April 2020 - March 2021

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2021 Impact Report Home Leadership Message

Message from our
Leadership

Long before our lives were disrupted by the unprecedented, global COVID-19 pandemic, Calgary Health Foundation supporters were investing in community wellness and resilience. Twenty-five years later, philanthropic investments of $14M in 2020/2021 continue to make extraordinary impacts on people’s lives.

Philanthropy drives health care excellence by improving patient experiences, delivering higher than average outcomes, expanding system capacity and preventing injury and illness.

Sandy Edmonstone, Board Chair, Calgary Health Foundation

Calgary and surrounding area statistics for 2020/2021

525K Emergency and urgent care visits

97K surgical cases

16.9K births

132K patients discharged

36K unique home care clients

2.4M* Ambulatory Care (outpatient) visits
*as of Q3 (Dec 31, 2020)

Alberta's COVID-19 response*

10,000+

total hospitalizations

>1,900

total patients requiring intensive care

*credit: statistics reported by alberta.ca

Revenue

Your support provides funds that enhance care, wellness and research that transforms lives of patients in Southern Alberta and around the world.

$22.5M

NET FUNDRAISING REVENUE

Calgary Health Foundation and our supporters quickly pivoted during the public health crisis to advance breakthroughs in care, wellness and research.

$13.8M Calgary Health Foundation's Home Lottery Net Revenue

$8.3M Donations to the foundation

29% Cost to raise a dollar

$802K net revenue per full time employee

$31.3M held in endowed funds

$95.4M restricted funds committed to capital projects and program advancements

Highlight of Disbursements

Care

22,000
holiday meals for front-line workers
200+
made in Alberta ventilators to support ICU shortages
$420K
in support of care and recreation therapy needs at Carewest

Wellness

3,018
virtual visits via iPads between patients and their loved ones
45%
increase in testing capacity for COVID-19 to 22,000 per day
$215K
for therapy resources at the women's mental health clinic

Research

1,250
COVID-19 patients screened for the CATCO study
50%
long-term targeted rate in reduction of families that will face the heart-breaking effects of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
40+
scientists and clinical researchers committed to predict and prevent preterm birth