Victoria Hospitals Foundation
Public foundation · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 107935637RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,295,372) as filed with the CRA.
Victoria Hospitals Foundation is a public foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $17.7M in revenue and $14.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 49 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7.1M.
Compared with 85 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $10.1M in 2024, the largest being $10.1M to Vancouver Island Health Authority. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.4M in 2020 to $17.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The victoria hospitals foundation raises funds for priority medical equipment special projects research education and other island health priority needs primarily at royal jubilee hospital victoria general hospital and gorge road hospital. We consult with island health to determine the most urgent needs so donations are spent where they will have the greatest impact. The disbursements in priority areas contribute to supporting better patient care faster diagnosis and more efficient treatment for the more than 860 000+ vancouver island residents our hospitals serve.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $17.7M | $14.3M | $26K | $2.8M | $10.1M | $30.4M |
| 2023 | $15M | $14.6M | $29K | $2.4M | $10.9M | $25.8M |
| 2022 | $19.4M | $13.5M | $36K | $1.9M | $10.5M | $27.1M |
| 2021 | $15.6M | $10.8M | — | $1.4M | $8.2M | $21.3M |
| 2020 | $9.4M | $10.2M | — | $1.8M | $6.8M | $13.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10.1M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $7.1M from 49 charities:
- James Family Foundation$2.5M
- The Jawl Foundation$2.5M
- Milan & Maureen Ilich Foundation$500K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$328K
- Koerner Foundation$250K
- The Victoria Foundation$227K
- Salomon Robinson Family Foundation$110K
- BenefAction Foundation$75K
- Canadahelps Canadon$59K
- Canadahelps Canadon$59K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$57K
- Aqueduct Foundation$51K
- The Lalli Family Foundation$50K
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$50K
- Saanich Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation$37K
- The R K Grant Family Foundation$30K
- The Abercrombie Foundation$30K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$28K
- Victoria Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation$20K
- Caritate Foundation$20K
- Ladysmith Health CARE Auxiliary$20K
- Amica Helping Hands Community Program Society$20K
- Variety - the Children's Charity of BC$12K
- Starlight Children's Foundation Canada$11K
- Victoria Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donald Wing (board chair); Joan Yates (vice-chair); Thomas Siemens (secretary); Wong Philip (treasurer); Helen Wale (director); Emilie De Rosenroll (director); Marko Pelijhan (island health representative); Jagdeep Bawa (director); Jessica Thomson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Victoria Hospitals Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107935637RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.