Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Funding
CAMH has received millions of dollars in funding from pharmaceutical interests:1)
- At least $1,000,000.00 from Eli Lilly
- At least $600,000.00 from Janssen/Johnson & Johnson
- At least $250,000.00 from Bristol-Myers Squibb
- At least $100,000.00 from Pfizer
- At least $50,000.00 from GlaxoSmithKline
- At least $25,000.00 from AstraZeneca
- At least $25,000.00 from Sunovion Pharmaceuticals
- At least $25,000.00 from Theracor Pharmaceuticals
Also receives funding through other institutions with ties to pharmaceutical or global interests. As of March 31, 2021:
- At least $1,000,000.00 from Healthcare Excellence Canada (formerly Canadian Health Services Research Foundation and Canadian Patient Safety Institute) which is a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre “designated by the WHO Director General to carry out activities in support of WHO and to form part of an international collaborative network.”2) 3)
- At least $500,000.00 from the University of Toronto
- Plus another $5,000.00 from the University of Toronto Faculty Association
- At least $100,000.00 from Canadian National Railway (whose biggest stakeholders are Bill & Melinda Gates)
- At least $50,000.00 from IBM
- Plus another $25,000.00 from IBM Employees’ Charitable Fund
- At least $50,000.00 from Nestlé
- At least $25,000.00 from Coca-Cola
- At least $25.000.00 from Microsoft
- At least $5,000.00 from Google
- At least $2,500.00 from the Hamilton Community Foundation4)
- At least $1,000.00 from Apple
And from the media:
- At least $50,000.00 from Thomson Reuters
- At least $25,000.00 from The Toronto Star
- At least $25,000.00 from Sportsnet
Also receives government funding:
- At least $50,000.00 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- At least $25,000.00 from the Canada Council for the Arts
And the world’s banks:
- At least $10,000,000.00 from TD Bank Group
- At least $5,000,000.00 from RBC Foundation
- Plus another $25,000.00 from RBC Wealth Management Financial Services Inc.
- At least $2,500,000.00 from BMO Bank of Montreal
- Plus another $100,000.00 from BMO Capital Markets
- Plus another $25,000.00 from BMO Fountain of Hope
- At least $1,000,000.00 from CIBC
- Plus another $1,000.00 from CIBC Digital
- At least $1,000,000.00 from Scotiabank
- Plus another $10,000.00 from ScotiaMcLeod Charitable Foundation
- At least $100,000.00 from Credit Suisse
- At least $100,000.00 from Merril Lynch Canada
- At least $50,000.00 from Deutsche Bank
- Plus another $25,000.00 from Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
- At least $25,000.00 from Bank of America Merril Lynch
- At least $25,000.00 from Goldman Sachs
- At least $25,000.00 from Morgan Stanley
1)
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. (2021, March 31). CAMHF 2020–21 Annual Report Donor Listing. Retrieved December 3, 2021, from https://www.camh.ca/-/media/files/camhf-2020-21-annual-report-donor-listing.pdf
2)
Canadian Patient Safety Institute. Background. Retrieved December 3, 2021, from https://archive.ph/WkckS
3)
Healthcare Excellence Canada. (2021). 2020-21 Annual Report. Retrieved December 3, 2021, from https://www.healthcareexcellence.ca/media/o5upyadn/2020-21-healthcare-excellence-canada-annual-report.pdf
4)
Hamilton Community Foundation. (2021). Hamilton Community Foundation Annual Report 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021, from https://hamiltoncommunityfoundation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/HCF-Annual-Report-2021.pdf