The Scarborough Hospital & Foundation

Michael Mazza, CFRE

President and CEOThe Scarborough Hospital FoundationMay 28, 2011

Some Canadian Hospital history

Late 1880s many Canadian hospitals built and operated by religious organizations – Catholic nuns (St. Josephs hospitals)

– Salvation Army (hospitals named Grace)

– Seven Day Adventists (Bransom)

– Women’s Christian Organizations

– Jewish (Mount Sinai/Jewish General)

1940s – built municipal or city owned hospitals

The Scarborough Hospital 1950s – Miseracordia Nuns: Scarborough

General Hospital

1980s – Salvation Army: The Scarborough

Grace Hospital

1999 – amalgamation of the two:

The Scarborough Hospital

Public Healthcare• Canadian system is not the same as the British system:

• 1966 – Medicare

• 1984 – Canada Health Act

• 1980s – hospital foundations created to meet non-operating needs – technology explosion, need for new buildings to replace those built in 1920s through 1970s

• Last year $1.2 billion donated to hospitals and healthcare in Canada

Ontario: how hospitals are funded today

• 90/10 funding from Ministry of Health & Long Term Care for buildings

• Our hospital: $340M, almost 80% is for salaries, then operating costs (food, medications, utilities), approx. $6M for equipment each year

• Community (through the Foundation): $3 million a year

TSH Foundation

• The philanthropic and fundraising arm of the hospital

• Volunteer board of directors, volunteer committees, 8 employees

• We exist to meet needs of the community, served by the hospital

• Recent campaigns: West Wing ($20M for emergency and critical care building), CT Scanners: $2.6 million

• $40 million since 1990s

Perspective…..Incubator: $33,000

Defibrillator: $17,000

Fetal Heart Monitor: $35,000

5,300 babies born annually

Laparoscopy Tower:

$110,000

Laparoscopy Instruments:

$22,000

Tympanic Thermometer:

$250Over-bed Table:

$400

Hemodialysis Machine: $35,000

MRI Total Project:

$5 Million

How do we raise money?Events

Scarborough Chinese Outreach Committee has raised $1.5 million since 1996

Canadian Tamils’ Chamber of Commerce has raised $161,000 since 2001

How do we raise money?Direct Mail & Grateful Patient

Raised $280,000 in 2010/11

How do we raise money?Bequests & Estates

Raised $350,000 in 2010/11

A single gift of $519,000 from Hospital Baker in 2009

How do we raise money?Major Gifts

Anonymous $3.1 million gift – largest gift in Hospital’s history