTHROPY
Riney Foundation Gives $5.9 Million to MCW to Accelerate Multiple Myeloma Research
CDC Foundation Activates Emergency Response Fund to Support Monkeypox Response
Donors of Color Network Announces New Executive Director
HEALTHCARE
CVS Spending $8 Billion To Buy Home-Health Company Signify
UAE’s Largest Healthcare Platform Invests Half a Billion Dollars in a U.S. Healthcare Company
Montana COVID Policy Brought a Hospital to the Brink — ProPublica
9/2/2022
PHILANTHROPY
The Case for Hiring Older Nonprofit Professionals
Cigna Foundation Announces Grant Availability for Nonprofits Working to Address Health Disparities
“Our Next National Health Disaster.” Boosting Research into Long COVID and Chronic Fatigue | Inside Philanthropy (subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
Trinity Health Completes Merger of MercyOne Health System (trinity-health.org)
15,000 Minnesota nurses to walk off job in historic strike over wages and staffing levels
Parkinson’s disease could be detected earlier with AI built by MIT researchers – The Washington Post (subscription required)
9/1/2022
PHILANTHROPY
7 Questions with Stephen Quake, New Head of Science at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Inside Philanthropy (subscription required)
2022 Black Women Give Back List Announced by Women’s Philanthropy Institute (nonprofitpro.com)
Blackbaud Escapes Suit Over Ransomware Attack of Patient Data (bloomberglaw.com) (subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
Centura Health Names New CEO at St. Catherine and Bob Wilson Hospitals
VMFH Partners with Morehouse to Expand Black Representation in Health Care
AHA weighs in on rural emergency hospital designation | AHA News
8/31/2022
PHILANTHROPY
Canadian donates $172 million to Australian medical research (sfgate.com)
National Philanthropic Trust Grants Surpass $5.53B During FY2022
6 Ways to Use Your CRM for Better Donor Retention (nonprofitpro.com)
HEALTHCARE
Financial updates from 14 health systems (beckershospitalreview.com)
National Hospital Flash Report: August 2022 | Kaufman Hall
MN Abortion Laws Create an “Access Island” — but for Whom? — ProPublica
8/30/2022
PHILANTHROPY
Use a Maturity Model to Set a Vision for Fundraising Growth (nonprofitpro.com)
When It Comes to Philanthropic Funding for Research, Not All Cancers Are Created Equal | Inside Philanthropy (subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
Amid a Physician Shortage, 51% of Primary Care Providers Are NPs and PAs
Vanderbilt Health Work Perks Program launches next week | VUMC Reporter
What CIOs, digital execs expect from Amazon in healthcare (beckershospitalreview.com)
8/29/2022
PHILANTHROPY
Bassett Receives $82 Million Scriven Foundation Grant to Support Improved Access to Care
University of Miami family of physicians establishes $3 million endowed chair (yahoo.com)
Do Philanthropic Giving Trends Matter and Which Reports Are Right? (nonprofitpro.com)
HEALTHCARE
Financial updates from 13 health systems (beckershospitalreview.com)
WVU Medicine announces more than $177 million in new projects | WV News | wvnews.com
8/26/2022
PHILANTHROPY
Dr. Scott Rifkin pledges $5.7M to Johns Hopkins University/Health System (prnewswire.com)
25 Early Career Scientists Become HHMI Hanna Gray Fellows | HHMI
HEALTHCARE
5 recent hospital rebrands (beckershospitalreview.com)
Hospitals Cut Jobs and Services as Rising Costs Strain Budgets | Kaiser Health News (khn.org)
8/25/2022
PHILANTHROPY
Council on Foundations-Commonfund Study of Foundations Released
Limited Funding From Grant Makers Hampers Charities’ Monkeypox Response (philanthropy.com) (subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
8 hospital COOs on their most pressing issues (beckershospitalreview.com)
Community Health Systems Faces Class Fraud Suit With ‘Red Flags’ (bloomberglaw.com)
8/24/2022
PHILANTHROPY
Philanthropists support revitalization of UC San Diego emergency department
Duke receives $15M bequest to support scholarships at three schools, including nursing
HEALTHCARE
Monkeypox touches all 50 states as cases near 16K: 4 updates (beckershospitalreview.com)
Intermountain’s net income hits $2.7B (beckershospitalreview.com)
8/23/2022
PHILANTHROPY:
UC San Diego Receives $1.3M from W. M. Keck Foundation to Study Origins of Dementia (ucsd.edu)
$20M for NY addiction services providers impacted by COVID (link: https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2022/08/23/20m-coming-for-addiction-services-providers-impacted-by-covid-19-in-new-york/)
HEALTHCARE
50% of executives plan layoffs as healthcare looks to rehire (beckershospitalreview.com)
Baylor College of Medicine announces new Undiagnosed Diseases Center (here’s the link: https://www.bcm.edu/news/undiagnosed-diseases-center-to-address-rare-genetic-cases)
8/22/2022
FUNDRAISING
AAMC releases FY2021 Annual Development Survey Report (aamc.org, report free to the public)
Next in Line: 11 Young Giving Pledgers to Watch | Inside Philanthropy (subscription required)
HEALTHCARE
