Established in 1990 by a group of parents and friends of children with cancer, Fondation Charles-Bruneau raises funds for four pediatric oncology centres and units across Québec: Centre de cancérologie Charles-Bruneau at CHU Sainte-Justine, Charles-Bruneau Hematology-Oncology Day Treatment Centre at Montreal Children’s Hospital, and Unités d'oncologie pédiatrique Charles-Bruneau at both CHU Sherbrooke and CHU de Québec. The foundation’s overall mission is to give all children with cancer the best chances of recovery by financing research and supporting the development of projects in pediatric oncology.

In F2016, 35% of grants were allocated to construction, development and equipment, 35% to research platforms, 25% to research programs, and 5% to complementary therapies like art and music therapy. Since 1990, the foundation has granted more than $50m to pediatric oncology in Québec: $10m to research and $40m to construction, planning and equipment.

Fondation Charles-Bruneau is a big-cap charity with $5.6m in donations and special events revenue in F2016. Investments contributed an additional $702k to revenues. Administrative costs were 11% of revenues and fundraising costs were 22% of donations. For every $1 donated to the foundation, 67 cents go to the cause. This falls within Charity Intelligence’s reasonable range for overhead spending. Funding reserves of $23.4m show that the foundation can cover grants for 9.1 years.

This charity report is an update that is currently being reviewed by Fondation Charles-Bruneau. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated June 2, 2017 by Juliana Badovinac.