Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation

What Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation does

Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation is a registered Canadian charitable organization founded in 1979 and headquartered inside Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) in Ontario. Its sole function is to raise philanthropic capital from the regional community to fund hospital equipment, technology, clinical programs, and facility upgrades that provincial government operating budgets do not cover. PRHC is a regional hospital serving more than 300,000 people (and up to 600,000 in its broader catchment across Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, Peterborough, North Hastings County, and eastern Durham), with 3,100+ staff and 450 physicians.

The Foundation's flagship initiative is the Campaign for PRHC, launched in April 2024 at $60M and expanded to a $70M goal — the largest fundraising effort in its history. As of June 30, 2025, $58.8M (84%) had been raised, funding digital pathology (AI-supported laboratory technology), a new cardiac electrophysiology lab, a hybrid operating room, mental health spaces, expanded pediatric cancer care, two cardiac cath labs, three interventional radiology suites, two CT scanners, a second MRI, and a robotic intravenous automation (RIVA) system. Lesley Heighway is President & CEO; the Foundation operates with 11–50 staff and a volunteer Board.

Revenue is generated exclusively through philanthropic channels: individual one-time and recurring monthly donations (processed via online portals powered by Convio/Classy), legacy and planned giving (wills, RRSPs/RRIFs, life insurance, endowments, gifts of securities), corporate and business partnerships (Business Cares program, cause-marketing campaigns, event sponsorships), and a diversified calendar of community fundraising events including the annual Dragon Boat Festival (cumulative $4.9M+ over 25 years, record $400,104.01 in 2025), radiothons, golf tournaments, and restaurant-driven initiatives. Distribution is entirely domestic and regional, with the Foundation functioning as the sole charitable channel for PRHC equipment funding within its catchment.

Name

Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation

Legal name

Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation

Website

https://prhcfoundation.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Philanthropy and Fundraising

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

Keywords

• Healthcare fundraising
• Hospital philanthropy
• Charitable giving programs
• Community donation campaigns
• Planned giving services

Headquarters

HQ city

Peterborough

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations (One-Time and Monthly): Individual donors make one-time or recurring monthly donations via the foundation's secure online donation portal. Monthly donors provide predictable recurring revenue while one-time donors contribute to specific campaigns or areas of care.
2. Events-Based Fundraising: Community events such as Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival, golf tournaments, radiothons, barrell races, and community challenges generate donations from participants, sponsors, and spectators.
3. Corporate Partnerships and Business Giving: Local businesses support the foundation through sponsorships, employee giving programs (Business Cares), product donations, and cause-marketing campaigns (e.g., restaurant donations, retail initiatives).
4. Planned and Legacy Giving: Donors can leave gifts in their wills, give RRSPs/RRIFs, gift life insurance policies, or create/endowments, providing long-term financial support to the foundation.
5. Gifts of Securities: Donors transfer publicly traded appreciated stocks, bonds, or mutual funds directly to the foundation, receiving a charitable tax receipt for the full fair market value while avoiding capital gains tax.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

PRHC Foundation is a registered Canadian charity that raises philanthropic funds to purchase medical equipment, advanced technology, and facility improvements for Peterborough Regional Health Centre that are not covered by government operating budgets. It operates the $70 million Campaign for PRHC and offers multiple giving vehicles including one-time donations, monthly recurring giving, planned/legacy gifts, gifts of securities, corporate partnerships, and event-based fundraising.

Product overview

PRHC Foundation operates as a healthcare philanthropy organization managing the $70 million Campaign for PRHC, a comprehensive fundraising initiative to advance cardiac care, cancer care, minimally invasive intervention, mental health, and urgent needs at Peterborough Regional Health Centre. The foundation funds healthcare technology including digital pathology (AI-supported laboratory technology), cardiac electrophysiology labs, hybrid operating rooms, interventional radiology suites, CT scanners, MRI equipment, and pediatric cancer care facilities. The organization also provides online donation services for donors to contribute to various healthcare priorities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Campaign for PRHC A $70 million fundraising campaign that channels donor contributions toward funding state-of-the-art technology, new clinical services, innovation, and healthcare professional recruitment at Peterborough Regional Health Centre. Available to individual donors, corporate partners, service clubs, and event organizers.
• Online Donation Platform Secure online donation processing system enabling one-time donations, monthly recurring giving, memorial donations, and honour donations across multiple giving priorities. Available to individual community donors and accessible via the foundation's website.
• Monthly Giving Program Recurring monthly donation subscription that provides predictable ongoing revenue for the foundation while enabling individual donors to spread their giving across the year.
• Planned and Legacy Giving Long-term charitable giving service allowing donors to leave gifts in wills, give RRSPs/RRIFs, gift life insurance policies, or create/endowments. Includes resources for professional advisors. Targeted at high-net-worth individuals and estate planners.
• Gift of Securities Service enabling donors to transfer publicly traded appreciated stocks, bonds, or mutual funds directly to the foundation, receiving a charitable tax receipt for the full fair market value while avoiding capital gains tax.
• Business Cares Corporate Giving Program Corporate partnership program enabling local businesses to support the foundation through sponsorships, employee giving programs, product donations, and cause-marketing campaigns (e.g., restaurant donations, retail initiatives).
• Host an Event (Community Fundraising) Service enabling individuals, community groups, and businesses to organize their own fundraising events in support of the foundation, including golf tournaments, radiothons, community challenges, and restaurant/cafe fundraisers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 84% of $70 million Campaign for PRHC goal raised ($58.8M as of June 30, 2025)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered supporting, core and minor.

