SHORT HILLS, NJ, September 25, 2009 — On what would have been Christopher Reeve's 57th birthday, Life Rolls On Foundation (LRO) and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation have announced a merger. Effective immediately, Life Rolls On Foundation, based in Los Angeles, will serve as the West Coast headquarters and division of the Reeve Foundation.
September 25, 2009, The Dallas Morning News - The Baylor Health Care System Foundation said Thursday that it had received more than $20 million from Sammons Enterprises Inc. toward a new cancer complex.
September 21, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — The value of investments held by 143 nonprofit health-care organizations that participated in an annual study fell an average 21.2 percent in 2008 — by far the worst results since the study began in 2002.
WASHINGTON, September 16, 2009 — Senator Baucus released the details of the proposed Senate health care plan, America's Healthy Future Act of 2009, which would create new and onerous requirements applicable to nonprofit hospitals starting in 2010. According to the provisions, every nonprofit hospital would be required to conduct a community health needs assessment at least once every three years, and then adopt an implementation strategy to ensure that the nonprofit hospital will meet the identified needs. Failure to complete the study in any three year period would result in a penalty on the nonprofit hospital of up to $50,000, while failure to disclose the implementation strategy would subject the nonprofit hospital to monetary penalties for filing an incomplete Form 990.
September 17, 2009, The Philadelphia Inquirer — Her name was Emily and she lived only three days 21 years ago, but she is the reason that Lynne and Bill Garbose gave money to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Hope Lives Here fund-raising campaign.
September 16, 2009, The Washington Post — In one of the largest philanthropic donations ever made to a U.S. pediatric hospital, Children's National Medical Center will receive $150 million from the government of Abu Dhabi -- a gift that the hospital hopes to use to dramatically change pediatric surgery.
September 9, 2009, The Boston Globe — A Dana-Farber Cancer Institute fund-raising campaign has hit the $1 billion mark a year earlier than expected - despite the ragged economy - setting what is believed to be a record for New England health care institutions.
September 2, 2009 — Much of the attention in the current health care debate has focused on the impact of escalating health care costs on small businesses and the uninsured. But new data generated by the Johns Hopkins Nonprofit Listening Post Project reveal that health care costs are also producing a so-far hidden crisis for America's nonprofit organizations and the nearly 13 million workers they employ.
PALATINE, Ill., August 26, 2009 — Bucking the trend felt by many nonprofit organizations in a tight economy, the 46th Annual Little City Invitational Golf Tournament held Monday (Aug. 24) illustrated incredible community support for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
August 25, 2009 — Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE:AAP), a leading automotive aftermarket retailer of parts, batteries, accessories, and maintenance items, and a national partner of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), is proud to announce the launch of its 2009 "sneaker” sales campaign to benefit children with diabetes. This year marks Advance’s 16th consecutive year of support for JDRF in the search to find a cure for type-1 (juvenile) diabetes. In the past 15 years, Advance has raised more than $16.5 million for JDRF. Advance and its Team Members are tireless in their efforts to give back to the communities in which they live and work. The company has already raised $1.5 million this year towards the 2009 Company goal of $3 million for JDRF.
