QUEBEC COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOUNDATION

What QUEBEC COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOUNDATION does

The Quebec Community Health and Social Services Foundation is a registered Canadian charity (CRA #887239192 RR 0001) headquartered at 1270 chemin Sainte-Foy, Suite 2106, Quebec City, with origins tracing to The Ladies' Protestant Home founded in 1859. The organization was amalgamated with St. Brigid's Home in 1990 and adopted its current name and province-wide mandate in 2011, following more than a century of evolution through successive institutional identities. Under the leadership of Executive Director Jennifer Johnson, it now operates as a community foundation focused on the health and social-services needs of English-speaking minority communities across Quebec.

The foundation's core activities consist of raising donations (issuing tax receipts for gifts of $10 or more), distributing grants, and delivering direct service programs. Its flagship operational initiative is the Patient Navigator Program, launched in 2018 in partnership with CHSSN (the Community Health and Social Services Network) and a network of local Not-for-Profit Institutions, which assists English-speaking Quebecers in navigating the predominantly francophone healthcare system. The foundation also runs the Travel4Health social-innovation project and provides capacity-building, training, and fundraising support to grassroots NPIs serving the same linguistic-minority population of approximately 920,000 people, or 12% of Quebec's 7.7 million residents.

The business model is that of a traditional charitable foundation: inbound donations fund grantmaking and program operations, with no commercial revenue stream, fee-for-service pricing, or transactional pricing model. The organization's value proposition to donors is tax-receipt eligibility combined with a focused, province-wide mandate on the health and well-being of Quebec's English-speaking minority, and its value proposition to beneficiaries is intermediation between an English-speaking population and a French-language public-services system.

Name

QUEBEC COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOUNDATION

Legal name

Quebec Community Health and Social Services Foundation

Website

https://qchfoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1859

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Quebec Community Health and Social Services Foundation is a registered Quebec City-based charity that raises donations, distributes grants, and operates programs such as the Patient Navigator service to support the health and well-being of English-speaking minority communities across Quebec.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Health and Social Services Foundation

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

Keywords

• Community foundation
• Charitable donations
• Health grants
• Social services
• Minority community support

Headquarters

HQ city

Quebec

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Giving: QCHF generates revenue through charitable donations from individuals, organizations, and potentially government sources. All funds raised are dedicated to improving the health and well-being of English-speaking communities across Quebec. The foundation accepts online donations through Canada Helps and by mailed check.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

QCHF is a registered community foundation that raises charitable donations from individuals and organizations and redistributes them as grants to support health and social service programs for English-speaking minority communities across Quebec. Its core activities include direct patient advocacy through the Patient Navigator Project, capacity-building support for local charities and Networking Partnership Initiatives (NPIs), and social innovation projects such as Travel4Health.

Product overview

QCHF is a community foundation offering charitable health and social services programs. The organization operates as a unified platform providing donation processing, community support programs, and the Patient Navigator Project—a direct patient advocacy service. Key offerings include training and capacity-building for local charities, fundraising support, and social innovation projects like Travel4Health, all designed to improve health access for English-speaking minority communities across Quebec.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Patient Navigator Project A direct patient advocacy service created in 2018 in partnership with CHSSN and regional Networking Partnership Initiatives to help English-speaking patients from remote Eastern Quebec regions navigate healthcare when traveling to Quebec City for specialized medical services.
• Support Programs and Resources Charitable capacity-building programs for English-speaking community organizations, including training sessions, fundraising support, business-plan development, donor management, responsible management of community assets, investment portfolio management, planned giving guidance, and distribution of best-practice tools.
• Online Donation Processing Charitable donation collection services enabling donors to contribute online via CanadaHelps or by mailed check, with tax receipts issued for donations of $10 or more. Donations are acknowledged on the QCHF website unless the donor opts to remain anonymous.

Quantifiable outcome

• Patient Navigator program provides support for English-speaking patients traveling to Quebec City for specialized medical services

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CHSSN (Community Health and Social Services Network)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018CHSSN is a key strategic partner in creating the Patient Navigator position in 2018. The partnership focuses on supporting English-speaking patients and communities across Quebec. CHSSN works with QCHF and local Networking Partnership Initiatives to address health access challenges for minority communities.
• Networking Partnership Initiatives of Eastern QuebeccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Regional partnership including Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Bas-St-Laurent, and Côte-Nord NPIs. These partnerships were established to support English-speaking patients who must travel to Quebec City for specialized medical services. The Patient Navigator position was created through this collaborative effort.
• Travel4HealthminorOthersReferenced as a related resource for patients utilizing the Patient Navigator program. Travel4Health appears to be a complementary health travel resource.
• Networking and Partnership Initiatives (NPIs) - Province-widecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQCHF partners with local NPIs across Quebec to develop charitable activities, play a leadership role in socially innovative projects, and create/lead innovative charitable projects that promote the health and well-being of English-speaking communities. QCHF also promotes social innovation and social financing projects in partnership with NPIs.
• CHSSN (Community Health and Social Services Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQCHF collaborates with CHSSN as its primary partner, along with Networking and Partnership Initiatives across the province. This collaboration accomplishes QCHF's mission of promoting vitality of English-speaking communities by developing their capacity to engage in philanthropic activities around health-related issues.

Scale indicators2 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN): CHSSN is QCHF's primary strategic partner and the lead network advocating for English-speaking minority access to health and social services in Quebec. Directly comparable as a Quebec-focused English-language health equity organization.
• The Foundation of Greater Montreal: A community foundation serving the Greater Montreal region with grants and donor services. Directly comparable as a Quebec-based community foundation employing a similar grantmaking and donor-advised model, though focused on a broader geography and population.
• Community Foundations of Canada: National umbrella and capacity-builder for Canada's 191 community foundations. Comparable as a peer network and resource body for QCHF's grantmaking model, though it operates federally rather than at a single provincial scale.

Broad incumbents

• Fondation Marcelle et Jean Coutu / MUHC Foundation: Major Quebec hospital foundations raising large-scale charitable donations for healthcare. Comparable in fundraising-for-health model and Quebec-only footprint, but focused on specific institutions rather than a minority community.
• Centraide of Greater Montreal (United Way): A large-scale Quebec fundraiser and grantmaker supporting poverty reduction and community services. Comparable in mission (community health and social services) but far larger in scale and brand recognition, with a Francophone-majority donor base.

Regional players

• Newfoundland and Labrador Health Foundation: A regional health-focused community foundation raising funds for healthcare programming. Comparable in mission (community health grantmaking) but operates in a different Canadian province and is not English-minority focused.
• Réseau Québécois de l'action communautaire autonome: Quebec network of community action organizations supporting health and social services. Comparable mission on community health access, though operating in French for the broader Francophone majority.

Others

• Canada Helps: Canada's largest online donation platform, used by QCHF for online giving. Not a direct peer but a key infrastructure partner and indirect competitor for digital charity fundraising in Canada.
• Philanthropic Foundations Canada: National membership organization for Canadian grantmaking foundations. Comparable as a sector peer for capacity-building and advocacy, but not a direct fund-raising or grant-making competitor.

Emerging players

• YWCA Quebec: A Quebec-based nonprofit providing community services, including health and social support. Comparable in serving vulnerable populations in Quebec, but with a different demographic focus and nationwide brand.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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