Donations to the Health Sciences Foundation support new medical equipment, technology and a variety of treatment programs in areas of health care including paediatrics, renal, emergency and others, with all funds remaining in Northwestern Ontario.
The Health Science Foundation's mission statement is "To raise funds to support excellence in health care for the people of Northwestern Ontario."
On April 1, 2008, it was combined with the Northern Cancer Research Foundation.
[1] The Health Sciences Foundation supports three specialty funds: On October 16, 2019, the Health Sciences Foundation announced the launch of its second-largest campaign to date, the Our Hearts at Home Cardivascular Campaign.
[2] The program would follow a one-program, two-sites model of care in partnership with University Health Network’s (UHN) Peter Munk Cardiac Centre in Toronto.