Help Hope Live

When a client is diagnosed with a serious illness or experiences a traumatic injury, the hospital social workers and financial coordinators help the individual and their families understand the costs associated with the illness or injury. This often means fundraising, especially in the case of a transplant.

Our goal is to empower our clients with the tools to regain their independence and cover their out-of-pocket expenses. Many of our clients are new to fundraising, so we help them tap into their support networks and communities and help them pay their medical and related expenses.

Strategy for Successful Fundraising
It's important to understand that all patients and their families face unique challenges that may be difficult to address with template, generic fundraising options. At Help Hope Live our expert Fundraising Coordinators provide one-on-one consultation that allows us to develop personalized campaigns that are tailored to the needs and interests of each patient's support network. We understand that patients often face medical expenses for extended periods that may not be fully covered by a one-time fundraising effort. Leveraging our 30+ years of experience as well as our longstanding partnerships in the field, we are able to develop long-term and sustainable fundraising plans to support patients.

Help Hope Live fundraising plans often include ideas for online engagement, social fundraising, and community events. Help Hope Live is the administrator all of the funds raised in honor of patients and pays bills directly, helping patients and their families focus more on their treatment and recovery while providing accountability to donors who can be sure their funds will be spent for their intended purpose.

Strategy for Growth
We partner with social workers, financial coordinators, and case managers at hospitals and rehabilitation centers across the United States to identify patients who are in need of medical fundraising support. We educate these health care professionals about our program and services by exhibiting and sponsoring annual trade conferences and workshops, hosting monthly Webinars, and conducting in-service training.

Help Hope Live has a 40-year track record of building successful community-based fundraising campaigns for families of patients who need a transplant or who are living with a catastrophic injury or illness. Since 1983, campaigns organized by Help Hope Live have raised more than $172 million to cover patient expenses.

Our team continues to adapt to the ever-growing demand for our services: expanding staff to support more patients in need each year; building partnerships to increase our program offerings; supporting development efforts to enhance our resources for patients; and dedicating funds from our operational budget for each staff member to take part in professional development so they can grow their knowledge base, explore new trends and technology, and build beneficial relationships.

While we continue to increase the number of patients we serve and the amount of financial assistance we provide year over year; we realize there is potential to reach far more families in need of our services.

Every year in the United States, on average, a patient is added to the transplant waiting list once every 10 minutes. In addition, there are 42,000 transplants and 18,000 new cases of spinal cord injury each year. At Help Hope Live, we serve approximately 5,000 patients annually.

In the years ahead, we will work to bring our services to more patient populations and position more people to support Help Hope Live to help us expand our reach even further.