City of Health Foundation

What City of Health Foundation does

City of Health Foundation (Fondation Cité de la Santé) is a non-profit charitable foundation established in 1983 and headquartered in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It operates as the centralized fundraising body for CISSS de Laval, the integrated health and social services network encompassing Cité-de-la-Santé Hospital, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, Child and Youth Protection Center, outpatient centres, CLSCs, and residential centres. The foundation mobilizes individual donors, corporate partners, CISSS employees, and community volunteers to fill funding gaps left by government healthcare budgets, with cumulative allocations exceeding $35 million over its 40-year history.

The foundation's revenue is generated through four primary streams: individual donations (one-time, monthly, planned, in-memory, in-honour) accessed via online portals and CISSS payroll deduction; event-based fundraising anchored by the 300 km pour la VIE cycling challenge (since 2008, ~$3M cumulative), the Jonathan Huberdeau Golf Tournament, and the Loto-Voyage employee-projects lottery; corporate sponsorships and major gifts tied to specific campaigns or facilities; and planned giving vehicles including testamentary bequests, life insurance, and securities donations. Pricing for the Loto-Voyage lottery is $160 per ticket (not tax-receipt eligible per CRA rules), the cycling event requires a $335 registration plus $1,000 minimum fundraising per participant, and general donations are discretionary.

The go-to-market is event-driven and community-embedded, leveraging high-profile ambassadors (Olympic champion Charles Hamelin, NHL player Jonathan Huberdeau), 30+ healthcare professional ambassadors, and corporate sponsors (Ville de Laval, TD Bank, Desjardins, Banque Nationale, BMO, Guimond Construction, Subaru de Laval) to drive donations. The foundation's current multi-year #ProfoundlyHuman capital campaign (2020-2025) targets facility modernization, vulnerable population support, and innovation including a new Family Center, CLÉ Project, SEVE Project, and TD Bank-funded Heat Island Reduction. Operationally, the foundation runs a lean team of ~11 named staff using Prodon (Logilys) donor CRM on CISSS de Laval secure servers, with no proprietary technology platform and limited geographic footprint confined to the Laval region.

Name

City of Health Foundation

Legal name

Fondation Cité de la Santé

Website

https://fondationcitedelasante.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

City of Health Foundation (Fondation Cité de la Santé) is a 1983-established Laval, Quebec-based charitable foundation that serves as the centralized fundraising body for CISSS de Laval healthcare facilities, raising funds through signature events (300 km cycling challenge, golf tournament, lottery), individual donations, corporate sponsorships, and planned giving to improve medical equipment, research, and patient care.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Fundraising / Healthcare Philanthropy

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers (BPAGACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA), Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC)

Keywords

• Healthcare philanthropy
• Charitable fundraising
• Community fundraising
• Hospital foundation
• Event-based fundraising

Headquarters

HQ city

Laval

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: The foundation collects one-time, monthly, planned, in-memory, and in-honour donations from individuals. Donation channels include online portals, payroll deduction (for CISSS de Laval employees), and payment plans (e.g., $16/month for Loto-Voyage tickets). Donors receive tax receipts for eligible donations.
2. Event-Based Fundraising: Major annual fundraising events include the Défi vélo 300 km pour la VIE (cycling challenge for cancer program), Loto-Voyage (lottery with travel prizes), Jonathan Huberdeau Golf Tournament (orthopedic care), Ryder Cup (wound care clinic), and other ad-hoc events. Ticket sales, sponsorships, and participant fundraising generate revenue. Note: Loto-Voyage tickets are not eligible for tax receipts per Canada Revenue Agency rules.
3. Planned Giving: The foundation actively solicits planned gifts including testamentary bequests, life insurance policy donations, securities/stock donations, and donations through management companies. These vehicles provide immediate or future revenue and tax benefits to donors.
4. Corporate Sponsorship & Major Gifts: Corporate partners and major donors (e.g., Ville de Laval, TD Bank, Desjardins, Banque Nationale, BMO, private donors) contribute significant gifts ranging from $25,000 to $1,125,000, often tied to specific campaigns, facilities, or equipment purchases.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

City of Health Foundation is a registered Canadian charity that mobilizes the Laval community to raise and allocate funds in support of CISSS de Laval healthcare facilities. It operates signature fundraising events (Loto-Voyage lottery, 300 km pour la VIE cycling challenge, Jonathan Huberdeau Golf Tournament), structured giving programs (planned donations, monthly and one-time online donations), and the multi-year #ProfoundlyHuman capital campaign to fund medical equipment, facility modernization, clinical research, and patient-care programs not covered by government budgets.

