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

Meanwhile, AHP said Canadian contributions declined to $1.068 billion in 2008, compared to $1.337 billion in 2007, when annual giving had risen by an impressive nine percent over 2006 levels.

Individual donors were the largest source of contributions in both the U.S. and Canada, and in both countries, one fifth of all individual donors were patients.