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A fundraising campaign looking to get people sleeping in tents on the Royal Athletic Park parking lot into warm dry accommodation has received good news, courtesy of an anonymous donor. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An anonymous donor has given Ohio's Kenyon College a $100 million donation, the largest in school history, for the construction of three new residence halls, the liberal. Anonymous Donors Anonymous Donors have not agreed to any contact with offspring, but have not ruled out possible anonymous interaction in the future. Upon reaching the age of 18, any offspring may request additional information about his or her donor. Donors who are located through a matching program or a cryobank often are referred to as “anonymous” donors. A better term is “unidentified donor.” The likelihood that a donor will remain anonymous in this day of direct-to-consumer genetic testing is unrealistic. With a whopping gift from a single anonymous donor, the fund plans to put 50 students through law school. In return, they must commit to eight years of racial justice work in the South, starting.

Generosity comes in all different kinds of packages, and sometimes a donor prefers to remain unnamed. An anonymous donation is typically a financial gift that is given by an individual who does not want recognition for the support and seeks to remain out of the spotlight. A third-party representative, such as an investment banker, or the organization or individual receiving the gift, such as a charity, foundation, research facility, or religious organization, for instance, agrees to keep the privacy of the philanthropist intact. There are a host of reasons why someone might prefer to make an anonymous donation, not the least of which may be humility.

An anonymous donation may remain a mystery to all involved, including the institution receiving the gift. If a gift is being made to a religious organization, the donor may remain anonymous to the public but is known to senior members of the parish. In this situation, the head of the church may prefer to visit with the donor, and this may be a mutually acceptable term. A college or university could receive an anonymous donation that is communicated through a third-party liaison, and the identity of the giver is not disclosed, even to top university officials.

The individual who is making the donation is likely to have influence over the direction of the money and may earmark the funds for specific purposes. If a nonprofit organization is designed for a specific purpose, the direction of any anonymous donation may remain limited based on the strategy of that entity. It is possible that the donor prefers to remain anonymous from even the recipients in order that some goal be accomplished and the giver not be looked upon in the future for similar gifts when the organization is in need. Anonymous donations are well received by the recipients even if the most major detail, the source of the gift, is left out.

In political circles, donors are able to extend anonymous donations to nonprofit organizations for campaigns and in some cases have enjoyed the tax benefits that are designed for charities and religious organizations. Across the U.S., the federal government assigns a tax percentage in the double digits to such donations. Political supporters are still able to contribute anonymous donations under these rules, but the gift remains subject to high tax rates. The tax is issued in an attempt to reduce any fraudulent behavior tied to financial limitations and disclosure requirements in campaigns.

Despite the growing need, hospital officials said behavioral health services for children have decreased 15-20% in California over the last decade as challenging reimbursement requirements make it difficult for providers to sustain services.

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A $25 million anonymous gift to Children's Hospital Los Angeles that will support cognitive, emotional and behavioral health treatments for kids, was announced on Tuesday.

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'On behalf of the vulnerable patients who come to Children's Hospital Los Angeles for care, I am incredibly grateful for this transformational gift,' CHLA President and CEO Paul S. Viviano said. 'This support will help us extend behavioral health services to every child that we treat, and in doing so truly make a difference in the lives of our most vulnerable patients, now and in the future.'

Hospital officials said they're working to fill the 'substantial gaps' that exist in mental and behavioral health services for children and adolescents, who are increasingly experiencing cognitive, emotional and behavioral health conditions, ranging from autism to depression and anxiety.

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Despite the growing need, hospital officials said behavioral health services for children have decreased 15-20% in California over the last decade as challenging reimbursement requirements make it difficult for providers to sustain services.

'This profound act of generosity allows Children's Hospital Los Angeles to significantly advance its ability to address this critically important part of our patients' health and development,' said Alexandra Carter, CHLA's senior vice president and chief development officer, 'and it comes at an especially crucial time when the COVID-19 pandemic is directly affecting the mental health of nearly every child in the United States and throughout the world.'

CHLA pediatric specialists said the anonymous gift provides CHLA with the capacity to:

• Expand access to cognitive, emotional, and behavioral health services;
• Expand proactive screening and intervention and prevent hospitalizations;
• Create and implement behavioral health training and education for providers, both at CHLA and within the CHLA Care Network;
• Leverage technology and research to improve access and efficiency;
• Advocate for policies that improve access to behavioral health services; and
• Complete the implementation of a behavioral health outpatient program, including the construction of a new outpatient behavioral health clinic.

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CHLA already offers a first-of-its-kind post-discharge psychiatry clinic that provides behavioral health care for patients who were initially admitted for other diagnoses. The hospital also has a help line to assist pediatricians in the CHLA Care Network with answers and advice about how to support behavioral health needs. And, since March, tele-psychiatry and virtual counseling has provided more than 1,000 behavioral health visits for children at CHLA.

'This gift will help realize our vision of creating an integrated behavioral health care delivery model, bringing together the disciplines of psychiatry, psychology, developmental behavioral pediatrics and social work to serve thousands of children,' said Ashish Buttan, CHLA's executive director of Neurosciences and Behavioral Health.

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'The entire behavioral health team is proud that the world-class medical and surgical care for which Children's Hospital Los Angeles is known will be complemented by comprehensive behavioral health services for all of our patients,' Buttan added.