John Hardie Mitchell Family Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118974989RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($280,434) as filed with the CRA.
John Hardie Mitchell Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $241K in revenue and $280K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 33 qualified donees totalling $249K in 2024, the largest being $40K to ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $758K in 2020 to $241K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To fund and promote programs which are beneficial to the community as a whole in a way the laws regard as charitable.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $241K | $280K | — | — | $249K | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $161K | $239K | — | — | $209K | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $62K | $170K | — | — | $134K | $2M |
| 2021 | $188K | $122K | — | — | $92K | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $758K | $231K | — | — | $205K | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $249K to 33 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$40K
- Aunt Leah's Independent Lifeskills Society$25K
- Aunt Leah's Independent Lifeskills Society$25K
- Aunt Leah's Independent Lifeskills Society$14K
- Pacific Assistance Dogs Society$10K
- Pacific Assistance Dogs Society$10K
- The University of British Columbia$10K
- The University of British Columbia$10K
- British Columbia Guide Dog Services$10K
- British Columbia Guide Dog Services$10K
- Wish Drop-In Centre Society$5,000
- Plea Community Services$5,000
- Pacifica Treatment Centre Society$5,000
- The Mission to Seafarers in the Diocese of New Westminster$5,000
- Marpole Museum and Historical Society$5,000
- Lumara Grief & Beravement Centre$5,000
- Decoda Literacy Foundation$5,000
- Children's Hearing and Speech Centre of BC Inc.$5,000
- Autism Society of British Columbia$5,000
- March of Dimes Canada$5,000
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$3,000
- Sarah McLachlan School of Music Society$3,000
- Leave Out Violence (LOVE) Society BC$3,000
- D.s.r.f. Down Syndrome Resource Foundation$3,000
- Nesting Place Society$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donna Lee Zaleski (chair); Jack Zaleski (managing director); Owen Clark (director); Evan Clark (director); Ryan Clark (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from John Hardie Mitchell Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118974989RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.