Allegheny Health System rolls out ‘Work Your Way’ staffing model (beckershospitalreview.com)
Intermountain Healthcare Announces Interim CEO Leadership Transition | Intermountain Healthcare
Amazon Care aims to simplify health care, but former staffers have concerns – The Washington Post (subscription required)
GOBEL NEWS
-Remove the link for the patent
-Replace with the following: GOBEL Blog: 5 Key Takeaways from the FY2021 AAMC Development Survey (you have the link to our blog)
8/19/2022
PHILANTHROPY
“Next-Gen” Philanthropists Are Coming Into Their Own. Here’s How They Approach Giving | Inside Philanthropy (subscription required)
Boston Children’s Hospital deluged in harassment campaign | WBUR News
U.S. Plans to Shift Bill for Covid Shots and Treatments to Insurers, Patients – WSJ (subscription required)
8/18/2022
HEALTHCARE
Charitable Giving in the U.S. Rebounded Last Year | Barron’s (barrons.com)
Postal Service To Hike Rates For Holiday Mailings – The NonProfit Times
College Endowments Post Biggest Losses Since Global Financial Crisis – Bloomberg (subscription required)
HEALTHCARE:
ChristianaCare cancels Crozer Health deal
Pharma giants slam Medicare drug price negotiation (beckershospitalreview.com)
CEO Confidence Deteriorated Further in Q3 (conference-board.org)
8/17/2022
PHILANTHROPY
Gates eyes partnership with South Korea over global health | AP News
How Bloomberg Philanthropies Is Working to Build Black Wealth (philanthropy.com) (subscription required)
Charitable donations in US decline to lowest rate in decades: Study (usatoday.com)
HEALTHCARE
HCA Healthcare – HCA Healthcare Announces Retirement of Longtime Senior Executive Chuck Hall
NRC Health Unveils Winners of 2022 Annual Awards Programs (globenewswire.com)
8/16/2022
PHILANTHROPY
Supply-Chain Snafus Leave Fundraisers Scrambling to Plan Year-End Mail Appeals (philanthropy.com) (subscription required)
Two years on, foundations stand by issuing bonds in pandemic | AP News
HEALTHCARE
Pandemic driven deferred care has led to increased patient acuity in Americas hospitals (aha.org)
Record Number of PAs Earned Initial Certification in 2021 – NCCPA
Walgreens scoops services from 80+ grocery chain pharmacies (beckershospitalreview.com)
8/15/2022
PHILANTHROPY:
UnitedHealthcare Donates $2.5 Million to Nonprofits in Texas – UnitedHealth Group
Report: Gilded Giving 2022 – Institute for Policy Studies (ips-dc.org)
HEALTHCARE:
Kaiser mental health workers to begin strike (beckershospitalreview.com)
CDC Takes Back Control of Pandemic Hospitalization Data Despite Criticism – Bloomberg
Economic Conditions Reshape Private Equity Healthcare Deal Making (oliverwyman.com)
8/12/2022
PHILANTHROPY
Stocks lose ground, Treasury yields climb after inflation data | Reuters
Curing Cancer Takes A Global Village: Cancer Moonshot Pathways (forbes.com)
Tips for Retaining and Upgrading Mid-Level Donors (nonprofitpro.com)
HEALTHCARE
Intermountain Healthcare Announces CEO Leadership Transition | Intermountain Healthcare
Cardinal Health Announces Leadership Changes (prnewswire.com)
15,000 nurses to hold strike vote in Minnesota – Minnesota Nurses Association (mnnurses.org)
8/11/2022
PHILANTHROPY
Google Cofounder Sergey Brin Just Gave Away Nearly $130 Million Worth Of Shares (forbes.com)
Is the 100 Percent Donations for Programming Promise Right for Your Nonprofit? (ssir.org)
HEALTHCARE
Tenet’s $100 Million Cyber Shutdown Sparks 10 Questions All Boards Must Ask (forbes.com)
8/10/2022
FUNDRAISING:
Foundation Investment Choices Potentially Lose $20 Billion a Year for Grantees (philanthropy.com) (subscription required)
HEALTHCARE:
Judge Approves Blue Cross’s $2.67 Billion Antitrust Settlement – WSJ (subscription required)
8/9/2022
PHILANTHROPY:
Catalytic Investment to Improve Community Health Care for Millions Across Africa (prnewswire.com)
$5m donation for pilot project to boost Queenstown residents’ health | The Straits Times
Success Against a Resilient Foe: Philanthropy’s Long Fight to Eradicate Polio | Inside Philanthropy (subscription required)
HEALTHCARE:
National, State Data on Mental Health Pandemic for Youth – The Annie E. Casey Foundation (aecf.org)
AdventHealth unveils plan for former theme park (beckershospitalreview.com)
Amazon Web Services’ healthcare leader departs (beckershospitalreview.com)
8/8/2022
PHILANTHROPY:
Niarchos Foundation Puts Up $750 Million to Build Three Hospitals – The National Herald
Anonymous Gift Will Help UVA Researchers in the Battle Against Blood Cancers (virginia.edu)
Henry Ford Health Receives $2M Philanthropic Gift from A.A. Van Elslander Foundation (newswise.com)
HEALTHCARE:
Four in 10 Americans Cut Spending to Cover Healthcare Costs (gallup.com)
8/5/2022
PHILANTHROPY:
Announcing the 2022 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Honorees – Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation award | EurekAlert!
HEALTHCARE:
Healthcare added 70K jobs in July (beckershospitalreview.com)
Monkeypox: Biden administration declares the outbreak a public health emergency – CNNPolitics