THE MEL JR. & MARTY ZAJAC FOUNDATION
Public foundationFoundations·300-2006 W 10TH AVE · VANCOUVER, BC · V6J 2B3·BN 125878314RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
This is a foundation: it mostly grants money to other charities, so program-spending ratios are the wrong lens. We show the share of spending disbursed to qualified donees instead.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
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.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Disbursed to qualified donees
T1 · computed (open data)11%
Per its F2024 T3010, this share of total spending went to other registered charities.
T3010 line 5050 ÷ 5100 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)47%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)6.9 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$2.3M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)15%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)1%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $2.0M | 47¢ | 53% | 5.6 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $1.5M | 62¢ | 38% | 6.2 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $2.3M | 55¢ | 43% | 7.9 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $1.3M | 49¢ | 51% | 6.9 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $2.2M | 52¢ | 48% | 6.3 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $2.3M | 53¢ | 47% | 6.9 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
Board of directors
16 directors reported · 13 of 16at arm's length
- Zajac, MelvinChairnot at arm's length
- Wong, ThomasTreasurerarm's length
- Hartley, WendyDirectorarm's length
- Scharfe, BradDirectorarm's length
- Bourne, RickDirectorarm's length
- Jagger, StephenDirectorarm's length
- Zajac, CorinneDirectornot at arm's length
- Williamson, LisaDirectorarm's length
- Blank, HowardDirectorarm's length
- Uppal, JeffreyDirectorarm's length
Show all 16 directors
- Blanden, Grant GBDirectorarm's length
- Carver, JustinDirectornot at arm's length
- Ferraro, DannyDirectorarm's length
- Parsons, SandraDirectorarm's length
- Crudo, GinoDirectorarm's length
- Lee, AlexandriaDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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