What Health Sciences Centre Foundation Inc does

Health Sciences Centre Foundation Inc is a registered Canadian charitable foundation (Registration #11895 5012 RR0001) established in 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, operating as the primary fundraising arm for Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg — Manitoba's only Level 1 adult trauma centre and major tertiary hospital. The foundation mobilizes individual, corporate, institutional, and government donations to fund medical equipment acquisition, clinical facility development, and research at HSC Winnipeg, having raised over $255 million cumulatively across its 50-year history.

The foundation operates a portfolio of recurring and episodic fundraising programs including a monthly giving subscription program (starting at $10/month), one-time donations with multiple designation funds, the Tri-Hospital Dream Lottery (collaborative with two other Manitoba hospital foundations), the annual Savour: Wine & Food Experience gala, the Innovation HSC Radiothon (16-hour radio broadcast across CJOB, Power 97, and Peggy 99.1), and the Bannatyne Legacy Circle for planned/estate giving. Its flagship multi-year capital initiative is Operation Excellence, a $100 million campaign launched in June 2022 with $50 million committed by the Province of Manitoba and a $50 million target from foundation donors, aimed at increasing surgical and diagnostic capacity by 25% above pre-pandemic levels. Donor-funded outputs include Canada's first Gamma Knife Surgery program (5,000+ patients since 2003), Manitoba's first da Vinci Xi surgical robot, the Paul Albrechtsen Interventional Radiology Suites, the Wilf Taillieu Thoracic Surgery Clinic, and the RR4 Plastic Surgery Clinic.

The foundation operates as a non-profit with 11-50 employees based at PW-112-700 William Ave within the HSC Winnipeg campus. Its customer base spans four donor segments — individual donors (one-time, monthly, tribute, legacy), corporate donors (HyLife, CGI, Garcea Group, Wellington-Altus, Maric Homes, and others), government partners (Province of Manitoba, Manitoba Public Insurance), and academic/research partners (University of Manitoba) — all serving the singular institutional beneficiary of HSC Winnipeg. GTM motion is community-led and event-driven, relying on patient storytelling, signature events, peer-to-peer solicitation, and a VoiceLogic phone-campaign partnership for monthly donor acquisition.

Name

Health Sciences Centre Foundation Inc

Legal name

Health Sciences Centre Foundation

Website

https://hscfoundation.mb.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Health Sciences Centre Foundation is a Winnipeg-based charitable foundation established in 1976 that raises and manages funds to support medical equipment, facilities, research, and programs at HSC Winnipeg, Manitoba's Level 1 trauma centre, having raised over $255 million across its 50-year history.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Fundraising Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers (BPAGACAB), Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC)

Keywords

• Healthcare fundraising
• Hospital foundation
• Capital campaign management
• Planned giving programs
• Medical equipment funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Winnipeg

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and monthly donations from individual donors supporting equipment, research, and facility improvements at HSC Winnipeg. Monthly giving program allows donors to contribute automated recurring gifts.
2. Lottery Revenue: Tri-Hospital Dream Lottery generates millions in revenue through ticket sales, with grand prizes up to $1.35 million cash or home packages worth over $1.7 million. Includes 50/50 PLUS and Extra Cash PLUS add-on games.
3. Gala Events: Annual Savour Mexico: Wine & Food Experience gala raises over $1.8 million through ticket sales, auctions, and Fund-A-Need campaigns. Signature fundraising event bringing together community supporters.
4. Innovation HSC Radiothon: Annual radio broadcast fundraising event on CJOB, Power 97, and Peggy 99.1, raising over $211,000 through listener donations during 16-hour broadcast.
5. Planned/Legacy Giving: Bannatyne Legacy Circle members commit planned gifts to the foundation, ensuring long-term funding for HSC Winnipeg through endowment-style contributions.
6. Corporate Partnerships: Corporate Challenge program engages businesses like HyLife ($100,000), CGI ($100,000), and others in funding specific surgical equipment and facility projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Health Sciences Centre Foundation is a registered Canadian charitable foundation that raises philanthropic funds from individuals, corporations, and institutions to support life-saving medical equipment, clinical facility upgrades, and medical research at HSC Winnipeg, Manitoba's largest tertiary and trauma hospital. It delivers this through capital campaigns (Operation Excellence, Innovation HSC), lottery programs (Tri-Hospital Dream Lottery), signature events (Savour gala, Innovation HSC Radiothon), recurring giving programs (Monthly Giving), and planned/legacy giving (Bannatyne Legacy Circle).

