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GG+A has provided philanthropic management consulting services to top hospitals in the US, as defined by US News and World Report. Among our clients are dozens of academic medical centers, community hospitals, specialty facilities, research institutes, voluntary health associations, and hospices in the US, UK, and Europe. GG+A's experience also includes administration of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ annual development survey since 1999.

Philanthropy: Needs and Challenges in Healthcare

Fundraising in healthcare is unique because of the emotional experiences that many prospective donors have had with the organizations. Lives are lost and saved every day in hospitals, leaving patients and family members with life-changing memories.

These individuals are often primed to give back to the organizations that have served them well, and GG+A provides the resources for engaging, cultivating, and stewarding them. Even when healthcare professionals are several steps removed from the patient-physician relationship, the case for support of their work is compelling. Researchers who strive for cures to deadly diseases, for example, can provide a better future for all. Yet, while new treatments have been discovered, the operational costs of providing them have skyrocketed, and fundraising is more important than ever.

Fundraisers in healthcare work within a landscape of opposing forces, some facilitating and some constraining their efforts. Escalating insurance costs, declining reimbursements, healthcare reform, increasing operational expenses, HIPAA regulations, population demographic shifts, and a growing need for philanthropy amidst increasing perceptions of hospital commercialization have direct impact on philanthropic needs and giving patterns.

Philanthropic Management Consulting in Healthcare

GG+A understands the increasing need for transformational philanthropy in healthcare. We are well versed in the complexities of the sector and help institutions to build their bases of private philanthropic support through grateful patient programs, and annual, major, and planned giving strategies. Further, GG+A offers affordable, daily wealth screening capabilities that are uniquely tailored for use in medical facilities. We help healthcare institutions in:

  • Timely screening of patients for capacity and propensity to give
  • Engaging volunteer boards, executives, and physicians in fundraising initiatives
  • Assessing campaign feasibility for achieving philanthropic goals
  • Sustaining a philanthropic income stream that can make healthy contributions to the overall budget

Current and Recent Clients:

  • American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (formerly Children's Memorial Foundation, Chicago)
  • Arnold P. Gold Foundation
  • Beth Israel Hospital (Boston)
  • Bridgeport Hospital Foundation
  • University of California Los Angeles Health Sciences
  • Children's Medical Center, Dallas
  • The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
  • Columbia University Medical Center
  • Duke Cancer Institute
  • The Eye & Ear Foundation of Pittsburgh
  • Fairview Foundation
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • The Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
  • The Grant Foundation
  • Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti
  • Howard Hospital Foundation
  • Institute of Cancer Research
  • The University of Kansas Academic Medical Center
  • Loma Linda University Health
  • Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital
  • Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health
  • Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
  • Mayo Clinic
  • Mayo Clinic, Arizona
  • McGill University Health Centre Foundation
  • The Medical Foundation of North Carolina
  • The Methodist Hospital Foundation of Houston
  • Midwest Palliative & Hospice Care Center
  • Miller Theater at Columbia University
  • University of Missouri - Columbia Healthcare
  • Montreal Neurological Institute
  • Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation, Florida
  • Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York
  • The National Alzheimer’s Association
  • New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
  • North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Foundation
  • Norton Healthcare Foundation
  • Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota
  • Planned Parenthood of Chicago
  • Princeton Healthcare System Foundation
  • Rush University Medical Center
  • Saint Mary's Doran Foundation
  • St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network
  • St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation
  • Temple University Health System
  • University of Tennessee Health Science Center
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Tufts Medical Center
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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