Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 867435497RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,004,997,000) as filed with the CRA.
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2B in revenue and $2B in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $36.5M.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 10,957 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $7,000 in 2024, the largest being $7,000 to Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation ('HHSC') is a family of five hospital sites and five specialized facilities in Hamilton and West Niagara. HHSC operates McMaster Children's Hospital Hamilton General Hospital Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre St. Peter's Hospital and West Lincoln Memorial Hospital. HHSC staff of 15 000 physicians researchers and volunteers serve the health needs of approximately 2.3 million residents of Hamilton and Central South & Central West Ontario. HHSC serves as both a community hospital and a regional centre for an array of acute care services including: …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2B | $2B | $1.8B | — | $7,000 | -$27M |
| 2023 | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.6B | — | $27K | -$11.6M |
| 2022 | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.6B | — | $13K | $48.3M |
| 2021 | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.5B | — | $2.6M | $43.3M |
| 2020 | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.4B | — | $17M | $33M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7,000 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $36.5M from 13 charities:
- Hamilton Health Sciences Research Organization$23.5M
- Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation$12.1M
- West Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc.$777K
- William Osler Health System Foundation$90K
- Praxis Spinal Cord Institute$60K
- Cystic Fibrosis Canada / Fibrose Kystique Canada$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$944
- United Way of Greater Toronto$800
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$785
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$676
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$281
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$230
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over10 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10,957
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3B
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Galaski (director); William Laidlaw (director); Rob Macisaac (president & ceo); Andrea McKinney (director); Jane Milanetti (director); Keith Monrose (director); Paul O'Byrne (director); Alison Sekular (director); Hila Taraky (director); Shirley Thomas-Weir (director); Debbie Zimmerman (director); Farah Alexis (director); Paul Gibson (director); Sharon Pierson (director); Anthony Crocco (director); Thomas Vanhelder (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867435497RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.