Brockville & District Hospital Foundation

What Brockville & District Hospital Foundation does

Brockville & District Hospital Foundation (BDHF) is a registered Canadian charity established in 1989 as the sole fundraising arm of Brockville General Hospital (BGH), serving patients and families across the Leeds & Grenville region of eastern Ontario. The foundation channels individual donations, monthly recurring gifts, securities donations, vehicle donations, corporate sponsorships, and event-based fundraising — including the 33rd annual Friends of Palliative Care Golf Tournament, the Palliative Care Telethon, Ride the River cycling event, and MEDtalks community education series — into capital equipment, patient care programs, facility improvements, and staff education at BGH. Headquartered inside BGH at 75 Charles Street, Brockville, the foundation operates with a lean team of approximately five staff under Executive Director Trish Buote and a volunteer board chaired by Tom O'Shaughnessy.

The foundation's recent capital activity includes the 2025 BottomsUP! Campaign (over $950,000 raised for endoscopy equipment), the 5th Annual Ride the River ($315,875.04 for colon care), and the current Cardiac & Stroke Care Readiness, Recovery, and Resilience campaign. Cumulative fundraising reached a $12.5 million milestone for medical equipment, anchored by flagship gifts such as a $1 million contribution from the Carolyn Sifton Foundation that enabled MRI acquisition. The foundation has no proprietary technology product; its operational technology is confined to a Salesforce-powered online donation portal, standard CRM/email communications, and social media channels.

The foundation's revenue model is 100% philanthropic: donations from individuals (one-time and recurring monthly), gifts of securities, vehicle donations routed through Donate A Car Canada, corporate sponsorships, and event proceeds. Tax receipts are issued for donations of $20 or more under CRA guidelines. The foundation has a single institutional beneficiary — Brockville General Hospital — though its donor base spans individual community members, local businesses, regional families, and a small number of high-net-worth family foundations concentrated in the Brockville and Leeds & Grenville catchment area.

Name

Brockville & District Hospital Foundation

Legal name

Brockville & District Hospital Foundation

Website

https://bdhfoundation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Brockville & District Hospital Foundation is a registered Canadian charity that serves as the exclusive fundraising arm of Brockville General Hospital, channeling individual, corporate, and event-based donations into medical equipment, palliative care, and capital projects for the Leeds & Grenville region of eastern Ontario.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brockville

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individual donors supporting hospital equipment, programs, and patient care. Donors can give online, by mail, or in person.
2. Monthly Giving Program: Recurring monthly donations from dedicated supporters providing steady and reliable funding for hospital needs.
3. Gift of Securities: Donations of publicly-traded securities including stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Provides tax advantages by avoiding capital gains tax on donated securities.
4. Vehicle Donations: Vehicle donation program through Donate A Car Canada. Vehicles are recycled or sold at auction with proceeds going to the foundation.
5. Event-Based Fundraising: Funds raised through hosted events including Palliative Care Telethon, Friends of Palliative Care Golf Tournament, Ride the River cycling event, MEDtalks series, and third-party events organized by supporters.
6. Corporate Sponsorships: Support from local businesses through event sponsorships, workplace giving programs, and corporate donations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Brockville & District Hospital Foundation is a registered Canadian charitable organization that raises philanthropic funds to support Brockville General Hospital. It solicits donations through individual giving programs (monthly giving, gift of securities, vehicle donation), corporate sponsorships, signature community events (Ride the River cycling event, golf tournament, telethon, MEDtalks), and targeted campaigns funding specific hospital priorities such as palliative care and cardiac/stroke care equipment.

Product overview

Brockville & District Hospital Foundation is a charitable organization that operates as a unified fundraising entity supporting Brockville General Hospital, rather than a traditional product company. The foundation's portfolio consists of healthcare support programs (Palliative Care Program, Medical Equipment Funding, Healthcare Education), community engagement initiatives (MEDtalks educational series, Virtual Wall of Honor), and signature fundraising campaigns and events (BottomsUP! Campaign, Cardiac & Stroke Care Campaign, WAVE of Gratitude Program, Ride the River cycling event, Friends of Palliative Care Golf Tournament, Palliative Care Telethon). The foundation also offers multiple giving mechanisms including monthly donor program, vehicle donation through Donate A Car Canada, securities gifts, and an online donation portal with secure payment processing. These programs and campaigns work together to generate funding for critical healthcare equipment, facilities, and patient care services at Brockville General Hospital.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Monthly Donor Program

