Trends in Healthcare Philanthropy:
A Resource List
The following bibliography was created to help grantmakers and grantseekers keep up with the latest developments in healthcare philanthropy. This resource list contains citations to selected works from the Foundation Center's Catalog of Nonprofit Literature, as well as links to useful Web resources. For additional reports, articles, and other materials on the topic, search the Catalog by combining “philanthropy” with health-related terms in the Subject field. (sample search)
Surveys and Reports
AIDS Is Your Business Corporate Update. New York, NY: Funders Concerned About AIDS, 2005. 8 p. Subject File Number: 235
This publication highlights trends in corporate HIV/AIDS grantmaking.
The Business of Giving: Governance and Asset Management in Foundations Formed from Health Care Conversions. Washington, DC: Grantmakers in Health, 2005. xii, 51 p. Call Number: 228 GIH 2005
Data presented is based on a 2004 survey completed by 113 foundations. Topics addressed include foundation structure and governance, operations, grantmaking, staffing, investments, and other issues. Full Text
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 for Healthcare Philanthropy in 2006, and document the following types of support: cash, securities, pledges and planned gifts, non-monetary gifts, endowment income and investments.
Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy. Indianapolis, IN: Giving USA Foundation, annual. Call Number: 401 AAFR
An annual statistical analysis of charitable contributions that includes a section on health philanthropy.
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. Beginning 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.
Knowledge to Action: Critical Health Issues and the Work of Health Philanthropy over 25 Years. Washington, DC: Grantmakers in Health. 2007. 176 p. Call Number: 226 GIH KNO
Status reports, statistical details, and bibliographies are provided for each of the following areas: access to care, aging, children and youth, health promotion, HIV/AIDS, mental health, public health, quality of care, racial and ethnic disparities in health, and social and environmental determinants of health. The introductory essay provides a historical look at health philanthropy.
Lawrence, Steven, Lauren LeRoy, and Anne L. Schwartz. Foundation Funding for Children's Health: An Overview of Recent Trends. New York, NY: Foundation Center, 2005. 24 p. Subject File Number: 418
This is the Foundation Center's first-ever study documenting the size and scope of foundation giving in this field. Covering the period 1999-2003, the report includes an essay on the principal trends influencing foundation support for children’s health authored by Grantmakers in Health staff Lauren LeRoy, Ph.D, president and CEO and Anne L. Schwartz, Ph.D., vice president. Full Text
Lawrence, Steven. Update on Foundation Health Policy Grantmaking. New York, NY: Foundation Center, 2004. 11 p. Subject File Number: 226
The report provides details about changes in foundation support for health policy activities from 1995 to 2002. Full Text
Reversing the Obesity Epidemic: Policy Strategies for Health Funders. Washington, DC: Grantmakers in Health, 2007.
The report provides and overview of the obesity epidemic and explains how policy change can be used to promote healthful eating and physical activity. Also highlights the work of foundations that have promoted policy change in schools, food systems, workplaces, and state programs. Full Text
Case Studies From the Field
Isaacs, Stephen L. (ed.) and James R. Knickman (ed.). To Improve Health and Health Care, Volume X: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology. 10th ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2006. Call Number: 416 JOH ISA 2006 Vol 10
Descriptions of specific program initiatives of the foundation, including a ten-year retrospective.
Jensen, Brennen. “Acting with Intent: Michael J. Fox's Charity Aims to Cure Parkinson's Disease.” Chronicle of Philanthropy, vol. 17 (31 March 2005): p. 9-10, 12, 14.
Provides background information on the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. This foundation's grants are intended to help find a cure for Parkinson's disease by 2010. Sidebar includes a brief article on funding for embryonic stem-cell research.
More Coverage, Better Care: Improving Children's Access to Health Services. Washington, DC: Grantmakers in Health, 2006. 39 p. Subject File Number: 228
Highlights key issues related to children's health care and provides specific examples of how grantmakers are supporting children's access to health services. Full Text
Rienstra, Dianna. “HIV/AIDS in Central Africa: Bridging the Gap.” Alliance, vol. 10 (March 2005): p. 8-9. Subject File Number: 235
A new report by the King Baudouin Foundation (Belgium) details AIDS-fighting efforts underway in Burundi, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of Congo.
Wallace, Nicole. “Belief in the Power of Collaboration Guides One Couple's Giving.” Chronicle of Philanthropy, vol. 17 (3 March 2005): p. 21-2.
Describes the philanthropy of Bill and Dee Brehm, who recently pledged $44 million to the University of Michigan Health System for a diabetes research center. Mr. Brehm is a founder of the information technology firm SRA International.
Conferences and Presentations
From the Ground Up: Improving Community Health, Inspiring Community Action. Washington, DC: Grantmakers in Health, 2006.
Plenary addresses from the Grantmakers in Health’s 2006 meeting are available at: http://www.gih.org/usr_doc/Final_Speeches_report.pdf
TIME Global Health Summit Keynote Panel [video recording]. Time Inc, 2005. 70 minutes. Call Number: A 050 TIM
Bill Clinton and Bill Gates discuss various global health topics and share their views on health funding. The conference took place on November 12, 2005. Conference Web site
Grantmaker Affinity Groups
Stay informed about trends in healthcare philanthropy by reviewing articles, reports, and/or news at the web sites of these health-related funder networks:
Disabilities Funding Network
Funders Concerned About Aids
Funders Network on Population, Reproductive
Health & Rights
Grantmakers In Health
Foundation Center Resources (not previously cited)
FC
Stats
Identify foundation giving trends in health by reviewing statistical tables developed by the Foundation Center's Research Department.
Foundation Directory Online
Learn about current funding priorities of health funders by searching the Center's comprehensive database of U.S. grantmakers.
Philanthropy
News Digest - PND
Browse the latest news on healthcare philanthropy at PND, the Center's online news service.
PubHub
Search PubHub to find recent foundation-sponsored reports on the subject of health.
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