title: Healthcare philanthropy's big challenge.
abstract: Merger mania among hospitals and health systems can be troubling and costly for charitable foundations, as philanthropy experts such as George F. Maynard III and Mary K. Anstine will attest. Some development professionals fear that for-profit takeovers of not-for-profit hospitals are driving donors away from healthcare entirely.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pallarito
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations / Q000639:trends; D005653:Fund Raising / Q000639:trends*; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000191:economics*; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D015279:Organizational Culture; D014481:United States