Charitable Giving for U.S. Health Care Rises a Tepid $241 Million in 2008, While Canadian Charitable Giving Plunges 13 Percent, Association for Healthcare Philanthropy Reports

Accounting for much of last year’s slight advance in giving was the fact that most nonprofit hospitals and health care systems in the U.S. closed their books before the last quarter of 2008, when U.S. gross domestic product plunged more than five percent. Institutions that closed their books on Dec. 31, 2008, actually saw a 0.2 percent dip in annual giving.