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For more than a decade, the Johns Hopkins Medicine Philanthropy Institute has engaged and inspired over 300 alumni through the Hopkins Way, advancing a culture of grateful patient fundraising nationally and globally.
As our profession evolves amid unprecedented pressures in healthcare, JHMPI is adapting to better serve our community and prepare colleagues for the future. Over the coming year, we will more directly engage our alumni through a new series of virtual learning sessions, while we reimagine and redesign the in-person Institute for August 2027.
As we move through this transition, we will pause the 2026 Summer Institute. We look forward to sharing more information about the 2027 Summer Institute soon.
In the months ahead, we invite you to participate in upcoming virtual sessions covering topics such as principal gifts, resilient leadership, digital storytelling, and practical applications of AI beyond thank-you letters.
The JHMPI Summer Institute 2027 details are in progress, subscribe to our emails to stay updated on latest news on the Johns Hopkins Medicine Campus in Baltimore, Maryland. Space for this application-only program is limited and competitive. View previous preliminary agenda and curriculum.
The Johns Hopkins Medicine Philanthropy Institute (JHMPI) Summer Institute is a multi-day immersive leadership development program tailored to the unique needs and circumstances of medical development professionals. Since launching in 2014, we’ve trained more than 250 leaders in medical philanthropy across North America and beyond.
The carefully curated sessions and workshops are aimed at providing you with practical skills, strategic knowledge, useful tools and templates, and a network of like-minded individuals to support your leadership journey. During the institute, you will engage with Johns Hopkins Medicine leadership and industry experts, collaborate with peers from across the country, and gain insights into the latest trends and best practices in medical fundraising.
JHMPI is led and instructed by executive and senior leaders of the Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine and Johns Hopkins Medicine physicians who engage with development and donors. In addition to Johns Hopkins University & Medicine leaders, we are joined by Summer Institute Alumni as well as special guests like this year’s keynote presenter Alice Ayres, President and CEO of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, for an intimate discussion on the state of healthcare philanthropy.
Alumni of the JHMPI Summer Institute are invited to attend future virtual and in-person programs and contribute to JHMPI curriculum, reflecting our commitment to nurturing a network of engaged medical development leaders and advancing the profession through continuous research and innovation.
The JHMPI Summer Institute experience includes:
Innovative curriculum
Learn theory, skills, and tools unlike those taught at any other development training or conference.
Dynamic learning
Engage in active learning through role plays, focused round table discussions, physician interaction,
and other ways to engage in content with intention.
Small class size
Network and collaborate extensively, with only 36 competitively selected participants admitted per class.
Dialogue
Ask for what you need of JHMPI faculty and classmates, with time blocks allotted for substantive in-class, semi-structured, and informal interactions.
Take-away materials
Receive a “tool box” that includes templates, metrics, and pragmatic theory that you can apply to your own institution.
Community
Join a growing community of thought leaders in medical development; benefit from a community of professional peers with whom you can exchange knowledge.
Introduction to research
Learn how the JHMPI is building an evidence base for medical development through robust research studies, and how you can become involved.
