Hire More Fundraising Rain-Makers During Recession, New AHP Study Concludes

Members of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy include fundraising professionals, development staff, public relations professionals, trustees, marketing professionals, administrators, and executives interested in health care fundraising. They represent more than 2,200 health care facilities in the U.S. and Canada. In 2003, AHP launched its Performance Benchmarking Service, which establishes standard metrics and industry best practices for fundraising success. Forty-six U.S. and Canadian nonprofit hospitals and multi-facility health care systems took part in the 2007 benchmarking program.