The Mel JR. & Marty Zajac Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 125878314RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,988,928) as filed with the CRA.
The Mel JR. & Marty Zajac Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $50K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $212K in 2024, the largest being $186K to Zajac Ranch Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Supporting ongoing charitable activities and programs which improve the quality of life of children young adults and senior citizens with physical mental and/or financial limitations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2M | $936K | $292K | $212K | $10.2M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $948K | $334K | $222K | $9.7M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.6M | $773K | $358K | $30K | $9.8M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $1.5M | $729K | $210K | $150K | $10.1M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.2M | $713K | $65K | $96K | $9.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $212K to 5 qualified donees:
- Zajac Ranch Society$186K
- The University of British Columbia$20K
- Face the World Foundation$5,000
- The Terry Fox Foundation$852
- Vancouver Community College Foundation$200
Received $50K from 9 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$18K
- Vancouver Foundation$11K
- The Dayhu Family Foundation$5,000
- The Hieros Foundation$5,000
- The Giustra Foundation$5,000
- Diamond Foundation$2,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,444
- The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$600
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$457K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melvin Zajac (chair); Thomas Wong (treasurer); Wendy Hartley (director); Brad Scharfe (director); Rick Bourne (director); Stephen Jagger (director); Corinne Zajac (director); Lisa Williamson (director); Howard Blank (director); Jeffrey Uppal (director); Grant Blanden (director); Justin Carver (director); Danny Ferraro (director); Sandra Parsons (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Mel JR. & Marty Zajac Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 125878314RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.