Professional & Industry Associations

Who Will Care?

Maryland Hospital Association, Elkridge, MD

The Maryland Hospital Association (MHA) is sponsoring the statewide Who Will Care? campaign to alleviate Maryland’s chronic nurse shortage. The goal of Who Will Care? is to double the number of RN graduates - providing an additional 1,500 nurses annually - in Maryland. The total cost to initiate enrollment expansion is $60 million. The Who Will Care? campaign will raise $20 million in philanthropic support, while MHA and other stakeholders will secure the remainder from public sources over the coming years. The campaign has raised more than $18 million to date and looks forward to exceeding its objective in the near future. More importantly, the funds raised by the Who Will Care? campaign have already gone to 23 nursing schools in Maryland to increase enrollments by 395 students, add 27 faculty, and implement important programs and coursework. The Who Will Care? campaign culminated over National Nurses Week (May 6-12, 2010) with a statewide text messaging campaign and celebration.

www.mdhospitals.org

Destination Excellence

Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI), Washington, DC

The Destination & Travel Foundation, a complementary organization supporting Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI) and U.S. Travel Association, conducted a landmark national study clearly identifying several opportunities to engage industry members and friends in a special effort to strengthen the industry. Planning for a major fund-raising campaign to provide the Destination & Travel Foundation with the necessary financial resources to meet new needs, while also maintaining existing vital programs and services, began soon after. CCS is proud to have partnered with DMAI and the Destination & Travel Foundation in a special $4,000,000 campaign designed to address the three most pressing issues facing the business and leisure travel industry — relevancy, technology, and social responsibility. This highly successful campaign recently surpassed its $4,000,000 goal, and has raised more than $4,080,000.

www.destinationmarketing.org

Advancing the Chemical Sciences

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), London, England

CCS worked with the Royal Society of Chemistry to establish a development office and conduct a major gifts campaign, helping the Society to receive its first seven-figure commitments and involve its governing Council in new ways. Entitled Advancing the Chemical Sciences, the campaign for the RSC raised more than £5 million to support education, innovation and the establishment of a Pan-Africa Chemistry Network.

www.rsc.org

New Challenges--New Solutions

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Alexandria, VA

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) is an organization of physicians, biomedical scientists, surgeons and health professionals with an interest in the liver and its diseases. AASLD awards and fellowships have sponsored and encouraged highly trained physician scientists and healthcare professionals who are transforming liver disease from a terminal to treatable (and ultimately, preventable) condition.

Faced with declining industry and government support for research and training, AASLD leaders recognized the need to shore up their own funding to support hepatologists and young investigators. The New Challenges--New Solutions campaign sought to raise $5,000,000 to support research and educational initiatives for the hepatology field, providing funds for AASLD’s Research and Career Development Awards, Advanced Transplant Hepatology Fellowships, and Single Topic Conferences. CCS was proud to serve as fund-raising counsel and to assist AASLD in raising $6,030,000 to be invested in innovative research and emerging liver scholars. The campaign secured one gift of $2,000,000+; two gifts of $1,000,000; and six gifts of $100,000 or more. The campaign was transformative by securing significant gifts from all constituencies; cultivating a culture of philanthropy throughout the organization culminating with AASLD hiring its first director of development and the formation of a Board development committee.

www.aasld.org

The ACRIN Fund For Imaging Innovation

American College of Radiology (ACR), Reston, VA

CCS assisted ACR with a successful campaign to fund The ACR Imaging Network (ACRIN®), a national clinical trials consortium under the leadership of ACR. This successful campaign – the first of its kind for ACR – raised monies from corporations, foundations, and individual members and exceeded its $5 million goal.

For over three quarters of a century, the American College of Radiology (ACR) has devoted its resources to making imaging safe, effective, and accessible to those in need by providing training and certification programs for its nearly 33,000 members. The ACR Imaging Network (ACRIN®), a national clinical trials consortium under the leadership of ACR, is dedicated to conducting clinical cancer trials of diagnostic imaging and image-guided therapeutic technologies as they relate to cancer. To fulfill the promise of ACRIN® and accomplish new goals, ACR established The ACRIN Fund for Imaging Innovation. This campaign – the first of its kind for ACR – seeks to raise monies for the ACRIN® Fund by reaching out to corporations, foundations, and individual members for philanthropic support. Although the campaign is still underway, ACR has already exceeded its $5,000,000 goal. More significant gifts are expected as others are invited to participate in the ground-breaking work of ACRIN®. CCS is proud to be assisting ACR with this highly successful effort in the fight against cancer.

www.acr.org