The Zacks Family Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 889204467RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($274,319) as filed with the CRA.
The Zacks Family Charitable 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 $830K in revenue and $274K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 53 qualified donees totalling $274K in 2024, the largest being $212K to Jewish Federation of British Columbia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $108K in 2020 to $830K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Providing funding through donations to charitable organizations to advance an array of social programs primarily to assist those with health problems seniors children youth those in need of food or shelter victims of abuse and those that deal with crises and emergencies; also providing funding for arts cultural and environmental causes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $830K | $274K | — | — | $274K | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $254K | $198K | — | — | $198K | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $226K | $120K | — | — | $120K | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $208K | $109K | — | — | $109K | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $108K | $95K | — | — | $95K | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $274K to 53 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$212K
- United Way British Columbia$17K
- Jewish Family Services Agency of Vancouver$5,750
- Tikva Housing Society$1,500
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$1,500
- Save a Child's Heart Foundation$1,500
- HR Canada Charitable Organization$1,500
- Covenant House Vancouver$1,500
- CARE Canada$1,500
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$1,500
- Jewish Addiction Community Services of Vancouver$1,250
- Hope International Development Agency$1,250
- Wish Drop-In Centre Society$1,000
- Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society for Education and Remembrance$1,000
- Vancouver Food Runners Society$1,000
- Tri-City Transitions Society$1,000
- The Downtown Eastside Women's Centre Association$1,000
- L'Chaim Adult Daycare Society$1,000
- Jewish Seniors Alliance of British Columbia Society$1,000
- Canadian Friends of the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind$1,000
- Beit Halochem Canada /aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel (canada)$1,000
- Westminster House Society$750
- Vancouver West Side Theatre Society$750
- The Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia$750
- The Jerusalem Foundation of Canada Inc. la Fondation Jerusalem du Canada Inc.$750
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shira Gold (director); Peter Krivel-Zacks (director); Juliet Zacks (director); Theodor Zacks (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Zacks Family Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889204467RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.