The GNYHA Foundation was established in 1978 as the Greater New York Hospital Foundation, Inc. The GNYHA Foundation is the not-for-profit 501(c)(3) affiliate of the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA).
The Foundation was established to match the interests and needs of public and private grant funding organizations with special projects that are of interest to the region's not-for-profit and public hospitals, continuing care facilities, the patients they serve, and the broader health community. The Foundation has extensive experience in creating sustainable projects that are important to the health care community. The Foundation focuses on improving patient and health care provider experiences within the health system. The Foundation has accomplished this goal through collaborative arrangements with knowledgeable and accomplished experts who can assist in achieving the Foundation's objectives. Among the Foundation's strengths is its ability to manage grant funds in a manner that meets the programmatic needs of the project and the specific goals of grant making organizations and individuals. Through its relationship with the Greater New York Hospital Association staff and the Association's members, the GNYHA Foundation has been able to draw upon the expertise and guidance of the hospital and long term care community and develop special projects in a collaborative manner that benefits the entire region and is not limited to individual institutions or individual groups of patients.
Among the GNYHA Foundation's notable achievements have been the development of the Health Information Tool for Empowerment (HITE), a Web-based resource for uninsured and underinsured low-income individuals; the development of Project Ladders in Nursing Careers (LINC), a nationally replicated program which provided upgrading opportunities for health care workers seeking career advancement; a technical assistance project to assist teaching hospitals seeking to downsize their number of physician resident trainees; and numerous training programs for hospital and continuing care facility staff.