Case Study: St. Jude's Ranch For Children

ReferencesRobert D. H. & Associates (2005). THE JOSSEY-BASS HANDBOOK OF NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Before 2012 El Paso, TX never had a children’s hospital. In fact it was the largest metropolis city that did have a pediatric hospital according to (El Paso Childrens Hospital, 2016). El Paso Children’s Hospital serves a dramatically underserved pediatric region where there are approximately 222,000 children that are enrolled with Medicaid in 2011. This statistic demonstrates the magnitude of having a skilled specialty of pediatric services.

As a CEO or a member of the management team it is important to have a very clear understanding of all the financial documents that are available to them. It is not only their duty but their responsibility to know these documents and finances extremely well because

The non-profit organization I chose to research is St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. This organization was founded by Danny Thomas in February of 1962. Thomas was a show entertainer, who prayed to St. Jude Thaddeus asking for success so that he would be able to repay others. Now, 54 years later, the hospital has over 3900 employees and is world renown for all of their work with children.

As part of an ongoing effort to improve access to healthcare in rural areas, WeCARE Family Clinic are proposing the start-up of our new family medicine practice in Plains, Georgia. The business will be owned and managed by myself, Dr. Ieshia O. Roberts, MD as a sole proprietorship. I will be responsible for ensuring the general health of my patients and creating a viable and profitable medical practice. Throughout the year, my staff and I will work closely with advisors from Phoebe-Sumter Medical Center to get the clinic on a sound financial and operational footing, using this medical clinic business plan as a guiding management tool.

Most nonprofit agencies follow the same management structure. The structure normally consists of a vertical hierarchal structure with the chief executive manager at the helm, and divisional leaders rounding out the strategic leadership team. Since 9/11, then government shutdowns, multiple wars, natural disasters, and the government sequester, the challenge to most nonprofits is to compete for every available charitable dollar. Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of nonprofits must not only be skillful in maximizing the outcomes with fewer dollars, but also politically savvy in vying for monies for federal, state, local, foundation, and private funding sources.

When Zoot Velasco looks at American nonprofits, he sees a sector that is struggling, in spite of limitless potential for innovation and impact. Noting that 22.3% of the country’s GDP is in the nonprofit sector, yet only 20% of such organizations have a budget exceeding $1 million, Velasco hopes to lead a transformation in the industry.

This paper was originally written for Financial Management for Nonprofits 380, taught by Professor Zelhart.

The nonprofit sector faces many challenges that make it more difficult to measure its financial performance. Young (2007) states that the survival of nonprofit businesses depends upon receiving financial funding from outside donors such as donations from charities, government contracts, endowments et cetera, and the necessity for having several different revenue sources is a challenge for nonprofit management. In addition, he points out that securing capital for operating is also much different than in the traditional business world. Fortunately, scholars have provided tools and information that will help nonprofits manage and measure their unique financial performance so they may make informed decisions and guide their organizations to sustainability (Young, 2007).

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Recently the Antelope Valley Hospital Foundation (AVHF) marked its 40-year anniversary of supporting the Antelope Valley’s only hospital offering full-service acute care by presenting a donation of almost $1 million.

What makes this type of leadership so ideal for nonprofit companies is the fact that most depend on a board for their growth. Board members or trustees have a few very important tasks when involving a non for profit organization; they are to determine a task and its purpose, select the chief executive

St.Jude Children’s Hospital is a childhood cancer prevention organization that has made a tremendous impact in the fight against childhood cancer all around the world. The founder of St.Jude is Danny Thomas, a famous entertainer. During hard times in his life and with a daughter on the way; he prayed to St.Jude Thaddeus,“help me find my way in life, and I will build you a shrine”. After years of being an entertainer he stuck to that promise and built St.Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee located at “262 Danny Thomas Place Memphis, TN 38105-3678”. Danny built St.Jude because he stuck to his prayer and began talking to a group of businessmen who helped him raise money and helped began building St.Jude (St.Jude began on February 4, 1962).

1. What foundational things seem to be necessary in order to develop the leadership models needed for a nonprofit organization?

A Kids World Pediatric Group specializes in the treatment and diagnoses of children’s diseases and illnesses from infancy through adolescence. Our facility is made up of three physicians and two Nurse Practitioners Our doctors stay up-to-date of the latest in child health care by continuing education. At A Kids World we covers all children’s healthcare needs whether it is for a sick visit or just a check-up. We use state of the art technology to treat our patient’s. Some of our services include Pediatric and adolescent medicine, Physicals, Newborn care, Immunizations and Prevention and management of chronic illnesses, to name a few (Carolinas 2015). Our providers work on a rotating call schedule so that our patients always have access to a