Oakville Hospital Foundation

3001 Hospital Gate
Oakville, ON L6M 0L8
CEO: Mary McPherson
Board Chair: Tim Porter

Charitable Reg. #:13145 3490 RR0001

STAR RATING

Ci's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics:

[Charity Rating: 2/5]

✔+

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.

C-

RESULTS REPORTING

Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.

n/r

DEMONSTRATED IMPACT

The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.

NEED FOR FUNDING

Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.

65%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 65 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About Oakville Hospital Foundation:

Oakville Hospital Foundation is a 2-star, financially transparent charity. Its results reporting score is C-, which is below average. Its overhead spending is outside Ci’s reasonable range. Its reserve funds can cover two years and eleven months of annual program costs. 

Founded in 1991, Oakville Hospital Foundation (OHF) raises funds for Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, part of the Halton Healthcare system. In F2023, it reported grants of $5.4m. These grants entirely go towards funding capital. 

In F2023, the charity reported supporting 37,705 surgeries, 83,322 emergency department visits, and 23,461 oncology visits at OTMH. It also reported supporting the births of 2,693 babies. 

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Finances

Oakville Hospital Foundation received $13.5m in donations in F2023. Administrative costs are 5% of total revenues (minus investment income). Fundraising costs are 30% of donations. Total overhead spending is 35%. For every dollar donated, 65 cents are available to go to the cause. This is outside Ci’s reasonable range of overhead spending.  

OHF has $28.8m in net funding reserves. Included in these are $15.6m in donor-endowed funds. Excluding these funds, its reserves can cover two years and eleven months of annual program costs. 

Oakville Hospital Foundation reported using external fundraisers in F2023. It paid these fundraisers $199k to raise $130k. This puts the cost of raising a dollar at $1.53. Donors are advised to given directly to the Foundation rather than to these external fundraisers. 

Charity Intelligence has sent this update to Oakville Hospital Foundation for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.  

Updated on June 18, 2024 by Stellar Zhang. 

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending March
202320222021
Administrative costs as % of revenues 4.8%5.8%7.6%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 30.4%35.8%33.6%
Total overhead spending 35.1%41.6%41.2%
Program cost coverage (%) 288.0%674.8%97.9%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $000s
202320222021
Donations 13,5069,3248,628
Investment income 1091,5603,560
Other income 7319631
Total revenues 13,68811,08012,219
Grants 5,3702,59112,760
Donor-designated donations 9181,3731,044
Administrative costs 647556660
Fundraising costs 4,1013,3352,896
Total spending 11,0367,85517,360
Cash flow from operations 2,6523,225(5,141)
Capital spending 000
Funding reserves 28,84127,82826,056

Note: Ci reported fundraising and administrative costs from the charity’s T3010 filing with the CRA. The charity also appears to have made an error in its T3010 filing with the CRA in its total compensation. As such, full-time compensation information could not be accurately calculated. Ci adjusted for donor-designated grants, affecting expenses by $9k in F2023, $1.3m in F2022, and $1.0m in F2021. Ci also adjusted for deferred revenue within other income, affected revenue by $73k in F2023, $18k in F2022, and $2k in F2021. Ci included investment income within revenue, affecting it by $109k in F2023, $1.6m in F2022, and $3.6m in F2021.  

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 20

Avg. compensation: $-2,236

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
1
$300k - $350k
0
$250k - $300k
0
$200k - $250k
0
$160k - $200k
2
$120k - $160k
2
$80k - $120k
5
$40k - $80k
0
< $40k
0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023

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Charity Contact

Website: www.oakvillehospitalfoundation.com
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Charitable Registration Number: 80340 7956 RR0001