Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119310241RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($33,530,942) as filed with the CRA.
Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $36.3M in revenue and $33.5M in expenditures.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 37 qualified donees totalling $5.9M in 2024, the largest being $1.1M to Canadian Cancer Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The major programs of the foundation are: a) the investigation and support of novel innovative and disruptive medical research and practices; b) economic education; c) preservation of heritage buildings; and d) relief of poverty.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $36.3M | $33.5M | $12.9M | — | $5.9M | $92.9M |
| 2023 | $33.7M | $32.8M | $13.2M | — | $5.2M | $90.1M |
| 2022 | $27M | $30.3M | $10.1M | — | $6.2M | $91.1M |
| 2021 | $29.9M | $28.2M | $11.8M | — | $3.5M | $94.5M |
| 2020 | $27.6M | $23.8M | $9M | — | $1.8M | $92.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5.9M to 37 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Canadian Cancer Society$1.1M
- The Terry Fox Foundation$1.1M
- The 1988 Foundation$615K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$600K
- The University of British Columbia$383K
- Sinai Health Foundation$333K
- BC Cancer Foundation$275K
- Canadian Constitution Foundation$225K
- Variety - the Children's Charity of BC$150K
- The Macdonald-Laurier Institute$150K
- Centre for Civic Engagement$100K
- Queen's University at Kingston$80K
- Lawson Research Institute/institut de Recherches Lawson$80K
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$75K
- Institute for Liberal Studies$75K
- Breast Cancer Canada Cancer du sein du Canada$70K
- The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine$66K
- C.D. Howe Institute$55K
- Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation$50K
- CKNW Kids' Fund$50K
- Brain Canada Foundation$50K
- Community First Foundation$35K
- SecondStreet.org$25K
- Vancouver West Side Theatre Society$20K
- Vancouver Food Runners Society$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Arbuckle (director); Patrick Julian (chair); Daryl Simpson (director); Laurel Mowatt (director); Cynthia Ramsay (director); Ryan Benn (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119310241RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.