Jewish General Hospital Foundation

About Jewish General Hospital Foundation:

Founded in 1969, Jewish General Hospital Foundation (JGHF) raises funds to support health care and research at the Jewish General Hospital. The Montreal-based hospital is McGill’s primary teaching hospital. The hospital conducts 22% of the required training for medical students at McGill University. JGHF aims to provide the best health care services to the people of Quebec and invests in state-of-the-art equipment and technology to achieve its mission.

In F2015, Jewish General Hospital Foundation allocated $5.7m (22% of total program spending) to research programs, $7.0m (27% of total program spending) to buy equipment and gave $11.5m (45% of total program spending) to Jewish General Hospital for patient care. The hospital admits 24,000 patients and trains 650 student nurses every year. Jewish General Hospital Foundation supports research by funding the Lady Davis Institute, the research division of the hospital. Ongoing research at the institute covers cancer, epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, and psychosocial science. In F2015, Jewish General Hospital Foundation purchased a new ultrasound machine, updated the information management system and expanded the microbiology lab.

Financial Review:

Jewish General Hospital Foundation is one of Canada’s Major 100 charities. It received donations and special event revenues of $33.6m in F2015.  Administrative costs are 6% of revenues and fundraising costs are 22% of donations. Total overhead costs come to 29%, falling within Ci’s reasonable range. JGHF has total funding reserves of $171.8m that can cover its annual program costs for 6.7 years. Excluding donor-endowed funds of $104.7m, funding reserves can cover annual programs costs for 3.3 years.

This charity report is an update that is being reviewed by Jewish General Hospital Foundation. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on June 14th, 2016 by Mirza Ali Shakir.