Answers:
1. What is a non-profit healthcare agency?
Response: nonprofit health care organizations are granted nonprofit status by the federal government's Internal Revenue Service (IRS) because they are organized for the benefit of the community.
2. What do you know about the purposes of the following non-profits?
Response (American Heart Association): The American Heart Association (AHA) is a non-profit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living, and fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Response (Hospice): Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's pain and symptoms and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life. Hospice care prioritizes comfort and quality of life by reducing pain and suffering. Hospice care provides an alternative to therapies focused on life-prolonging measures that may be arduous, likely to cause more symptoms, or are not aligned with a person's goals.
Response (March of Dimes): March of Dimes is a United States nonprofit organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies. The organization was founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938, as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, to combat polio.
How are non-profit agencies and organizations funded?
Response: Non-profit agencies and organizations can be funded by potential investors, gifts, e.t.c
*I got most of these answers from gogle . I skipped #s 4 and 5 because I don't know where you live.