Product overview

City of Health Foundation operates as a charitable healthcare foundation supporting CISSS de Laval. The organization offers a portfolio of fundraising products centered on events (Loto-Voyage lottery, 300 km pour la VIE cycling challenge, Jonathan Huberdeau Golf Tournament), structured giving programs (Planned Donations), an online Donation Portal, and a Major Campaign (#ProfoundlyHuman 2020-2025). The foundation also manages named funds like Dr. Rizkallah's Fund and operates a volunteer program. These offerings function independently rather than as a unified software platform, serving the foundation's mission to improve healthcare services in Laval.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• #ProfoundlyHuman: Major fundraising campaign (2020-2025) focused on modernizing facilities, promoting well-being of vulnerable populations, and supporting innovation at CISSS de Laval.
• 300 km pour la VIE
• Loto-Voyage

Products and services

• Loto-Voyage Annual lottery fundraising program offering 2,000 tickets at $160 each for the chance to win 33 travel and cash prizes totaling over $100,000. Proceeds fund innovative projects submitted by CISSS de Laval employees to improve patient care. Tickets can be purchased in single payment or via payroll deduction for CISSS employees.
• 300 km pour la VIE Annual cycling challenge in which participants ride 325 km round-trip between Laval and Trois-Rivières to raise funds for the Laval Cancer Program. Requires a $335 registration fee and a $1,000 minimum fundraising commitment per participant. The event has cumulatively raised over $3 million since its 2008 inception.
• Jonathan Huberdeau Golf Tournament Annual golf tournament presented by Marché 440, Desjardins, and Calgary Flames Foundation that raises funds for orthopedic and men's health services at CISSS de Laval, including a 2025 Holmium laser with Moses technology for prostate treatment.
• Planned Donations Program Structured giving program offering testamentary bequests, life insurance policy donations, securities/stock donations, and donations through management companies, provided in partnership with the WILL POWER campaign. Provides donors with immediate or future revenue and tax benefits.
• Online Donation Portal Online donation platform supporting single donations, monthly recurring giving, in-memory donations, honour donations, and campaign-specific contributions through jedonneenligne.org and imakeanonlinedonation.org. Accessible to individual donors and CISSS de Laval employees via payroll deduction.
• #ProfoundlyHuman Major Campaign (2020-2025) Multi-year major fundraising campaign focused on facility modernization, vulnerable-population support, and innovation at CISSS de Laval. Includes a new Family Center ($6M goal), hospital unit redevelopment, the CLÉ Project supporting youth from the Youth Centre, the SEVE Project, and green parking lots development.
• Dr. Rizkallah's Fund

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $35 million allocated to mission-aligned projects in 40 years
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered major and supporting.

• CHU Sainte-Justine — Developmental Care TeammajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021The developmental care team at CHU Sainte-Justine's neonatology unit trained and guided CISSS de Laval's neonatology department through bronze and silver certifications in developmental care — making Cité-de-la-Santé the first centre in Quebec to achieve silver certification. The partnership involves training sessions, workshops, webinars, and ongoing coaching toward gold certification.
• Logilys (Prodon Software)supportingTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2020The foundation uses Prodon software (developed by Logilys) as its donor database and CRM. Data is stored on secure servers of the CISSS de Laval. This is a critical operational technology partnership for donor management and data security.
• Ste-Justine FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020The foundation collaborates with the Ste-Justine Foundation to support clinical ethics research at CISSS de Laval. Together they support the Research Chair in Clinical Ethics.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation: Fundraising foundation for a major Quebec pediatric hospital. Directly comparable as a Quebec-based hospital foundation with a multi-decade operating history, signature events, major-gift and planned-giving programs, and is also an active partner of City of Health Foundation (co-funds the Research Chair in Clinical Ethics).
• Fondation du CHUM: Philanthropic arm of the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal. Directly comparable as a large Quebec hospital foundation running capital campaigns, signature events, and major-gift fundraising for an urban academic health center.
• Montreal Heart Institute Foundation: Foundation supporting the Montreal Heart Institute. Comparable Quebec specialty hospital foundation with event-based fundraising (gala, cycling events), major-donor cultivation, and equipment/research grantmaking.
• Cedars Cancer Foundation: Fundraising foundation supporting the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) cancer mission. Directly comparable as a Quebec-based cancer-focused healthcare foundation running signature events and major-donor campaigns.
• Fondation du CHU de Québec: Fundraising foundation for CHU de Québec. Directly comparable Quebec regional hospital foundation with capital campaigns, events, and community-driven fundraising across multiple hospital sites.

Others

• Imagine Canada: National umbrella organization for Canadian nonprofits and charities. Comparable as a sector peer and capacity-building resource for foundations like City of Health Foundation, though it is not a direct fundraising competitor.
• HealthPartners Canada: Coalition of Canadian health charities that runs workplace giving campaigns. Comparable as a peer-channel organization enabling payroll-deduction and workplace giving, similar to the CISSS de Laval payroll-deduction program City of Health Foundation uses.

Broad incumbents

• Opération Enfant Soleil: Large Quebec charity raising funds across the province for pediatric healthcare infrastructure. Comparable as a Quebec non-profit using televised events, major-donor solicitation, and corporate sponsorships, though it operates province-wide rather than in a single city.
• Canadian Cancer Society: National health charity funding cancer research and support. Broader incumbent that overlaps with the foundation's cancer-program funding but operates at national scale and is not focused on a single hospital.

Regional players

• Fondation Santé Jonquière: Regional hospital foundation in the Saguenay region of Quebec. Comparable as a community-embedded hospital foundation supporting a single CISSS-equivalent health network, though operating in a different Quebec region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fcitedelasante

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about City of Health Foundation