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

In Canada, the portion of donations made by individual givers dipped almost 10 percent last year to just under 52 percent of the total. Canadian businesses, including corporate foundations, supplied about one-quarter of the 2008 funding, about the same as the previous year. Canadian foundations, other than corporate, contributed 6.3 percent in 2008, also little changed from the year-earlier level. The Report on Giving noted that, “the biggest change was other types, such as hospital auxiliaries, public agencies, civic groups, whose share rose from 7.0 percent to 16.2 percent.”