Upcoming white paper
Rural hospitals and philanthropy
Philanthropy matters to rural hospitals more than ever. Our institutions are relying on us to raise critical money to sustain clinical care, meet community needs, and reimagine facilities.
Our research draws on interviews with rural philanthropy leaders as well as literature analysis. In this brand-new white paper, we provide an overview of the current rural healthcare landscape and offer guidance on four keys to development success:
System integration
Creative staffing strategies
Personal prospect pool development
Compelling funding priorities
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Research Co-Lead
Elizabeth Dollhopf-Brown
Elizabeth Dollhopf-Brown serves as Vice President of Development for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. In her role, she leads fundraising efforts for the Dartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth Health Children’s, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, member hospitals, and annual, planned and corporate and foundation giving to help advance patient care, medical education, and research. She also oversees the fundraising pipeline for the entire organization, ensuring that the team exceeds goals and grows fundraising capacity.
Dollhopf-Brown previously served as the Assistant Vice President of Patient and Family Giving for the University of Rochester Medical Center where she was instrumental in creating the Philanthropy Champions program, a best-in-class model of grateful patient fundraising education for clinicians. She also oversaw fundraising for the hospitals in the URMC system.
From 2008 until 2014 she led the departments of Research, Prospect Management and Analytics for the University of Rochester. Prior to joining the University of Rochester, she held advancement roles in Annual Giving and Advancement Services at Marquette University and DePauw University.
She is a consulting partner for BWF, a global philanthropy consulting firm. She holds a BS from Susquehanna University, where she was named Woman of the Year in 2000, and an MBA from Marquette University. She was the President of Apra, the Association for Prospect Development, in 2012-2013. Outside of work, she can be found spending time with her family, which includes her husband Joshua and their two kids, and out walking the trails in and around Hanover, NH, with their rescue dog, Ruby.