Children's Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN Hospitals) (French: Réseau Enfants-Santé (RES)) is a North American non-profit organization that raises funds for children's hospitals, medical research, and community awareness of children's health issues. The organization, founded in 1983 by the Osmond family, John Schneider, Mick Shannon, and Joe Lake, is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The current President and CEO of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals is John Lauck. To date, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals claims to have raised more than $4.7 billion USD which is distributed directly to a network of 170 hospitals.
Fundraising
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals raises more than $250 million each year. The funds are raised in part by corporate partners, like Walmart, Ace Hardware, Sam's Club, Costco Wholesale, RE/MAX, and Love's Travel Stops throughout the United States and Canada. There are 170 children's hospitals affiliated with Children's Miracle Network Hospitals in the United States and Canada. The funds raised by Children's Miracle Network Hospitals flow through directly to participating hospitals. Children's Miracle Network Hospitals' primary fund raising efforts are corporate fundraising campaigns with more than 80 corporate partners.
In addition, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and many of its member hospitals hold an annual telethon every first weekend in June known nationally as A Celebration of Real Miracles, hosted by Osmond and Schneider, with local cut-ins. The telethon is presented on various television stations in the United States and Canada with local segments varying from station to station. In Quebec, the TVA network produces its own French-language telethon, Opération Enfant-Soleil, held the same weekend as its English-language counterparts; though it does not use any of CMNH's segments, the telethon and the organization is part of the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
Many universities host annual Dance Marathon events to support Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and other local children hospitals. These events collectively raise millions of dollars to support Children's Miracle Network Hospitals services, such as the Indiana University Dance Marathon which raised $2,622,123.21 in 2013 for the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Miss America Organization has made Children's Miracle Network its national platform. All girls competing at local, state, and national levels, are required to raise money in order to participate.
Corning Federal Credit Union, Love's Travel Stops, Costco, CDW, Delta Air Lines, Publix, Rite Aid, Dairy Queen, IHOP, Sigma Chi, Delta Zeta, Domino Sugar, Phi Mu, Speedway, Phi Delta Epsilon, Phi Kappa Theta, Zeta Beta Tau, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, McGraw-Hill Federal Credit Union, and Marriott International are some of the corporate partners that support Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. As of August 2013, RE/MAX and RE/MAX agents have donated more than $123,000,000 to CMN.
Another great contributor to the Children's Miracle Network is Extra Life. Extra Life unites thousands of players around the world in a 24 hour gaming marathon to support Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Since its inception in 2008, Extra Life has raised more than $30 million for local CMN Hospitals.
Charity rating
Various agencies evaluate charities, based on a number of factors, including the percent of their revenue that is actually spent on their charitable programs. Children's Miracle Network Hospitals receives a 4-star (out of 4) rating, with 89.1% of their revenue going to program expenses. According to the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals "meets the BBB Standards for Charity Accountability".
References
- Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, Charity Navigator ratings.
- original latest BBB ratings
- [1] RE/MAX Donations
External links
- Children's Miracle Network Hospitals official website
- Children's Miracle Network official website (in English) - Canada
- Réseau Enfants-Santé official website (in French) - Canada
- Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic official website
- Opération Enfant Soleil official website (in English) - Quebec
- Opération Enfant Soleil official website (in French) - Quebec
