Founded in 1977, Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation (TGWHF) funds research, patient care, and education at Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, and the Michener Institute of Education at University Health Network (UHN). To date, the foundation has granted $1.2b to the hospitals ($966m to research, $175m to patient care, and $68m to education), of which $81m came in F2018. No further breakdown was provided for F2018.

Within its granting activities, the foundation focuses on multiple areas: arthritis, neurology, diabetes, education, emergency care, stem cell, transplants, lung health, vision, and development of new operating rooms. The foundation reports that the Toronto General Hospital is home to the largest transplant program in North America. Annually, the hospital’s Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson’s Disease receives more than 8,000 patients, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre performs more than 10,000 procedures, and the Glaucoma clinic has 10,000 patient visits. Lastly, UHN currently has 90 research chairs being supported by the foundation.

Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation is a Major 100 charity with donations and special events revenues of $110m in F2018. Its administrative and fundraising costs were 16% of revenues. For every dollar donated to the charity, 84 cents go to its grants. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. TGWHF holds funding reserves of $562.1m, of which $213.8m is donor-endowed. Excluding donor-endowed funds, TGWHF’s funding reserves can cover almost 5 years of granting at the F2018 level. 

This charity report is an update that has been sent to Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on August 28, 2019 by Stefan Tetzlaff.