Building a World Class Health System Where Care Never Stops

Your impact at Grand River Hospital

At Grand River Hospital Foundation we’re focused on building a world-class healthcare experience for all. Our goal? Ensuring Care Never Stops by transforming healthcare delivery, providing exceptional experiences, and working collaboratively to improve the health of our communities.

Our Foundation exists to help provide Grand River Hospital’s teams with resources and equipment to meet current and emerging healthcare needs. Through the generosity of our donors, volunteers, and partners, we’re helping build stronger, healthier communities. But, we can't do it without your help. We need to rally donors, volunteers, partners, and community members to help our Hospital:

● Provide world-class care that addresses the current and emerging, unique and specialized needs of our communities.

● Purchase new and replacement equipment so our teams can provide the best possible screening, treatment, and patient experiences and outcomes.

● Support new initiatives to give patients access to the most innovative treatments, services, and programs.

● Educate healthcare workers through ongoing training opportunities to upgrade skill sets and introduce them to the latest clinical and technological advancements.

● Lead important research so we can continue to advance treatment and care for the needs of today, and tomorrow.

Impact Updates

Annual Returns (CRA T3010)
Donor Impact in 2022 – 2023
Donor Impact Report 2021 – 2022
ACTION Magazine (Edition 9)
ACTION Magazine (Edition 8)
ACTION Magazine (Edition 7)
ACTION Magazine (Edition 6)
ACTION Magazine (Edition 5)
Grand Endowments (2020 – 2021)
125 Years of Grand River Hospital

Financial Statements

2022-2023 Financial Statement

2021-2022 Financial Statement

2020-2021 Financial Statement

2019-2020 Financial Statement

2018-2019 Financial Statement

2017-2018 Financial Statement
“Thank you for your contributions to my learning and development! I am well on my way to obtaining my CPA designation and your contributions have helped ease the financial burden on myself and my family!”
— Kevin Smith, Finance, Intermediate Finance Analyst
"I very much appreciate the opportunity to further my professional development through the LDF. Thank you."
- Aziz Nashef, Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Outpatient Psychiatry
"My sincere thanks for helping me to further/continue my education and continue to work towards being able to offer the best care possible to all patients".
—Candice Keyes (CK), Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry
“Thank you for your generous donations! These donations provide wonderful opportunities for us to increase our knowledge to be able to give back to the community. ”
— Caitlyn Cobbe, RPN
"Thank you so much for these donations that allowed me to take the Perinatal Intensive Care certificate. This program has expanded my knowledge and skills when it comes to providing safe, educated care for our neonatal population. I am quite passionate about developing my knowledge around neonates and appreciate the opportunity to grow and learn through education."
- Alyssa Shouldice, Registered Nurse, NICU
"These courses allow me to work as a fully registered mammography technologist, a specialty of x-ray, so thank you!"
— Kathryn Driver (Newark), Medical Radiation Technologist, Diagnostic Imaging
"Thank you for the ongoing support in the advancement of my nursing education and career. I started furthering my education two years ago, and each year I am thankful to have some financial support to help lessen the financial burden to myself and to my family. I do hope this funding will continue so others too can have the same opportunity as I did".
- Jeanne Niskiewicz, Oncology RN
“Thank you so much for giving me the oppourtnity to expand my studies to be able to complete my Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree. With this donation I will be able to use the money to cover my tuition and books for the semester."
— Keara Hetel, Day Surgery
“Thank you so incredibly much! It is a privilege to be able to have access to education. I am very grateful. With your help, I am a little closer to my goal of furthering my nursing education so that I may be able to offer an even stronger level of care to our community!”
— Jazlyn Tokeson (JT), Float Pool Nurse
“Thank you so much for supporting education for healthcare professionals. You are directly impacting patient care at Grand River Hospital by allowing staff to develop advanced knowledge and skills.”
— Trinda Crawford, Childbirth