Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society for Education and Remembrance
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119261063RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,897,307) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society for Education and Remembrance is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 5% from government, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 35 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $449K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Conducts events to commemorate the holocaust; conducts activities to educate school children and others regarding the holocaust.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $965K | $946 | — | $5.6M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $7,500 | — | $5.6M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $11K | — | $5.6M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.1M | $850K | $7,330 | — | $6M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $931K | $663K | $2,304 | — | $5.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $449K from 35 charities:
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$109K
- Vancouver Foundation$62K
- The Azrieli Foundation$50K
- Canada Gives$35K
- ZLC Foundation$31K
- The 1988 Foundation$30K
- Marsid Family Foundation$20K
- Oasis Foundation$18K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$14K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$11K
- Kahn Foundation$10K
- Belzberg Family Foundation$10K
- Mel and Geri Davis Charitable Trust$5,360
- United Way of Greater Toronto$5,016
- Lohn Foundation$5,000
- Taeda Foundation$5,000
- Zalkow Foundation$3,600
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,313
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,762
- Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation$2,500
- The Chaim Zbar Foundation$2,500
- The Harvey and Jody Dales Family Philanthropic Foundation$1,800
- Lutsky Family Foundation$1,800
- The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation$1,800
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Corinne Zimmerman (past president); Marcus Brandt (vice president); Al Szajman (president); Joshua Sorin (treasurer); Jack Micner (director); Sam Heller (director); Mark Weintraub (director); Rita Akselrod (director); Shoshana Krell-Lewis (secretary); Michelle Guez (director); Michael Lipton (director); Talya Nemetz Sinchein (director); Helen Heacock Rivers (director); Ken Miller (director); Megan Laskin (director); Michael Fugman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society for Education and Remembrance’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119261063RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.