Partners in Health Canada is a 4-star charity with best practices in financial transparency. It has a B Results Reporting grade, which is average. For every dollar donated, 79 cents are available to go to the cause, which is within Ci's reasonable range.  

Founded in 2011, Partners in Health Canada (PIH Canada) is a sister organization of Partners in Health (PIH), a U.S. based charity. PIH establishes relationships with sister organizations and collaborates with federal governments across 11 countries to improve health care in the world’s most vulnerable communities. PIH Canada focuses its programs on six areas: Cancer and Chronic Diseases, Child Health, Community Health Workers, Maternal Center of Excellence, Tuberculosis, and Women’s Health.

In F2024, PIH Canada spent $5.4m on its programs.

Haiti received 39% of program costs in F2024. National instability impeded Zanmi Lasante's (PIH’s sister organization) operations in Haiti. Zanmi Lasante’s walls were breached in September 2023 and an armed gang opened fire inside Hopital Universitaire de Mirebalais, Zanmi Lasante’s 350-bed teaching hospital. After recovering access to the hospital, Zanmi Lasante installed 2,413 solar panels at Hopital Universitaire de Mirebalais. The charity treated 6,590 children for malnutrition through Zanmi Lasante’s network of hospitals and clinics.

Sierra Leone received 38% of program costs in F2024. PIH Sierra Leone reported 15,200 mental health visits by providers in F2024. The flow of patients in PIH Sierra Leone’s Psychiatric Teaching Hospital has grown from 75 in its first year to over 400 in the past two years.

Malawi received 14% of program costs in F2024. Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo (PIH’s sister organization in Malawi, APZU) enrolled 10,300 people with HIV to receive antiretroviral therapy and social support. APZU also treated 155,800 cases of malaria in F2024. The charity reports that non-transmittable disease clinicians provided 24,800 patient visits in F2024.  

Liberia received 5% of program costs in F2024. PIH Liberia provided 1,900 facility-based deliveries, including 490 lifesaving C-sections. The charity reports there are over 1,000 patients currently enrolled in its mental health care. Since 2014 PIH Liberia has performed over 2,000 lifesaving surgeries.

The remaining 4% of program costs were spent in Canada and Lesotho.

PIH Canada received $3.8m in donations and $2.5m in government funding (38% of revenue) in F2024. The charity spent $5.4m on its programs, which is 82% of revenue. PIH Canada recorded a surplus of $300k.

PIH Canada spent $687k on fundraising, which is 18% of donations, and $190k on administration, which is 3% of revenue. Total overhead spending is 21%. For every dollar donated to the charity, 79 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.

PIH Canada has $2.1m in reserve funds (cash and investments). This can cover 39%, or five months of its annual program costs. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.

This charity report is an update that has been sent to Partners in Health Canada for review.

Updated on April 25, 2025 by Liam Chapleau.