There are three easy ways you can make a donation to the BC Cancer Foundation.
Mail to:
BC Cancer Foundation
150 – 686 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5Z 1G1
When leaving a gift in your will to the BC Cancer Foundation, it is extremely important that you use our correct legal name: BC Cancer Foundation.
Our charitable business number is 11881 8434 RR0001.
Please visit our 2011 Annual Report to Donors to view our financial summary and to download a full audited financial statement. Or if you prefer, please email bccfinfo@bccancer.bc.ca, and we would be happy to mail you a copy.
For media inquiries, please contact Allison Colina at 604.707.5934, or email allison.colina@bccancer.bc.ca.
The BC Cancer Foundation is a provincial organization whose sole purpose is to raise funds that support cancer research and enhancements to patient care at the BC Cancer Agency. We are the largest charitable funder of cancer research in this province. We enable donors to make contributions to leading-edge research that has a direct impact on improvements to cancer care for patients in British Columbia. What we raise in BC, stays in BC.
The BC Cancer Agency, an Agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority, provides a comprehensive cancer control program for the people of BC and Yukon, including prevention, screening and early detection programs, research and education, and care and treatment.
Each year, over 23,000 British Columbians are diagnosed with cancer. More than one in three British Columbians will develop some form of cancer in their lifetime. British Columbians experience the lowest rates of cancer incidence and the lowest rates of cancer mortality, anywhere in Canada.
The BC Cancer Agency’s population-based cancer control model ensures that care and treatment standards and protocols are the same across the province, for every British Columbian. Treating every cancer patient in BC the same also means that the BC Cancer Agency has developed a comprehensive database of clinical data for the past 50 years that provides a historic and ongoing record of treatments and outcomes. This database has become an invaluable tool for research at the BC Cancer Agency and is shared with other cancer treatment programs across Canada and globally.
Through the generosity of our donors, the BC Cancer Foundation was able to raise $39.3 million dollars for the BC Cancer Agency. This represents a 20 per cent increase over the prior year. Our total general and administrative cost per dollar raised is $0.10, which is the same as the prior year.
The BC Cancer Foundation continues to fund more cancer research in BC than any other charitable organization. In the last year, the BC Cancer Agency has announced major research breakthroughs in ovarian, breast and two in lymphoid cancers. These discoveries were published in leading international cancer and scientific journals and widely acknowledged in the global scientific community.
Please visit our 2011 Annual Report to Donors to view our financial summary and to download a full audited financial statement.
Our total general and administrative cost per dollar raises is $0.10.
Due to the variety of fundraising activities our only meaningful comparative measure is general and administrative costs per dollar raised, and we believe that our costs ($0.10) are in line with other similar charitable organizations.
We are very proud of and grateful to our donors that we have raised $39.3 million for the BC Cancer Agency. This is a significant accomplishment!
We will continue to do everything we can to reduce our administrative costs to ensure the maximum impact of each donated dollar.
Please visit our 2011 Annual Report to Donors to view our financial summary and to download a full audited financial statement.
The BC Cancer Foundation is the largest charitable funder of cancer research in BC. We fund research at the BC Cancer Agency into all types of cancers, at all five centres across BC.
If you make a general donation to the BC Cancer Agency, you can be assured that it will be invested in the area of greatest need at the BC Cancer Agency.
If you wish to support a particular area of research, type of cancer research or a specific Agency program, be sure to state your preference clearly when you make the donation and we will ensure that your wishes are followed.
Please contact Alyson Murzsa at 604.707.5905 or Tracey Brown at 604.877.6152 or email legacy@bccancer.bc.ca. We would be very happy to help you.
Yes! Join the many individuals, businesses, community groups, schools and service clubs who help us every year by hosting their own fundraising event. As a community fundraiser for the BC Cancer Foundation, you’ll be raising awareness and providing important funds that support leading-edge research and improvements to cancer care for patients in British Columbia. Learn more
The BC Cancer Foundation does not collect donations of hair. You can send your hair donations by mail only to Eva & Co. Wigs. Minimum requirement: length – 8 inches (20 cm), please do not braid. Mail to: Eva & Co. Wigs, 107 - 950 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1K7.
Please contact us by phone our office at 604.877.6040, phoning our toll free number at 1.888.906.2873, or emailing us your first and last name, contact mailing address and phone number to bccfinfo@bccancer.bc.ca.
Please contact Donor Services at 604.877.6040 or DonorServicesBCCF@bccancer.bc.ca and we will be happy to provide you with a duplicate copy.
Please call 604.877.6040, toll free 1.888.906.2873 or email bccfinfo@bccancer.bc.ca
If you are interested in joining our team now or in the future, you can view available positions or submit your resume for future opportunities in the career area best suited to your interests, experience and skills. Submitting your resume online is the best way to come to our attention – it makes it easiest for us to find and contact you should a position come available. Apply here
Please contact us at 604.877.6040, toll free 1.888.906.2873 or email bccfinfo@bccancer.bc.ca.
