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THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN

THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN (Ontario) receives grants from 120 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$747,484,425 to it, the largest being THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATION (C$696,513,504). 72 of them have funded it in more than one year.

C$1.4B
Revenue FY2024
120
Funders on record
C$747M
Grants received
C$374M
Net assets
72/120 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%

Against its field

THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 146 core health care nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−0% · below the median
Months of reserve3.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 146 core health care nonprofits over $100M, FY2024

Three funders worth looking at

Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.

See all 12 prospects and why each one surfaced →
01The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 (C$979M) Expenses 100 (C$968M) Net assets 100 (C$389M)2018 Revenue 99 (C$970M) Expenses 100 (C$969M) Net assets 100 (C$390M)2019 Revenue 103 (C$1.0B) Expenses 104 (C$1.0B) Net assets 100 (C$390M)2020 Revenue 107 (C$1.1B) Expenses 112 (C$1.1B) Net assets 82 (C$318M)2021 Revenue 113 (C$1.1B) Expenses 116 (C$1.1B) Net assets 89 (C$348M)2022 Revenue 124 (C$1.2B) Expenses 119 (C$1.2B) Net assets 104 (C$405M)2023 Revenue 128 (C$1.3B) Expenses 131 (C$1.3B) Net assets 93 (C$360M)2024 Revenue 138 (C$1.4B) Expenses 140 (C$1.4B) Net assets 96 (C$374M)
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Revenue (138)Expenses (140)Net assets (96)Peer revenue range

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 70% · 2018 70% · 2019 70% · 2020 70% · 2021 78% · 2022 71% · 2023 73% · 2024 74%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

65% of THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (1% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 104 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

C$11M
’17
C$183k
’18
C$1.9M
’19
−C$33M
’20
−C$23M
’21
C$59M
’22
−C$7.4M
’23
−C$2.1M
’24
3.0
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 60 funders to 50 funders, grant income fell C$107M → C$7.2M.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
C$3.0M
C$2.3M
C$1.5M
C$1.0M
C$425k
C$374k
Kindred Foundationunclassified
C$306k
Lupus Ontariounclassified
C$276k
C$253k
funders
60
54
54
44
50
48
50
49

From the CRA filings of THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 120 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN.

93%
largest funder
96%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 96% · 2019 97% · 2020 98% · 2021 92% · 2022 95% · 2023 19% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

41% of THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

97% of THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN's grant income comes from Ontario funders.

In-province vs out-of-province, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Ontario out of province

Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$106k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 region is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.

03Its place in the field

Funders to approach

Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 120 funders put you typical among the 400 organizations that share them.

From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.

Government revenue THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN reports

Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.

FY2024C$1.0B
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19
20
21
22
23
24
  • 74% of FY2024 revenue
  • As filed, not traced to an award

Organizations like THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Ontario

Nationally

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 19%Fundraising 0%

Governance

29
board members

Questions and answers

Who funds THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN?
THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN (Ontario) receives grants from 120 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$747,484,425 to it, the largest being THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATION (C$696,513,504). 72 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN have?
Canada Revenue Agency filings report 120 organizations giving C$747,484,425 in grants to THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, 72 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN?
THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$696,513,504 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ontario.

These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 120 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register