Why donate to the AHP Foundation?
Growth as professionals, growth in philanthropy, and growth in the AHP Foundation's annual fund is essential. The reason is simple:
The better we do our jobs as development professionals,
the more good that our organizations can do.
Your belief, commitment, and continued giving ensures that the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy is able to support your professional development, and that of your colleagues, at a time when health care and health care fundraising are undergoing significant change.
Your donation provides:
Please donate today by downloading and returning a pledge form to the AHP Foundation!
How will my donation be used?
AHP has already begun work on an exciting new philanthropy research series for health care fundraisers. This how-to series, called the AHP Research to Practice Guides, sets out practical strategies for tackling key issues in the field.
As an example, the first guide, called “Fundraising Under HIPAA,” provides clear guidance on how to respond to forthcoming HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) privacy regulations.
This type of practical, timely information is exactly what you’ve told us you need.
Each guide will include need-to-know background research; expert answers to key questions; how-to information; and strategies and sample metrics for internally positioning your efforts.
Whether you seek guidance regarding new regulations, success strategies for an employee giving program, or tactics for a physician fundraising effort, your gift to the AHP Foundation makes future guides in this invaluable series possible.
Support a tradition of excellence among health care development professionals by joining us this year in donating to the AHP Foundation and help make this series — and much more — possible.
Who benefits?
In addition to practical new guides, your gift also allows the AHP Foundation to provide scholarship assistance for development professionals to further their education and develop their skills. Without an AHP scholarship, most recipients would not be able to participate in crucial professional development opportunities. Your donation has a significant, individual impact.
Your support also benefits broadly by helping shape the future of health care development. You ensure that AHP continues to be the leading authority in health care philanthropy and a focused provider of practical resources geared to your professional needs.
Why focus on "practical"?
Last year, the AHP Foundation conducted a survey of more than a thousand past donors. You verified that AHP is offering many programs you care about and value. You also told us you want additional resources that focus on targeted research and knowledge.
“You identified the need for more tangible, helpful, practical information,” said J. Gregory Pope, FAHP, CFRE, Immediate Past Chair of the AHP Board of Directors, and Vice President of Philanthropy for Saint Thomas Health Services Foundation. “We intend to provide it.”
This request for funding for “practical plans” isn’t as dramatic, perhaps, as a request for funds to build a new hospital or cancer treatment center or pediatric wing. But the same principle applies.
Your gift to the AHP Foundation’s annual fund provides the resources for AHP to support the health care philanthropy community that ultimately touches thousands of lives. Your support ensures services that benefit you, your organization, your community and your profession.
Where you come in
We can be very proud of the accomplishments of AHP. Together we have developed and implemented excellent education programs and worked to maintain the highest professional standards. We provide extensive resources to our members and we have been advocates for health care philanthropy on every front.
“Your contribution to the AHP Foundation is more than just a gift to the profession,” said Mary Anne Chern, FAHP, ACFRE, chair of the AHP Board of Directors, and president of White Memorial Medical Center Charitable Foundation. “You actually help to positively shape our society. The better we do our jobs, the more good that our organizations can do.”
Please consider a donation to the 2011 AHP Foundation Annual Fund today.