New High Reached in Canadian Health Care Philanthropy

Canadian citizens, foundations, corporations and government agencies last year donated the largest amount of cash and pledges, more than $1.4 billion, in support of the nation’s health care institutions, according to the Report on Giving, Canada, issued by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy. Fiscal year 2012 saw a 4.9 percent increase in donations over 2011. It was the fourth consecutive year of advances in philanthropic giving to Canadian health care institutions since 2008, when during the recession, such donations plunged 20 percent from year-earlier levels.