The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 841516685RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,650,079) as filed with the CRA.
The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation 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 $17M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $450K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 35 qualified donees totalling $994K in 2024, the largest being $399K to Jewish Federation of British Columbia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.7M in 2020 to $17M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $17M | $1.7M | — | — | $994K | $52.3M |
| 2023 | $15.6M | $2.8M | — | — | $1.8M | $36.8M |
| 2022 | $3.7M | $1.6M | — | — | $962K | $23.9M |
| 2021 | $13.9M | $919K | — | — | $566K | $21.9M |
| 2020 | $3.7M | $425K | — | — | $422K | $8.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $994K to 35 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$399K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$267K
- The Children's Family House Society of B.C.$50K
- ZLC Foundation$42K
- Maimonides School Society$37K
- JNF Pac Region - Alut Aviv House$31K
- Congregation Schara Tzedeck$22K
- The Abraham Global Peace Initiative$15K
- Pacific Ballet British Columbia Society$15K
- Lubavitch Foundation of British Columbia$11K
- Jewish Family Services Agency of Vancouver$11K
- Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation$10K
- Delta Fire Fighters Charitable Society$10K
- Stable Harvest Farm$10K
- Vancouver Talmud Torah Association$9,500
- Central Organization for Jewish Education Lubavitch British Columbia$8,500
- The Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia$5,100
- Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society$5,000
- Peter A. Allard School of Law Ubc$5,000
- Hebrew Free Loan Association of Vancouver$5,000
- Jewish Seniors Alliance of British Columbia Society$5,000
- Central Organization for Jewish Education Lubavitch British Columbia$3,380
- Canadian Associates of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev Inc.$2,500
- Chabad of Nanaimo Society$2,000
- Vancouver Jewish Film Centre Society$2,000
Received $450K from 2 charities:
- ZLC Foundation$250K
- ZLC Foundation$200K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$947
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Arnold Silber (trustee); Anita Silber; Stacey Silber (trustee); Steven Silber (trustee); Marcie Flom (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 841516685RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.