Communicating: Telling the Community Benefit Story

Tax-exempt hospitals work collaboratively to ensure the health and well-being of their communities. By telling their community benefit story, and the story of their additional investments in community health, to their communities and other important constituencies (policymakers, donors, hospital staff, physicians, and boards) these hospitals are communicating how these resources are used to meet their mission and charitable goals, how they are working with the community, and the impact on community health and well-being.

CHA Resources

• A Guide for Planning & Reporting Community Benefit
• Partnering with Local News Media to Increase CHNA Engagement | Health Progress
• Demonstrating Community Benefit in Action Through the Power of Story Telling | Health Progress
• Community Benefit: Acting on Mission, Demonstrating Tax-exempt Purpose, a presentation by Julie Trocchio
• The Mission Imperative of Community Benefit card
• Sample USA TODAY May 8 ad
• Shared Statement of Catholic Identity, Catholic Health Association

Community Benefit 101 Case Studies

2024: Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness

2023: Geaux Get Healthy Clinical Program

Template for Collecting Community Benefit Stories

Share Your Ministry's Community Benefit Story

Share Your Story with CHA

Do you have an initiative or program you'd like to showcase? CHA is actively seeking community benefit stories to feature as examples of community health improvement. These stories may be featured in our advocacy initiatives, web content, and potentially in articles for Catholic Health World and Health Progress