ZLC Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 897476560RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,723,279) as filed with the CRA.
ZLC Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $11.2M in revenue and $9.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 32% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.7M.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 219 qualified donees totalling $8.8M in 2024, the largest being $1.7M to Jewish Federation of British Columbia. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The foundation invests funds(it receives as donations) in investments to secure the principal then it uses the principal and interest for charitable purposes being the disbursement of funds to qualified donees as defined by the I.t.a.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.2M | $9.7M | $7,000 | $808K | $8.8M | $14.3M |
| 2023 | $5.7M | $8.9M | $2,100 | $423K | $8.3M | $12.9M |
| 2022 | $17.8M | $12.7M | $175K | $962K | $11.6M | $17M |
| 2021 | $12.6M | $11.8M | $35K | $971K | $10.8M | $11.9M |
| 2020 | $11.1M | $6.3M | $13K | — | $5.3M | $11.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $8.8M to 219 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$1.7M
- Diamond Foundation$750K
- Brian Jessel Foundation$550K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$440K
- Pirbhai Foundation$275K
- Rundle College Society$250K
- Richmond Hospital Foundation$250K
- The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation$250K
- Burnaby Hospital and Community Foundation$202K
- The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation$200K
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$200K
- Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver$196K
- Jewish Educational Services$125K
- Collingwood School Foundation$111K
- Central Organization for Jewish Education Lubavitch British Columbia$111K
- Congregation Beth Israel$103K
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of British Columbia$103K
- Rajan Family Foundation$100K
- Private Giving Foundation$100K
- Bosa Properties Charitable Foundation$100K
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$92K
- Vancouver Talmud Torah Association$87K
- Music Heals Charitable Foundation$85K
- I.R.C.D.- The Institute Research Communication and Development I.R.C.D.$80K
- Vancouver Foundation$79K
Received $2.7M from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Cronk (director); Michelle Richier (director); Aeronn Zlotnik (director/president); Garry Zlotnik (director/vice-president); Michael Scott (director); Todd Thal (director); Michelle Karby (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ZLC Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897476560RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.