Product overview

Health Sciences Centre Foundation Inc is a healthcare foundation that operates as a fundraising organization supporting HSC Winnipeg (Manitoba's hospital). Rather than a unified software product, the Foundation offers a portfolio of fundraising programs and campaigns (Operation Excellence, Innovation HSC, Monthly Giving, Legacy Giving), signature events (Tri-Hospital Dream Lottery, Savour gala, Innovation HSC Radiothon), and manages donor-supported clinical programs and medical technology at HSC Winnipeg. The Foundation's work encompasses capital campaigns for surgical innovation, support for specialized clinical departments (Gamma Knife Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Interventional Radiology, Plastic Surgery, Pain Care), and acquisition of advanced medical equipment including the da Vinci Xi surgical robot and neurosurgery navigation systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tri-Hospital Dream Lottery Annual collaborative lottery between HSC Foundation, St. Boniface Hospital Foundation, and Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba offering tiered ticket packages (1 for $110, 3 for $220, 6 for $330, 12 for $550), 50/50 PLUS jackpot, Extra Cash PLUS games, and grand prizes including cash and home packages, with proceeds supporting healthcare equipment and research.
• Monthly Giving Program Recurring donation program enabling donors to contribute automated monthly gifts starting at $10/month via bank or credit card withdrawals, supporting cutting-edge medical equipment, patient clinics, and research at HSC Winnipeg, with annual tax receipts.
• Savour: Wine & Food Experience Annual flagship fundraising gala featuring wine and food experience with live and silent auctions, Fund-A-Need campaigns, and tiered corporate sponsorships, with the 2026 Savour Mexico edition raising over $1.8 million for HSC Winnipeg surgical equipment.
• Innovation HSC Radiothon Annual radio broadcast fundraising event featuring live patient stories and healthcare provider interviews across Manitoba radio stations, driving listener donations during a multi-hour broadcast.
• Bannatyne Legacy Circle (Planned Giving) Planned giving program honoring donors who commit to supporting HSC through endowment gifts upon passing, with annual recognition celebration sponsored by Johnston Group.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25,097 inpatient admissions supported annually
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• University of ManitobaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner$1.5 million contribution to TBI research alongside MPI and HSC Foundation. Dr. Peter Nickerson leads academic partnership. Positions Manitoba as global leader in TBI patient research through MPI Professorship Fund.
• St. Boniface Hospital FoundationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerTri-Hospital Dream Lottery collaboration with HSC Foundation and Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba. Combined, three hospitals care for nearly 1 million patients annually and welcome close to 11,000 babies per year.
• Children's Hospital Foundation of ManitobaflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerTri-Hospital Dream Lottery partner raising funds for Manitoba's only children's hospital. Only hospital lottery in Manitoba supporting pediatric healthcare. Combined with St. Boniface Hospital Foundation and HSC Foundation.
• Garcea Group of CompaniescoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPresenting partner for Savour Mexico: Wine & Food Experience gala. Annual event raised over $1.8 million in 2026 for surgical equipment. Major corporate supporter of HSC Foundation fundraising initiatives.
• Manitoba Liquor MartcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerTasting Experience Partner for Savour Mexico gala. Provides wine selections for annual fundraising event supporting HSC Winnipeg patient care.
• VoiceLogicminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPhone campaign partner conducting outbound calls for HSC Foundation monthly donor recruitment. Represents foundation to accelerate growth of monthly donor program.
• Maric HomescoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPresenting sponsor for 16th-annual Innovation HSC Radiothon, supporting broadcast across CJOB, Power 97, and Peggy 99.1. Family has witnessed firsthand HSC's compassionate, high-level care.
• CJOB/Power 97/Peggy 99.1coreGTM or Marketing PartnerRadio broadcast partners for annual Innovation HSC Radiothon, providing 12-hour platform for patient stories and donation appeals reaching listeners across Manitoba.
• Johnston Group Inc.coreGTM or Marketing PartnerPresenting sponsor for Bannatyne Legacy Circle Celebration, the annual recognition event for planned giving donors committed to supporting HSC through estate gifts.
• Canad InnsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership sponsor for Bannatyne Legacy Circle Celebration event supporting planned giving recognition and legacy donor engagement.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation: Foundation supporting a multi-site academic health sciences centre in Ontario. Comparable as a Canadian hospital foundation running signature events, lottery programs, and capital campaigns for tertiary and trauma care.
• Vancouver General Hospital and UBC Hospital Foundation: Large Canadian hospital foundation raising capital for tertiary and academic medicine. Comparable as a provincial-scale hospital fundraising organization with multi-million-dollar capital campaigns and signature events.
• Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation: Edmonton-based hospital foundation supporting a major tertiary and trauma facility. Comparable as a Western Canadian hospital foundation running lotteries, galas, and capital campaigns for surgical innovation.
• The Ottawa Hospital Foundation: Foundation supporting a major Canadian academic health sciences centre. Directly comparable as a regional hospital foundation running signature galas, lottery programs, and multi-million-dollar equipment campaigns.
• St. Boniface Hospital Foundation: Co-founding partner in the Tri-Hospital Dream Lottery and fellow Manitoba hospital foundation. Directly comparable as a regional hospital fundraising organization sharing revenue streams, donor pools, and event infrastructure with HSC Foundation.
• Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba: Third Tri-Hospital Dream Lottery partner and pediatric-focused Manitoba hospital foundation. Comparable mandate, governance structure, and community-led fundraising model targeting the same regional donor base.
• UHN Foundation (Toronto): Foundation supporting University Health Network hospitals in Toronto. Comparable in scale and complexity, running large multi-year capital campaigns and sophisticated planned-giving programs for major tertiary care institutions.
• Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation: Provincial children's hospital foundation in Alberta running lotteries, signature events, and capital campaigns. Comparable model with similar lottery-driven revenue and community fundraising focus, though pediatric rather than general-tertiary.
• Sunnybrook Foundation: Foundation for a major Toronto trauma and tertiary care centre. Comparable in supporting Level 1 trauma/academic medicine, running signature events and multi-year capital campaigns for advanced medical technology.

Broad incumbents

• SickKids Foundation: Canada's largest children's hospital foundation with national reach. Comparable in operating sophisticated fundraising machinery (lotteries, galas, planned giving), but at a substantially larger scale and with a pediatric rather than general-tertiary mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/HSCFoundation
• Facebookfacebook.com/hscfdn
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/healthsciencescentrefoundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/hsc.foundation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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