The Pekarsky Family Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 891184541RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($155,032) as filed with the CRA.
The Pekarsky 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 $185K in revenue and $155K in expenditures.
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.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $133K in 2024, the largest being $100K to Jewish Federation of British Columbia. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $394K in 2020 to $185K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Accumulate funds to provide income for distribution to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $185K | $155K | — | — | $133K | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $133K | $129K | — | — | $108K | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $162K | $136K | — | — | $115K | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $153K | $101K | — | — | $80K | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $394K | $40K | — | — | $20K | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $133K to 9 qualified donees:
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$100K
- Maimonides School Society$15K
- University of Victoria$13K
- Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation/fondation Canadienne de l'Hopital Shaare Zedek$1,000
- Louis Brier Jewish Aged Foundation$1,000
- Hillel BC Society$1,000
- Pacific Ballet British Columbia Society$1,000
- Parkinson Society British Columbia$1,000
- Covenant House Vancouver$150
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Daniel Pekarsky (trustee); Trudy Pekarsky (trustee); Joshua Pekarsky (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Pekarsky Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891184541RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.