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The U.S. Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) Your price: $85.00
The U.S. Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA), which was passed in August of 2006, has caused a great deal of confusion within the hospital foundation community. In order to assist health care philanthropy offices review PPA, the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) had its legal counsel Venable, LLP draft this document and tool The Pension Protection Act of 2006 and the IRC 509(a)(3) Supporting Organization Guide Sheet – An Explanation and Tool for Determining Your ‘Type’.Read Introduction and Executive Overview prior to purchase.
Designs for Fund-Raising: Principles, Patterns, Techniques (Si Seymour) Your price: $70.00
AHP has re-printed this classic reference by Harold J, (Si) Seymour, well known throughout the fundraising profession for his insightful understanding of human aspirations and the nature of leadership. This book is a must read for everyone in the Development profession as it delves into not only the practical issues of fundraising, but also the human elements necessary to produce successful campaigns. Designed as a concise, practical reference, the book gives step-by-step directions for fundraisers before, during and after a campaign. Among the topics discussed are people’s basic motivations…characteristics of the giving process…types of givers…solicitation, timing, and momentum…costs…three key qualifications for raising substantial sums of money…the basic relationships between professional staff and supervisors…and more.
Lessons from Benchmarking: Fast-forwarding the Maturity of the Fundraising Operation
Your price: $85.00
Three years of research brought valuable learnings shared by the authors in Lessons from Benchmarking: Fast-forwarding the Maturity of the Fundraising Operation. This book explores ways to leverage benchmarking data for increased fundraising performance. Drawing upon the finding that development program maturity is the key to success, Hubbell and Reinders show readers how to fast-track maturity by: --Monitoring lead indicators; --Building a culture of philanthropy; --Hiring the right people; --Investing in actionable research; --Emphasizing education; --Doing less, not more. This information is essential for chief development officers, CEOs, and boards committed to ongoing performance measurement. Others just beginning or contemplating benchmarking will use the book to create data monitoring strategies for increased efficiency and returns.
The AHP Advanced Course in Health Care Philanthropy Workbook Your price: $425.00
The AHP Advanced Course is designed to serve as a review for development professionals
who have five or more years of experience in the field and who desire to improve
their knowledge and skills in the intermediate to advanced level. It is also
designed to serve as one of the tools available to assist development professionals
to prepare for the CFRE examination. Designed around the six sections identified
as the Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) examination criteria and content,
this workbook covers key components in:
AHP members receive one complimentary
subscription/copy of this publication. The member price
for each additional subscription is $40.00.
Published electronically eight times a year, AHP E-Connect highlights
the Association's members, events, and activities. It
also provides general information on health care
resource development and contains a jobs center. Members can also access past copies of the AHP
E-Connect online in
Members Only.
AHP Journal (2 Issues) Your price: $50.00
(Extra issue copies: $25 each - order link below)
AHP Members receive one complimentary
subscription of this publication. The member price
for each additional subscription is $25.00 and $12.50 for each extra issue copy.
Published twice a year, the AHP Journal contains articles
on health care resource development. Topics include
professionalism in the field, ideas and methods for
creating successful development programs, analyses of
the current health care environment, and projections
of future trends. Members can access prior issues of the AHP Journal
online in Members Only.
Journal Reprints Your price: $25.00 each.
Order extra copies of the most recent issue
AHP Membership Directory and Buyers' Guide Your price: $125.00
AHP Members receive one complimentary subscription/copy
of this publication. The member price for each
additional subscription/copy is $25.00.
Published annually, the AHP Membership Directory and
Buyers' Guide includes listings of members,
information on standing committees, and descriptions of products
and services many firms provide for resource
development professionals. Members can search the AHP
Directory online.
The AHP Report on Giving CD
U.S. and Canada (2006) View Fact Sheets(Members Only)
Your price: $150.00
AHP Member price: $100.00
These reports, available on CD only, provide detailed information on giving
to health care institutions and are useful for projecting philanthropic trends,
assessing departmental characteristics, and comparing levels of giving by
institution type, bed size, population of service area, and age of development
program. It also includes a self-benchmarking tool.
