DR. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer CARE Foundation Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.
Public foundation · ST John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 862507977RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,528,213) as filed with the CRA.
DR. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer CARE Foundation Newfoundland and Labrador Inc. is a public foundation based in ST John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from donations, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $220K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $1.2M in 2024, the largest being $1.1M to Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services.
In its own words
The Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Care Foundation is a provincial charity raising funds to enhance cancer treatment and supportive care programs for cancer patients in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Foundation purchases cancer treatement equipment patient support programs and provides continuing education opportunities for staff of the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre and regional cancer programs throughout Newfoundland and Labrador.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.5M | $42K | $197K | $1.8M | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $618K | $201K | $1.1M | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.8M | $521K | $349K | $941K | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $2.5M | $704K | $285K | $1.2M | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $2.9M | $429K | $178K | $1.5M | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.2M to 2 qualified donees:
- Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services$1.1M
- Memorial University of Newfoundland$70K
Received $220K from 18 charities:
- Trust for Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Clinic Fund$67K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$67K
- Aqueduct Foundation$24K
- The O'Neill Foundation Inc.$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$18K
- BenefAction Foundation$11K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,030
- United Way of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.$3,028
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,291
- Redpoll Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$723
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$520
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$250
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$125
- New Life Ministries$50
- YMCA of Northeast Avalon Inc.$50
- Mobile Giving Foundation Canada$10
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$500K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from DR. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer CARE Foundation Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862507977RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.