Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation

60 Riverside Drive
Charlottetown, PE C1A 8T5
CEO: Tracey Comeau
Board Chair: John Gaudet

Charitable Reg. #:89217 7965 RR0001

STAR RATING

Ci's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics:

[Charity Rating: 2/5]

✔+

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.

83%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 83 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation:

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation is a 2-star charity. It has a C Results Reporting grade, which is below average. The charity's reserve funds can cover its program costs for over five years. For every dollar donated to QEHF, 83 cents are available to go to the cause, which is within Ci's reasonable range. 

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation (QEHF) raises funds for medical equipment at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). According to the Foundation, QEH is the largest healthcare provider in Prince Edward Island. In F2023, QEHF spent $5.4m on grants and $197k on program costs. The charity did not provide a breakdown of its grants or its program costs.

In F2023, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation purchased a new MRI ventilator: a piece of equipment that allows people unable to breathe on their own to get an MRI. QEHF also purchased two mammography machines. The charity states the hospital performs more than 8,500 screening and diagnostic mammograms each year. QEHF helped fund the Cardiology Information System. This system uploads data from cardiac function testing across all hospitals in PEI.

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Results and Impact

Charity Intelligence found Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation reported many stories but little data / few results on its work. This may not be a complete representation of QEHF’s results and impact.

This charity is not yet rated on impact (n/r).

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Finances

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation received $5.6m in donations and special events revenue in F2023. The charity also received $2.0m in government funding, representing 18% of total revenue. QEHF spent $5.6m on grants and program costs, which is 51% of revenue. QEHF recorded a surplus of $4.4m in F2023, which is 40% of revenue.

Administrative costs are 6% of revenue (excluding investment income) and fundraising costs are 11% of donations. For every dollar donated to the charity, 83 cents are available to go to the cause, which is within Ci’s reasonable range.

QEHF has $41.2m in reserve funds (cash and investments), of which $11.6m is donor endowed. Excluding donor-endowed funds, the charity’s reserves can cover 593%, or five years and 11 months of its annual grant and program costs.

The charity’s $39.6m in investments returned $3.4m, at a rate of 9% in F2023. In F2022, the charity’s $36.2m in investments returned -$2.6m, at a rate of -7%. Over the past nine years, Ci estimates QEHF’s investments have an average rate of return of 5%.

QEHF has $10.4m committed for future medical equipment purchases in F2023.

Charity Intelligence sent an update of this report to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on June 6, 2024 by Liam Chapleau.

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending June
202320222021
Administrative costs as % of revenues 6.2%7.7%5.1%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 10.9%9.5%9.2%
Total overhead spending 17.0%17.1%14.4%
Program cost coverage (%) 593.4%434.4%1,224.6%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $000s
202320222021
Donations 4,2054,0814,355
Government funding 2,00001,500
Special events 1,3681,2301,185
Investment income 3,438(2,606)6,162
Total revenues 11,0112,70413,202
Program costs 197180174
Grants 5,3816,4172,970
Administrative costs 466407361
Fundraising costs 605503511
Total spending 6,6507,5084,017
Cash flow from operations 4,361(4,803)9,185
Capital spending 000
Funding reserves 41,24237,31341,655

Note: 1.USE OF T3010: Ci used the charity’s T3010 filing with the CRA to report program, administrative, and fundraising costs. The charity’s T3010 reconciled with the charity’s audited financial statements.

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 8

Avg. compensation: $82,698

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
0
$300k - $350k
0
$250k - $300k
0
$200k - $250k
0
$160k - $200k
0
$120k - $160k
0
$80k - $120k
4
$40k - $80k
4
< $40k
0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023

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Comments & Contact

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Charity Contact

Website: www.qehfoundation.pe.ca
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 902-894-2425

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Charitable Registration Number: 80340 7956 RR0001