CAMH Foundation turned an unfashionable cause into a $600 million campaign by making the gap impossible to ignore: public money can run a hospital, but philanthropy can give its scientists and patients room to move faster.
The Toronto foundation learned the hard way that a beloved event can disappear overnight. Its answer was a portfolio of rides, lotteries, major gifts and donor tools that produced CA$180.8 million net in fiscal 2026 - a practical blueprint for charities that need both emotion and financial durability.