Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation is a 3-star rated charity. It has below average disclosure with a C+ results reporting grade. It has overhead spending outside Ci’s reasonable range. Its reserve funds are within Ci’s reasonable range.

 Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation (SJRHF) was founded in 1984. It raises money for Saint John Regional Hospital (SJRH) and the wider Horizon Health Network. Horizon Health Network is the largest regional health authority in New Brunswick and the second largest in Atlantic Canada. It operates 12 hospitals and over 100 medical facilities. Saint John Regional Hospital is the largest hospital in New Brunswick. It is home to the New Brunswick Heart Centre. According to SJRHF, over one million people depend on the hospital and Heart Centre for critical care.

According to the charity, New Brunswick has the highest rates of chronic health issues in Canada, including obesity, heart disease, and smoking. A quarter of New Brunswickers are over 65. The hospital's catchment area has grown to one million people, with 15% annual population growth. Surgical wait times are also growing. Only 58% of surgeries were performed within the ideal timeframe in F2024, down from 62% in F2023.

SJRHF runs six programs: Community Health and Partner Foundations, Equipment and Technology, Research Recruitment and Retention, Campaign Expansion of Ambulatory Care Clinic, Patient Support and Access, and Campaign Robotic Assisted Surgery. In F2025, SJRHF granted $10.2m across its programs.

Community Health and Partner Foundations was SJRHF's largest program in F2025. It accounted for $2.6m or 25.5% of program spending. SJRHF does not provide details on this program.

Equipment and Technology accounted for $2.4m or 23.2% of program spending. Major projects included the New Brunswick Stem Cell Transplantation Program, which received $239k. The subprogram acquired two new apheresis machines and completed over 75 treatments. An apheresis machine collects stem cells from a patient's blood for transplantation.

Research Recruitment and Retention accounted for $2.0m or 19.5% of program spending. Funding in this area supported staff recruitment and training. In F2025, the Diagnostic Imaging subprogram received $670k, which went mainly toward staff recruitment and training. The Diagnostic Imaging program completed 42,995 MRI scans in F2025.

Campaign Expansion of Ambulatory Care Clinic accounted for $1.4m or 13.6% of program spending. An ambulatory care clinic is a walk-in clinic that treats patients without an overnight stay. SJRHF raised money to expand the J.T. Clark Family Foundation Ambulatory Clinic at SJRH.

Patient Support and Access accounted for $1.3m or 12.4% of program spending. Major projects included temporary lodging for cancer patients and their families. The temporary lodging program received $145k in F2025. It supported 262 unique admissions for a total of 3,677 days stayed.

Campaign Robotic Assisted Surgery accounted for $0.6m or 6% of program spending. SJRHF is raising $10.5m to establish a Hybrid Operating Room and a spinal robotic surgery program at SJRH.

SJRHF had total revenues of $11.0m in F2025. Donations were $6.3m or 58% of revenues. Investment income accounted for $2.6m or 24% of total revenues. In F2025, the Foundation granted $10.2m or 93% of total revenues.

In F2025, administrative costs were $1.1m or 13% of revenues (less investment income). Fundraising costs were $1.6m or 25% of donations. For every dollar donated to the Foundation, 62 cents are available to go to the cause. This is outside Ci’s reasonable range.

The Foundation has $33.8m in cash and investments. These reserve funds include $16.8m of donor endowed funds. The Foundation’s reserve funds can cover 1 year and 10 months of its annual grants. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.

Updated on June 3, 2026 by Raihan Firosh.