AnnualReport2020

2019 Donor Figures

championed by the current First Lady, has 341 members as of March 2020 and raised more than $300,000.

a rare orthopaedic condition. The foundation organizes events throughout the year to support the hospital. In September 2019, the Yenishes, along with Lance and Micah Leggitt, whose daughter Reece is also being treated for arthrogryposis at the Philadelphia Shriners Hospital, gave their largest donation to date, $75,000.

Meet Some of Our Amazing Donors

1.2 Million Incredible Donors $400 Million Donated

Our donors are amazing, generous people. We would like to introduce you to a couple of them: Mr. Mitchell Shriners Hospitals for Children — Portland received an unexpected gift from a 96-year-old retired welder, Duke Mitchell. He had seen Shriners Hospitals’ direct response television spots and, after working with the hospital’s donor relations office, decided to give $500,000 to benefit the location’s patient care efforts. “I think this is the greatest investment I’ve made in my life,” Mitchell said. He added that, prior to his wife’s passing, they had spoken quite a bit about giving their money to an organization that would use it for good. Mitchell’s generosity was recognized with a ceremony and the placement of a plaque at the hospital. The Yenish family Adam and Danielle Yenish, and their young son AJ, who is a patient of Shriners Hospitals for Children —

We appreciate the dedication of our staff, volunteers, Shriners and donors to the mission of Shriners

Hospitals for Children, and to supporting that mission financially. We need and

$55.5 Million in online gifts

depend on their support to fund the budget that

$49 Million raised by 820,000 supporters through direct mail 145,000 monthly sustainers helped support our health care system $16.8 Million raised by our planned and major giving team

allows us to improve and change lives every day.

Philadelphia, are leading the hospital's fundraising efforts through their Raise Your Glass Foundation. The Yenish family said they are glad to support those who make the “impossible possible” for their son. The Philadelphia Shriners Hospital has been caring for AJ since his birth, when he was

diagnosed with arthrogryposis,

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