Impact at a Glance
Impact at a Glance
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during the 2022-2023 fiscal year
The Foundation pledged to distribute more than $10 million in the fiscal year 2022-2023. One of the most significant initiatives was to double the support for the Lois Hole Hospital for Women from the previous fiscal year. This increase in funding highlights the importance of women’s health and the Foundation’s commitment to promoting it.
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16 Years
Over the past 16 years, the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation has provided funding of more than $95.5 million to support various community organizations, contributed to post-secondary institutions, and contributed to research and care at the hospital’s medical centres of excellence. Over the past three years, the Foundation achieved an impressive feat of doubling the fundraising net revenues. As a result, we have been able to distribute an average of $10.2 million annually towards supporting various charitable initiatives and causes. Thanks to generous support from donors, the Foundation has made a significant and meaningful impact in the lives of those who need it most.
28 Endowment funds 90+ Donor Directed Funds
A Message of Thanks from Foundation Leadership
A Message of Thanks from Foundation Leadership
Pathways of Impact
When we consider the thousands of donors who support the Royal Alexandra Hospital each year, we stand in awe of the new and exciting pathways that are created in the advancement of patient care. Pathways that didn’t exist previously.
The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation is privileged to sit at the crossroads of these pathways. What an honour it is to work directly with donors who are passionate about catalyzing the work of skilled health care teams and researchers—bringing innovation and opportunity to the Royal Alexandra Hospital and its medical centres of excellence.
On behalf of our Foundation, our Board of Directors, and the hospital we support, thank you for walking this path with us, and for entrusting us with your donor dollars in the advancement of care, treatment, and research.
Pathways of Impact
When we consider the thousands of donors who support the Royal Alexandra Hospital each year, we stand in awe of the new and exciting pathways that are created in the advancement of patient care. Pathways that didn’t exist previously.
The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation is privileged to sit at the crossroads of these pathways. What an honour it is to work directly with donors who are passionate about catalyzing the work of skilled health care teams and researchers—bringing innovation and opportunity to the Royal Alexandra Hospital and its medical centres of excellence.
On behalf of our Foundation, our Board of Directors, and the hospital we support, thank you for walking this path with us, and for entrusting us with your donor dollars in the advancement of care, treatment, and research.
A Message of Thanks from Hospital Leadership
As leaders, we have the daily pleasure of witnessing incredible, and often life-saving acts, of care at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and the centres of excellence that thrive within it. Not a day passes that we aren’t acutely aware of the role donor support plays in making the highest quality care possible, and though we don’t often have the opportunity to say a direct thank you to each of you, please know that our gratitude knows no bounds.
The gifts you make year in and year out lay a path for our teams to follow. Whether it be through the purchase of new diagnostic equipment that provides a grandfather the answer he seeks, or funding for a new program that allows a mother to bring a child into the world surrounded by the cultural practices that bring her comfort, or something as small as a coffee that provides a nod to a healthcare worker that they are not in this alone, your contributions make a difference every day at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
On behalf of each patient, care provider, and support staff, we thank you today and every day in the future. This hospital could not operate the way it does today without you. Thank you for your support once again.
Sincerely,
Janie Clink,
Senior Operating Officer, RAH & SCH
Dr. Colin Peterson, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP
Facility Medical Director, RAH
Land Acknowledgement
The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation respectfully acknowledges that we are on the traditional lands referred to as Treaty 6 Territory, and that the City of Edmonton and all the people here are beneficiaries of this peace and friendship treaty. Treaty 6 encompasses the traditional territories of numerous western Canada First Nations such as the Cree, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Metis, Dene and Nakota Sioux. We acknowledge all the many First Nations, Metis and Inuit people who have called this area home since time immemorial.
Pathways ofGrowth & Giving
The following five revenue categories have been combined and simplified for the sake of ease of understanding and do not necessarily imply operational procedures.
Community &Corporate Support
Through the generosity of our individual donors, foundations and corporations in supporting efforts such as monthly giving, direct mail, annual programs, major gifts and grants, and more, we are powering the way forward for a variety of causes and initiatives. We are proud and humbled to earn the ongoing support of the Lois Hole Hospital Women’s Society and to have been named the recipient of many high-impact grant awards and, as a result of personal solicitation and the generosity of our community, we gratefully received over 7,000 individual gifts.
InvestmentIncome
Through closely managed financial investments and the maintenance of a number of endowed funds established by donors and the Foundation alike, the Foundation is able to grow and earn modest revenues. A significant amount of these investment earnings are reinvested to grow further, or distributed toward specific predefined uses that impact how care is delivered across our centres of excellence.
Lotteries & Events
The Foundation is engaged in charitable gaming via the Full House Lottery, a 30+ year-old dream home lottery marketed to Albertans in partnership with the University Hospital Foundation, and also the WinWin Staff Lottery, offered to healthcare providers in Alberta and touting participation from over fifty health foundations across the province. Being a beneficiary of a number of third-party events and through recurring online auctions like the Lois Hole Hospital Women’s Society’s Bid & Benefit and signature annual events like Harvest Celebration in support of the Lois Hole Hospital for Women–and of course the many sponsors, ticket and table purchasers, and engaged donors–we are able to provide significant financial support that impacts the hospital.