Quantifiable outcome

• $12.5 million milestone achieved for medical equipment funding
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MyFM 104.9 and GIANT FM 103.7 Radio StationscoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 21 February 2026Local radio stations that broadcast the Palliative Care Telethon, helping raise over $200,000 for Palliative Care Outreach Services. My Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) president Jon Pole made space on the airwaves for the telethon.
• CHEO / Kids Come FirstcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrockville General Hospital is part of the Kids Come First Health Team, a collaborative featuring more than 60 organizations connecting high-quality care for children and youth in eastern Ontario. The regional pediatric surgical program brings care closer to local families, completing procedures such as appendectomy, tonsillectomy, hernia removal, and orthopedic surgeries with CHEO providing on-site training and expert clinicians.
• Donate A Car CanadaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVehicle donation partner that accepts vehicle donations (cars, trucks, RVs, boats, motorcycles) for the foundation. The organization handles all details including free towing in most Canadian areas, then either recycles or sells vehicles at auction. Donors receive tax receipts and proceeds benefit the foundation.
• Various Local Businesses (Giant Tiger, Canadian Tire, Walmart, etc.)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal businesses participate in the Star Campaign and Fishbowl Program for the Palliative Care Telethon, displaying collection boxes and supporting fundraising efforts in the community.
• The Aquatarium at Tall Ships LandingcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerVenue partner for MEDtalks events, providing space for community education sessions on health topics. Thomas Harder and the Aquatarium team host these informative healthcare discussions.
• Brown's Bay Park / St. Lawrence Parks CommissionminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHost location for the annual Ride the River cycling event, welcoming participants to the scenic venue for this fundraising initiative.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Health Sciences North Foundation (Sudbury): Foundation for Health Sciences North in Northern Ontario; comparable community-rooted hospital fundraising model serving a smaller-city catchment with signature events, donor recognition programs, and capital-campaign focus on equipment and specialty programs.
• Quinte Health Foundation: Fundraising arm of Quinte Health, a multi-site hospital corporation serving a comparable small-city/rural Eastern Ontario catchment. Closely mirrors BDHF's community-led fundraising model, signature local events, and capital-campaign structure for community hospital equipment.
• St. Joseph's Health Care Foundation (London): Foundation arm of a Southwestern Ontario hospital system; structurally analogous to BDHF as a community-rooted charitable foundation funding hospital equipment, palliative care, and patient programs through events and recurring giving programs.
• Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation: Foundation supporting a regional hospital serving a similarly-sized Eastern Ontario city and surrounding rural area. Uses a comparable mix of signature events, monthly giving, and major-gift campaigns to fund equipment and program needs.
• Kingston Health Sciences Centre Foundation: Fundraising arm of Kingston Health Sciences Centre, the closest comparable regional hospital foundation in Southeastern Ontario. Operates with similar community-led fundraising model, multi-channel giving programs, and capital-campaign approach for hospital equipment and programs serving a comparable Eastern Ontario catchment.

Broad incumbents

• Ottawa Hospital Foundation: Fundraising entity for The Ottawa Hospital, another large Ontario hospital foundation with multi-million-dollar capital campaigns, monthly giving programs, signature events, and grateful-patient giving — all structurally similar to BDHF's approach but operating at a much larger regional scale in Eastern Ontario.
• Sunnybrook Foundation: Large-scale hospital foundation supporting Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. Demonstrates the same charitable-foundation-for-hospital model at much greater scale, including capital campaigns for advanced medical technology, grateful-patient programs, and signature fundraising events.
• Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation: Foundation supporting a multi-site hospital network in Hamilton. Comparable charitable-foundation model with annual campaigns, signature fundraising events, and grateful-patient programs that mirror BDHF's structure and approach to community-based hospital fundraising.

Direct peers

• CHEO Foundation: Fundraising arm of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and a direct partner of BDHF through the Kids Come First Health Team. Operates an analogous model of soliciting community donations to fund pediatric hospital equipment, programs, and research in the same Eastern Ontario region.

Others

• University Hospital Foundation (Alberta): Hospital foundation operating in a different jurisdiction but with a recognizable peer model: signature annual fundraising events (e.g., Festival of Trees), grateful-patient programs, and multi-million-dollar capital campaigns that mirror BDHF's structural approach.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BrockvilleDistrictHospitalFoundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/bdh_foundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brockville-and-district-hospital-foundation

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Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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