BC Children's Hospital Foundation
STAR RATINGCi's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics: |
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FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.
C
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
n/r
DEMONSTRATED IMPACT
The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.
NEED FOR FUNDING
Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.
66%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 66 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About BC Children's Hospital Foundation:
BC Children’s Hospital Foundation is a 2-star, financially transparent charity. Its results reporting score is C, which is below average. Its overhead spending is within Ci’s reasonable range. Its reserve funds can cover eight years and four months of annual program costs.
Founded in 1982, BC Children’s Hospital Foundation (BCCHF) raises funds for BC Children's Hospital (the Hospital), BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, and Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children. It aims to improve children’s health by funding new equipment purchases, research on pediatric diseases, and patient care programs. BC Children’s Hospital is the province’s only hospital that works exclusively with children.
In F2025, BCCHF distributed $76.4m in grants. These went towards four main areas: Research, Programs, Equipment, and Care Enhancement & Education. The most recent annual report available at the time of this update was from F2024.
Research was 85% of grants in F2024. Of this, 33% ($21.1m) went towards appointing five new research chairs. BCCHF reports that as a result of the Hospital's research, it was the first Canadian hospital to implant a new pacemaker into a newborn, the first in Canada to model a child's cancer tumour using chicken eggs, and first in the world to create organoids with microglia-like cells.
Equipment was 5% of grants in F2024. BCCHF reports the Hospital performing nine orthopedic surgeries, three general surgeries, six cardiac surgeries, and five maxillofacial surgeries.
Care Enhancement & Education was 5% of grants in F2024. The Hospital’s outpatient therapy allowed caregivers to administer antibiotics to kids from their homes. In F2024, BCCHF reported benefitting 55 patients.
Programs were 5% of grants in F2024. The charity did not provide any information about the results of these grants.
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Results and Impact
The BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute reports a list of research publications each year. In F2024, it reported 17 publications in medical research.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not completely represent BC Children's Hospital Foundation's results and impact.
Charity Intelligence has not yet rated BCCHF on impact (n/r). This does not affect the star rating.
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Finances
In F2025, BC Children’s Hospital Foundation received $80.6m in donations. Administrative costs are 15% of revenues (excluding investment income). Fundraising costs are 19% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 34%. For every dollar donated, 66 cents are available to go to the cause. This falls within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
In F2025 BCCHF spent $76.4m on its grants, which is 53% of its revenue. In F2025 it had a surplus of $37.2m, which is 26% of its revenue.
BCCHF has $640.8m in reserve funds (cash and investments). The reserves can cover 839%, or eight years and four months of program costs. In F2025, the annual return on investment for BCCHF was 8%. Its five-year annual return on investment is 9%. The charity has accounts payable of $286.9m due to the BC Children's Hospital. This amount has been increasing since 2018.
The most recent T3010 filing available at the time of this update was from F2024. In F2024, BCCHF paid external fundraisers $1.4m who collected $4.3m in donations. This means it cost BCCHF 33 cents to raise $1 using external fundraisers. It is likely more cost efficient to directly donate to the charity.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to BC Children’s Hospital Foundation for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on August 13, 2025 by Grady Simpson.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending March
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2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 14.8% | 12.2% | 13.0% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 19.2% | 18.4% | 18.0% |
| Total overhead spending | 34.0% | 30.6% | 30.9% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 839.3% | 940.0% | 1,163.1% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 80,614 | 76,499 | 66,452 |
| Lotteries (net) | 14,349 | 13,799 | 14,111 |
| Investment income | 48,442 | 46,275 | 20,705 |
| Other income | (477) | 10,400 | 4,452 |
| Total revenues | 142,928 | 146,973 | 105,720 |
| Grants | 76,356 | 63,928 | 46,540 |
| Administrative costs | 13,949 | 12,253 | 11,030 |
| Fundraising costs | 15,468 | 14,080 | 11,930 |
| Total spending | 105,773 | 90,261 | 69,500 |
| Cash flow from operations | 37,155 | 56,712 | 36,220 |
| Capital spending | 228 | 226 | 171 |
| Funding reserves | 640,829 | 600,937 | 541,322 |
Note: Deferred adjustment: BCCHF uses deferred accounting. To show donors information on a consistent basis, Ci adjusted for these deferred revenues. This affected revenue by ($153k) in F2025, $94k in F2024, and ($890k) in F2023. Fundraising expenses: Ci reported fundraising expenses under fundraising cost. This affected revenues and expenses by $15.6m in F2025, $14.2m in F2024, and $12.0m in F2023. Cash surrender value adjustment: Ci did not include cash surrender value adjustment. This affected revenue by ($66k) in F2025, ($25k) in F2024, and ($44k) in F2023. Change in grants payable: Ci adjusted for change in grants payable. This affected expenses by ($1.9m) in F2025, ($2.2m) in F2024, and ($43.1m) in F2023. Amortization: Ci removed amortization on a pro rata basis from program, administrative, and fundraising costs in F2025, F2024, and F2023.
Salary Information
$350k + |
1 |
$300k - $350k |
1 |
$250k - $300k |
3 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
5 |
$120k - $160k |
0 |
$80k - $120k |
0 |
$40k - $80k |
0 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2024
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Comments & Contact
Comments added by the Charity:
BCCHF Response – added August 28, 2025
To view the latest progress report for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation for FY24/25 that was not included in this year’s evaluation by Charity Intelligence (due to timing), please visit www.bcchf.ca/progressreport
Financial Comments:
Granting Impacts:
The Foundation provided $93.3M in granting (including new endowments) which helped 125,000+ kids and their families receive exceptional care. The following are some of the highlights BCCH achieved through annual funds granted by the Foundation:
Charity Intelligence adds that these grants total $30.0 million
Charity Contact
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