NationalPartnerships
The Women’s Health Collective Canada (WHCC) is a national partnership in women’s health, currently consisting of the Alberta Women’s Health Foundation, Women’s College Hospital Foundation in Toronto, and the BC Women’s Health Foundation. This partnership has blazed the trail for Canada-wide campaigns working with corporate partners. From a national scale, these partnerships and campaigns are able to reach a wider network of donors passionate and willing to advance women’s healthcare.
LegacyGiving
Legacy gifts to the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation–whether though gifts in one’s will, gifts of securities, annuities, insurance policies, or otherwise–create a long term pathway of impact toward the donor’s goals and wishes. We are honoured to have been included and declared in the wills and testaments of many generous community members who have decided to tend to tomorrow. We celebrate our legacy givers for their contributions and welcome them to the Royal Willow Society as a token of gratitude and way to connect around long term impact.
Pathways of Growth & Giving
The following five revenue categories have been combined and simplified for the sake of ease of understanding and do not necessarily imply operational procedures.
Lotteries & Events
The Foundation is engaged in charitable gaming via the Full House Lottery, a 30+ year-old dream home lottery marketed to Albertans in partnership with the University Hospital Foundation, and also the WinWin Staff Lottery, offered to healthcare providers in Alberta and touting participation from over fifty health foundations across the province. Being a beneficiary of a number of third-party events and through recurring online auctions like the Lois Hole Hospital Women’s Society’s Bid & Benefit and signature annual events like Harvest Celebration in support of the Lois Hole Hospital for Women–and of course the many sponsors, ticket and table purchasers, and engaged donors–we are able to provide significant financial support that impacts the hospital.
InvestmentIncome
Through closely managed financial investments and the maintenance of a number of endowed funds established by donors and the Foundation alike, the Foundation is able to grow and earn modest revenues. A significant amount of these investment earnings are reinvested to grow further, or distributed toward specific predefined uses that impact how care is delivered across our centres of excellence.
Community &Corporate Support
Through the generosity of our individual donors, foundations and corporations in supporting efforts such as monthly giving, direct mail, annual programs, major gifts and grants, and more, we are powering the way forward for a variety of causes and initiatives. We are proud and humbled to earn the ongoing support of the Lois Hole Hospital Women’s Society and to have been named the recipient of many high-impact grant awards and, as a result of personal solicitation and the generosity of our community, we gratefully received over 7,000 individual gifts.
NationalPartnerships
The Women’s Health Collective Canada (WHCC) is a national partnership in women’s health, currently consisting of the Alberta Women’s Health Foundation, Women’s College Hospital Foundation in Toronto, and the BC Women’s Health Foundation. This partnership has blazed the trail for Canada-wide campaigns working with corporate partners. From a national scale, these partnerships and campaigns are able to reach a wider network of donors passionate and willing to advance women’s healthcare.
LegacyGiving
Legacy gifts to the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation–whether though gifts in one’s will, gifts of securities, annuities, insurance policies, or otherwise–create a long term pathway of impact toward the donor’s goals and wishes. We are honoured to have been included and declared in the wills and testaments of many generous community members who have decided to tend to tomorrow. We celebrate our legacy givers for their contributions and welcome them to the Royal Willow Society as a token of gratitude and way to connect around long term impact.
A Lifetime of Generosity
The late William K. (Bill) Robbins was a respected businessman, a visionary leader, and a dedicated supporter of healthcare. The longtime Patron of the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation passed away in spring 2023, and his impact is still felt in virtually every corner of the Royal Alexandra Hospital campus.
$5.9 Million Distributed to the
$5.9 Million Distributedto the
during the 2022 | 2023 fiscal year
during the2022 | 2023fiscal year
TraumaPatients
Medicine ProgramInpatients
SurgeryInpatients
Outpatients
EmergencyVisits
Beds
minimally invasive surgeries performed via Da Vinci
unique addictions recovery community health consults
Visualizing New Pathways in Diagnostics, Treatment and Research
When doctors can see more, they can do more. Donors were instrumental in first bringing a new PET/CT scanner to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in 2011, providing physicians with new, critical lines of sight. Now, this same technology is enabling further discovery and research to save lives.
Visualizing New Pathways in Diagnostics, Treatment and Research
When doctors can see more, they can do more. Donors were instrumental in first bringing a new PET/CT scanner to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in 2011, providing physicians with new, critical lines of sight. Now, this same technology is enabling further discovery and research to save lives.
