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Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
How can I help Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals?
For more than 40 years, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised over $8.5 billion, mostly $1 at a time. Our various partners and fundraising programs support our mission to change kids’ health to change the future. Here are ways you can help:
Donate.
Discover the diverse ways you can contribute to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and make a positive impact on the health and well-being of children in your community. Our donation options cater to various preferences, ensuring everyone can find a method that resonates with them:
There are plenty of ways to donate to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Options include everything from online donations to donating your SkyMiles.
- Online Credit Card Make one-time or recurring donations via our secure and convenient online platform.
- By Check. Write your check out to CMN Hospitals and put ATTN: if there is a specific hospital, corporate partner or fundraising program you'd like the check attributed to. To find your local CMN Hospital click here. Mail checks to CMN Hospitals 205 West 700 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
- Give your Delta SkyMiles. - Email bids@delta.com with Subject line: SkyWish Donation: Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
- Planned/Estate Giving.
- Facebook.com/CMNHospitals
- Twitter.com/CMNHospitals
- Instagram.com/CMNHospitals
- CMNH.co/Snapchat
- YouTube.com/CMNHospitals
- Dance Marathon: A vibrant student-led philanthropic movement making a difference year-round.
- Extra Life: Engage in the gaming community to support Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
- Play Yellow: Join the Play Yellow movement, uniting the golf community to champion children's health.
- Radiothon: Stay tuned to your local stations for information on our Radiothon events.
- Telethon: Check your local station for updates on our impactful Telethon events.
Does my donation go to my local member children’s hospital?
Funds raised by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals support the local member hospital. Those member hospitals pay an annual membership fee to be part of the network, so donations through Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ partners and programs benefit those local communities. When a donor gives to a Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ program or partner, those donations help fund things like medical treatments, equipment and facilities at their local member hospital to improve the lives of children and families in their communities.
How is my donation used?
Funds raised by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals are unrestricted and used by local member hospitals that best understand their communities’ most urgent needs. Whether that’s providing charitable care to children, investing in research that discovers life-saving treatments and cures, training the next generation of doctors and nurses, or offering families comfort and peace of mind during the most trying moments of their lives, member hospitals use Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ funds where they are needed most. This is vital to children’s hospitals that frequently do not have other streams of unrestricted funds.
Children’s hospitals’ funding needs vary greatly year over year. Each year, the greatest needs of a given hospital may be investments in a new, life-saving piece of equipment, or training and education of medical staff. The next year, there may be greater demand for pioneering research and treatments or providing care to patients who can’t otherwise afford it. Our unrestricted funds allow each hospital to be flexible to their most urgent needs today, while also planning for the needs of tomorrow.
Why does my local member children’s hospital need my support?
Donations are vital to positively changing kids’ health to change the future and redefining positive impact and outcomes for communities. Our collective efforts provide local member hospitals with the critical funds they need.
CHARITABLE CARE
Last year alone, more than $54M funded patient care for children and families when they needed it most. These funds can support medical bills, travel assistance, home expenses, and beyond.EDUCATION
Member hospitals of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals provide education services for patients, families and the community. Last year alone, more than $29M funded their education initiatives ranging from car seat safety classes and community health and wellness programs to patients’ classroom needs. Education also includes services for hospital staff to best treat and prevent illnesses in children.PATIENT SERVICES
Quality care includes physical, mental and emotional health which are key to successful outcomes for patients and families. Services like child life are completely dependent on philanthropy and are critical roles within a children’s hospital. Art and pet therapy, counseling and outdoor gardens are a few additional examples. In 2022, more than $98M funded local patient care.ADVANCEMENT SERVICES
When one child’s health issue is solved at one hospital, it can transform how that issue is handled across the world, benefiting more patients and protecting our collective future. More than $101M funded items like construction and capital expenditures that aim to advance treatment and care for children’s hospitals at large.EQUIPMENT
Equipment at children’s hospitals must be customized to every child’s size and age, greatly multiplying the expenses incurred at children’s hospitals. In 2022, more than $109M funded equipment needs like giraffe beds and state-of-the-art pieces such as ECMO machinery and flash CT scanners.RESEARCH
Children’s hospitals are changing the future of pediatric healthcare. With innovative, transformational research, they’re improving outcomes and treatments for patients regularly. Last year, more than $29m funded research efforts.How can I update or cancel my donation?
To update or cancel your donation, please send us an email via our contact form or call 801.214.7400. To make a donation, please click here.
Organizational Information
What is Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals?
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals was founded more than 40 years ago with the vision to Change Kids’ Health, Change the Future. We’ve raised over $8.5 billion for 170 children’s hospitals by empowering and engaging with local communities and businesses – and we’re not done yet. All donations benefit local member hospitals to fund what’s needed most, like critical life-saving treatments and healthcare services, innovative research, vital pediatric medical equipment, child life services that put kids’ and families’ minds at ease during difficult hospital stays, and financial assistance for families who could not otherwise afford these health services.
How did Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals get started?
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals traces its origins back to a modest televised fundraiser in a small studio in 1983. Co-founded by Marie Osmond, John Schneider, Mick Shannon, and Joseph G. Lake, along with a dedicated team, the initial endeavor involved 20 children’s hospitals, 20 television stations, six sponsors, and a handful of national staff.
From these humble beginnings, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has evolved into a powerhouse of support, comprising 170 member children’s hospitals, numerous individuals, organizations, and media partners. Together, we share a common vision — to change kids’ health to change the future.
As the largest network of children’s hospitals in the U.S. and Canada, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals continues to expand its impact, impacting the lives of countless children and communities nationwide.
Corporate Partners
How can we help Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals?
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals rely on the support of corporate sponsors to fund life-saving care, education and research. A variety of fundraising opportunities are available for organizations looking for a cohesive national program with a local impact. Learn more about becoming a partner here.
Who supports Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals?
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals partners with the world's most powerful brands who join us in our vision to change kids' health to change the future. With more than 100 corporate partners, we average 20+-year partnerships.