• Black Diamond Golf ClubsupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2026Black Diamond Golf Club hosts the second annual Swing Fore Mental Health golf tournament on September 17, 2026, in memory of Fred Smith, benefiting mental health care at PRHC.
• Home Instead (event sponsor)supportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 June 2026Home Instead is the presenting sponsor of the Pay to Play for PRHC radiothon event with Oldies 96.7, supporting community-driven fundraising for the Campaign for PRHC.
• Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival / Survivors AbreastcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival is a premier annual community fundraising event in its 25th year (June 13, 2026 at Del Crary Park). Has raised more than $4.9 million over 25 years for cancer care at PRHC, including a record $400,104.01 in 2025. Survivors Abreast is the host dragon boat team.
• Kawartha Home and Health Care Services Inc.supportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 June 2026Presenting sponsor of PTBO's Got Talent on February 21, 2026 at Showplace Performance Centre. $25 of each $30 ticket sold is donated to PRHC Foundation, with proceeds supporting the $70 million Campaign for PRHC.
• MILK + TEAsupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2026Downtown Peterborough cafe donating a portion of online sales of sourdough bagels, cookies, cinnamon rolls, English muffins, and Bubble Tea Boba Kits to the Campaign for PRHC.
• Bennett's Furniture and Mattress PeterboroughsupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2026Bennett's runs multiple fundraising initiatives: 'Benny the Peacock' plush toy ($15 donated per sale), Winter Wonderland Workshop ($10 per ticket donated), lawn sign campaign ($2,002 raised), and other cause-marketing campaigns supporting the Campaign for PRHC.
• Oldies 96.7 (My Broadcasting Corporation)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 March 2026Local radio station partnering with PRHC Foundation for Pay to Play for PRHC radiothon event on June 5, 2026. Listeners make minimum $50 donations to request songs played on air. The event combines music, storytelling, and fundraising live from the PRHC cafeteria, with VP of Content Rob Mise and Morning Show Host Bill Porter hosting.
• Trent River StablesminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 March 2026Trent River Stables hosts the 3rd annual Jackpot Barrel Race on May 18, 2026, with proceeds donated to PRHC Foundation for cancer care at the regional hospital.
• Peterborough Golf & Country ClubsupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 March 2026Peterborough Golf & Country Club hosts Curlers Care, a charity curling invitational on March 21, 2026, in support of the PRHC Foundation's $70 million Campaign. $150 donation per player to the foundation.
• Hanoi HouseminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2025Hanoi House restaurant ran an October Dumpling Drive, selling handmade pork and vegetable dumplings at $25/bag with 50% of every sale donated to PRHC Foundation.
• The Imperial Group (The Imperial Tandoor & Agave)supportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 June 2025Two restaurants by The Imperial Group in Peterborough donate $2 per qualifying item sold (butter chicken at Imperial Tandoor, burrito bowl at Agave) to PRHC Foundation. The Imperial Group also matches donated proceeds up to $500, running throughout June 2025.
• Century 21 Lakers and Brooklin (Cobourg Kodiaks)supportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 June 2025Peterborough Century 21 Lakers hosted a special PRHC Family Night on June 26, 2025, welcoming the Cobourg Kodiaks. PRHC staff received discounted tickets. Special Canada Day-themed jerseys were auctioned off in support of the Campaign for PRHC.
• University Health NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity Health Network provided collaboration, support and training for PRHC's inaugural ICD (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator) procedure, performed by Dr. Heather Cox in March 2026. UHN is a major academic health sciences centre supporting PRHC's cardiac care capability development.
• Compass Canada (Tim Hortons at PRHC)supportingGTM or Marketing PartnerTim Hortons location inside PRHC runs the annual Smile Cookie campaign (April 27-May 3), with 100% of proceeds from cookie sales donated to PRHC Foundation for essential equipment and technology.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• London Health Sciences Foundation: Foundation supporting London Health Sciences Centre in southwestern Ontario. Comparable as a community-led, capital-campaign-driven fundraising body for a tertiary regional hospital.
• The Ottawa Hospital Foundation: Foundation for The Ottawa Hospital, one of Canada's largest academic health centres. Comparable in running major multi-year campaigns and donor recognition programs tied to regional hospital capital needs.
• Grand River Hospital Foundation: Charitable foundation supporting Grand River Hospital in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Comparable as a single-hospital community foundation running multi-million-dollar capital campaigns for regional Ontario hospitals.
• Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation: Foundation serving Hamilton Health Sciences, a multi-site Ontario hospital network. Comparable capital-campaign-driven model funding medical equipment and clinical innovation across a regional population.
• Southlake Regional Health Centre Foundation: Foundation supporting Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket, Ontario. Comparable regional Ontario hospital philanthropy model with multi-channel fundraising and major gift campaigns.
• Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre Foundation: Foundation raising funds for the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in Barrie, Ontario. Operates as the sole charitable vehicle for a mid-sized Ontario regional hospital — directly comparable in structure, mission and regional fundraising model.
• Halton Healthcare Foundation: Foundation serving Halton Healthcare's three community hospitals in the Greater Toronto Area. Comparable as a regional Ontario hospital foundation operating capital campaigns and community engagement programs.

Broad incumbents

• Sunnybrook Foundation: Foundation supporting Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, a major Toronto academic hospital. Comparable large-scale Ontario hospital philanthropy, but operates at significantly greater scale and portfolio breadth than PRHC Foundation.
• UHN Foundation: Foundation supporting University Health Network in Toronto. Operates at substantially larger scale (academic/specialty quaternary care) but offers comparable hospital-based philanthropy infrastructure including major-gift and legacy programs.

Others

• Healthcare Philanthropy Canada: Industry association and convening body for Canadian healthcare foundations. Provides peer benchmarking, professional development and best-practice sharing — relevant as an ecosystem participant rather than direct fundraiser.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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