Expanding the Role of Philanthropy in Health Care:
New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising by William C. McGinly (editor) and
Kathy Renzetti (editor); published by Jossey-Bass.
For more information and to order the publication,
visit the Jossey-Bass
Web site.
This report lists the low, mid and high salary ranges for defined positions
in the health care fundraising profession in the US and Canada. Results are derived from survey data
provided by AHP members.
Forces of Change: The Coming Challenges in Hospital
Philanthropy
Your price: $85.00
AHP Member price: $65
While some predict a coming "golden age of philanthropy", Gary J. Hubbell, senior strategist, Gary Hubbell Consulting, in a manuscript entitled Forces of Change: The Coming Challenges in Hospital Philanthropy, published by The Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP), presents a much less robust future for hospital philanthropy — especially for community hospitals. According to Hubbell, the growing commercialization of nonprofit hospitals, continuing evidence of civic disengagement, and generational characteristics are the leading forces of change that will intersect in unprecedented ways. These trends and others could lead to diminished returns on hospital fundraising.
Academic Health Care Fundraising: Planning and Operating
a Successful Development Program
Your price: $30.00
AHP Member price: $15.00 This publication assists academic medical deans, CEOs
and board members to better articulate their case for
support, establish effective fundraising programs,
and build strong links between and among other
external affairs functions.
Computer System Checklists: Choosing the Best Development
System for Your Needs
Your
price: $20.00
AHP Member price: $10.00
This publication explores important areas in choosing
a computer system for your development office.
AHP Development Primer Manual
Your price: $140.00
AHP Member price: $70.00
This manual provides a comprehensive outline of the
basics of development. It includes sample materials
used in development programs and foundations.
Governing Health Care Foundations at the Dawn of the 21st
Century
Your price:
$60.00
AHP Member price: $40.00
This publication shows you how to work more
effectively with your board to increase philanthropic
revenues and better support your health care
organization.
Chart of Accounts for Healthcare Fundraising
Your price: $140.00
AHP Member price: $70.00
This book summarizes accounting principles,
illustrates appropriate financial statements, and
details evaluation methods. Author Ronald R. Kovener,
FHFMA, CAE provides a framework for organizing
financial information to meet reporting requirements
and standards,
as well as provide meaningful evaluation of
effectiveness and efficiency.
Targeting Baby Boomers: Turning the Next Generation of Wealth
Holders into Philanthropists
Your price: $70.00
AHP Member price: $40.00
This 2000 Think Tank Project explains how fundraisers can target the baby boomer generation.
Your price: $45.00 ea.
AHP Member price: $25.00 ea.
The AHP Foundation has developed Self-Study Guides of
the AHP Core Curriculum Courses designed to help fund
development professionals prepare for AHP courses and
accreditation; reinforce what these professionals
learned at AHP courses, conferences, or on the job;
and brush up on key knowledge areas in resource
development and health care philanthropy.
Why and How to Start a Healthcare
Fundraising Program
Your price: $10.00
AHP members receive one complimentary
subscription/copy of this publication. The price
for each additional subscription/copy is $5.00.
This
indispensable guide provides a brief overview of the
basics of hospital and health care fundraising. A
publication that no development professional should be
without, this guide provides essential information
that will help you promote health care fundraising to
hospital CEOs, trustees, volunteers, donors and others
interested in health care philanthropy.
Guide for Planning and Reporting
Community Benefit
From the Catholic Health Association, developed in conjunction with VHA, Inc.
Your price: $30.00
This essential guide provides a comprehensive framework for planning, identifying, quantifying, evaluating and communicating community benefit activities.
This annual report on philanthropy for the year 2005 is published by Giving USA Foundation and researched and written at The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana Univeristy. The report provides an overview of the year's giving trends, sources of funding and more.
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image next to the publication of your choice. You will be given the opportunity to adjust quantities after you add an item. A fixed charge of $4.95 will be added to your total for shipping and handling.
AHP members qualify for substantial savings on all publications and study guides! If you're an AHP member, please enter the 