$340 Thousand Distributed to the
during the 2022 | 2023 fiscal year
CompletedVisits
for Stress Tests, Holter Monitors, Arrhythmia (+Heart Function & Pacemaker clinic)
Cases
for PCIs, Cardiac Catheterizations, and Device Implants (PMs and ICDs only)
InpatientAdmissions
for CICU and 1E
An Innovative Pathway to Improved Heart Health
The CK Hui Heart Centre’s mission is to save lives and advance the science of cardiology through innovation. With his recent selection as the new Chief of Cardiology, Dr. Benjamin Tyrrell will be implementing a vision of further innovation, focused on exploration of emerging technologies and techniques, buoyed by the support of donors and supporters—and one crucial new fund established by a fellow CK Hui cardiologist and family.
$4.3 Million Distributed to the
during the 2022 | 2023 fiscal year
2 new clinics funded – MHHC & Indeginous Heart Clinic
Working Toward a Better Path for All Peoples
Indigenous people experience many barriers in accessing healthcare systems due to ongoing trauma and colonial social determinants of health. A pilot program at the Lois Hole Hospital for Women aims to provide a culturally safe and integrative model of care. Known as the Indigenous Cultural Partnership, it is seeking to advocate for and establish a reconciled model of medicine–and seeing an influx of donor support.
1 New Chair of the
during the 2022 | 2023 fiscal year
Vision for the Future
The Eye Institute of Alberta, located on the Royal Alexandra Hospital campus, is entering an exciting new chapter with a new face at the helm. Dr. Edsel Ing has stepped into the position of the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation’s Research Chair in Ophthalmology.
$340 Thousand Distributed to the
during the 2022 | 2023 fiscal year
CompletedVisits
for Stress Tests, Holter Monitors, Arrhythmia (+Heart Function & Pacemaker clinic)
Cases
for PCIs, Cardiac Catheterizations, and Device Implants (PMs and ICDs only)
InpatientAdmissions
for CICU and 1E
An Innovative Pathway to Improved Heart Health
The CK Hui Heart Centre’s mission is to save lives and advance the science of cardiology through innovation. With his recent selection as the new Chief of Cardiology, Dr. Benjamin Tyrrell will be implementing a vision of further innovation, focused on exploration of emerging technologies and techniques, buoyed by the support of donors and supporters—and one crucial new fund established by a fellow CK Hui cardiologist and family.
$4.3 Million Distributed to the
during the 2022 | 2023 fiscal year
2 new clinics funded - MHHC & Indeginous Heart Clinic
Working Toward a Better Path for All Peoples
Indigenous people experience many barriers in accessing healthcare systems due to ongoing trauma and colonial social determinants of health. A pilot program at the Lois Hole Hospital for Women aims to provide a culturally safe and integrative model of care. Known as the Indigenous Cultural Partnership, it is seeking to advocate for and establish a reconciled model of medicine–and seeing an influx of donor support.
1 New Chair of the
during the 2022 | 2023 fiscal year
Vision for the Future
The Eye Institute of Alberta, located on the Royal Alexandra Hospital campus, is entering an exciting new chapter with a new face at the helm. Dr. Edsel Ing has stepped into the position of the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation’s Research Chair in Ophthalmology.
$1.45Million Distributed
$1.45 Million Distributed
Annually To WCHRIfor Research
Amplifying Voices On The Path To Equity
Amplifying Voices On The PathTo Equity
It’s been said that silence is deafening. That’s why the Alberta Women’s Health Foundation is committed to delving into the ‘silence’ around women’s health issues. With our community of donors and partners right beside us, we are carving new pathways of impact for women’s voices in healthcare.
2200+ People Represented in 1 Thought Leadership Report
Awarded Acclaim
Imagine Canada
The Standards Program Trustmark is a mark of Imagine Canada, offering a Canada-wide set of shared standards for charities and nonprofits. Since 2015, the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation has proudly been certified as part of the Standard Program, accredited for excellence and compliance in Board Governance, Financial Accountability and Transparency, Fundraising, Staff Management, and Volunteer Involvement.
Alberta's Top Employers
3 years running
Alberta’s Top Employers is an annual competition organized by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, recognizing the Alberta employers that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work. In a review process that includes thousands of applicants each year, the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation is thrilled to have been selected for three consecutive years as one of the 75 Alberta’s Top Employers.
The Queen's PlatinumJubilee Medal
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal awarded to 7,000 outstanding Albertans for their notable contributions to the betterment of society. In a ceremony that took place on November 15th, 2022, our President and CEO Sharlene Rutherford humbly accepted a medal for her service in support of the Royal Alexandra Hospital and the advancement of healthcare for Albertans, with a special emphasis on Sharlene’s work championing women’s health and health research.
Board of Directors
Board ofDirectors
What 'pathways of impact' have you seen activated through the support of donors or work of the foundation?
What 'pathways of impact' have you seen activated through the support of donors or work of the foundation?
Financials
A Message From Our Financial Leadership
The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation Board is pleased to present the Audited Financial Statements for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023. These statements represent our fiduciary duty to report to donors of the Foundation’s achievements in fundraising activities, investment returns, and disbursements made to the Royal Alexandra Hospital and its medical centers of excellence.
