Matthews House Hospice is a 2-star charity that is financially transparent. It has overhead spending outside Ci's reasonable range and a below average results reporting grade.

Founded in 2004, Matthews House Hospice (MHH) offers care for people with life-limiting illnesses. The charity serves South Simcoe County and surrounding communities. MHH has two programs: Residential Services and Community Services. MHH does not provide a program spending breakdown on its website. Charity Intelligence calculates that the charity spent $2.8m on its programs in F2023.

Residential Services take place at Matthews House. Matthews House includes ten hospice residence rooms. Each room has a hospital bed, washroom, garden patio and more. Residential Services consists of three subprograms. The End of Life Care subprogram provides patients with a holistic care package. This includes pain and symptom management, along with emotional and spiritual care. The Pain and Symptom Management subprogram admits patients with palliative illnesses who are struggling to manage their symptoms at home. Clinical staff work with patients at the residence to address their symptom issues so they can be more comfortable when they return home. The Caregiver Relief subprogram allows caregivers of palliative clients to take a week for themselves to rest. Staff at the residence care for the caregiver's clients during that week. In F2023, MHH cared for 116 clients in residence, for an average length of 15 days per person.

The Community Service program supports caregivers, people living with life-limiting illnesses, and people who have lost a loved one. This includes the Hospice at Home program. This program supports clients who have life-limiting illnesses but wish to stay at home. MHH provides 4 hours per client every week of at-home care. In F2023, the Hospice at Home program served 80 clients with 1,834 visits. MHH served 456 Community Service clients across all Community service programs.

Charity Intelligence has consolidated Matthews House Hospice and Matthews House Hospice Foundation (associated foundation) in the following financial analysis.

In F2023 Matthews House Hospice received $1.8m in cash donations and special event fundraising. It also received $2.8m in total government funding in F2023 (60% of total revenues). 

Administrative costs are 31% of revenues (excluding investment income). Fundraising costs are 6% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 37%. For every dollar donated, 63 cents go to the cause. This is outside Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.

In F2023 MHH spent $2.8m on its programs, which is 59% of its revenue. In F2023 it had a surplus of $333k.

Matthews House Hospice has $2.1m in reserve funds. This can cover 76%, or 9 months of program spending.

This charity report is an update that has been sent for review to Matthews House Hospice. Changes and edits may be forthcoming. 

Updated on June 7, 2024, by Grady Simpson.