University Hospitals Foundation
Public foundation · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 889003240RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($32,744,709) as filed with the CRA.
University Hospitals Foundation is a public foundation based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $48.9M in revenue and $32.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 61 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6.7M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 54 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $14.3M in 2024, the largest being $7.1M to The Governors of the University of Alberta. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $29.5M in 2020 to $48.9M in 2024.
In its own words
The University Hospital Foundation raises funds to advance the position of the community and academic medical centre including the University of Alberta Hospital Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute and the Kaye Edmonton Clinic as centers of excellence for patient care education and research benefiting the people of Alberta and beyond.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $48.9M | $32.7M | $694K | $9.6M | $14.7M | $193.2M |
| 2023 | $21.5M | $28.9M | — | $8.8M | $12.4M | $177M |
| 2022 | $40.1M | $36.8M | — | $9.2M | $20.2M | $184.4M |
| 2021 | $48.1M | $30.8M | — | $9.5M | $16.2M | $181.1M |
| 2020 | $29.5M | $30.4M | — | $11M | $15.4M | $164.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $14.3M to 8 qualified donees:
Received $6.7M from 61 charities:
- Canada Gives$3M
- The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundation$1.1M
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$461K
- Allard Foundation LTD.$400K
- The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation$300K
- Mui Kwok Buddhist Temple$200K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$157K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$129K
- Cam & Dawn Allard Family Foundation$120K
- The Matt & Betty-Jean Baldwin Foundation$108K
- Wheaton Family Foundation$100K
- The Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fund$50K
- The Allan & Sally Sawin Foundation$42K
- Fairway Legacy Foundation$40K
- Shelley and Guy Scott Family Foundation$38K
- Aqueduct Foundation$37K
- Martin Harris Foundation$35K
- Fondation Sandra Schmirler Foundation$33K
- Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation$28K
- William & Florence Lede Family Foundation$25K
- BenefAction Foundation$24K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Wolfe Pack Warriors Foundation$20K
- Cliff Lede Family Charitable Foundation$15K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9996 positions
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions54
- Total compensation, all staff$6.9M
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 University Hospitals Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889003240RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.