St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation of London is a 3-star charity. It has a B+ Results Reporting grade, which is above average. Its overhead cost is 33%, within Ci’s reasonable range. Its reserve funds can cover just under 15 years and two months of annual program costs, outside Ci’s reasonable range of three years.  

Founded in 2004, St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation of London (SJHCF) raises funds to invest in research, patient care, and education at St. Joseph’s Hospital (SJH). St. Joseph’s Hospital is a Catholic health organization owned by the St. Joseph Health Care Society. SJHCF funds four patient care facilities: St. Joseph’s Hospital, Parkwood Institute, Mount Hope Centre for Long Term Care, and Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care. It also funds the Lawson Health Research Institute, which focuses on research to improve patient care at SJH.  

In F2025, the foundation reported $8.7m in grants to St. Joseph’s Hospital. SJHCF funds three programs: Research, Patient Care and Education.  

Research represented 62% of program costs in F2025. SJHCF grants to the Lawson Health Research Institute to improve patient care. In F2025, the charity reported that SJH had 832 active research projects. It reported that, under the C. difficile treatments, the charity performed more than 200 fecal microbiota transplants a year.  

Patient Care represented 37% of program costs in F2025. St. Joseph’s Hospital reported 848,000 outpatient visits with 1,328 inpatient surgeries, 51,146 urgent care visits, and 23,612 short stay surgeries in F2025. The hospital reported that the Mount Hope Centre for Long Term Care supported 375 elderly people in F2025. The Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care reported 15,079 outpatient visits. The Parkwood Institute recorded 203,429 outreach visits, with 323 beds in F2025. Parkwood’s Finch Family Mental Care Building had 156 beds, with 159,393 outpatient visits.  

The remainder of grant spending was allocated to Education (1%). 

In The News: St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation of London ceased all research studies involving dogs following public concern regarding a cardiac study using dogs. This research induced up to three-hour heart attacks in dogs and puppies and euthanized the dogs to study their hearts. 

SJHCF received $12.6m in donations and special events revenue in F2025. Administrative costs are 19% of revenue (less investment income). Fundraising costs are 14% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 33%. For every dollar donated, 67 cents are available to go towards the cause, within Ci’s reasonable range.  

Grants to the hospital were $8.7m in F2025. This is 33% of total revenues. The charity has a surplus of $13.2m, which is 50% of total revenue.  

SJHCF has $131.7m in reserve funds in F2025. Its reserve funds can cover 1,514%, or just under 15 years and two months of annual program costs. This is well outside Ci’s reasonable limit of 3 years.  

Profile updated by Leah Holmes on August 20, 2025. This charity report is an update that has been sent to the charity for review. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.