The shadow side of the rise of big hospital foundation gifts: donation disparities, roller-coaster giving and donor influence
Why It Matters
If COVID taught us anything itโs this: we need our healthcare system. And yet, Ontarioโs current funding policy for capital projects โ rebuilding old ambulance bays, purchasing MRI machines, and building new wings โ relies, in part, on philanthropy. Some experts say that this leaves the system vulnerable to health disparities.
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In late June, under a hot sun, Aatif Baskanderi spoke to an assembled crowd of nurses, doctors, and hospital foundation staff in Scarborough, Ontario, on the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, Anishnabeg, Chippewa, Haudenosaunee and the Wendat. He was all smiles. It was a historic day. Baskanderi, the CEO of the Northpine Foundation, was there to announce a donation of $20 million dollars โ the largest gift the Scarborough Health Network Foundation has ever received.ย
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