Mel and Geri Davis Charitable Trust
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 771240884RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($647,677) as filed with the CRA.
Mel and Geri Davis Charitable Trust is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $407K in revenue and $648K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 55 qualified donees totalling $556K in 2024, the largest being $150K to Jewish Federation of British Columbia. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $407K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1(1) of the tax act
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $407K | $648K | — | — | $556K | $4.1M |
| 2023 | $210K | $611K | — | — | $518K | $4.4M |
| 2022 | $316K | $634K | — | — | $546K | $4.8M |
| 2021 | $614K | $1.2M | — | — | $1.1M | $5.1M |
| 2020 | $2M | $325K | — | — | $296K | $5.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $556K to 55 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$150K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$100K
- Sierra Club of British Columbia Foundation$72K
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$60K
- Congregation Schara Tzedeck$32K
- BC Women's Health Foundation$15K
- Louis Brier Jewish Aged Foundation$13K
- Canadian Associates of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev Inc.$10K
- Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association/association Canadienne d'Equitation Therapeutique$10K
- Pacific Riding for Developing Abilities$10K
- Valley Therapeutic Equestrian Association$6,000
- Aunt Leah's Independent Lifeskills Society$6,000
- Building a Jewish Tomorrow$5,900
- Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society for Education and Remembrance$5,360
- Vancouver Sun Children's Fund Society$5,000
- Jewish Family Services Agency of Vancouver$5,000
- BC Cancer Foundation$5,000
- Music Heals Charitable Foundation$4,500
- Jewish National Fund of Canada (JNF)$3,600
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$2,500
- Canuck Place Children's Hospice$2,000
- Jewish Federation of Edmonton$1,800
- Hebrew Free Loan Association of Vancouver$1,800
- Hillel BC Society$1,800
- Cause We Care Foundation$1,750
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$54K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melvin Davis (director); Geraldine Davis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mel and Geri Davis Charitable Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 771240884RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.