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Vancouver, BC · Private foundation

Belzberg Family Foundation

We support hospitals schools medical research institutions and senior homes.

C$129k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$25k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k3 grants · C$14k
  • C$10k–50k8 grants · C$115k
C$10,000
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATE SCHARA TZEDECKC$25,389
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE OF GREATER VANCOUVERC$20,000
JEWISH SENIORS ALLIANCE OF GREATER VANCOUVERC$15,000
CANADIAN HADASSAH-WIZO-283154C$15,000
VANCOUVER HEBREW ACADEMYC$10,000
CONGREGATION OF ANASH AND MIKVAH SOCIETY OF RICHMONDC$10,000
VANCOUVER HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTERC$10,000
CANADIAN JEWISH POLITICAL AFFAIRSC$10,000
VANCOUVER CHINATOWN FOUNDATIONS FOR COMMUNITY REVITALIZATIONC$8,000
BUILDING A JEWISH TOMORROWC$5,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICEC$1,000
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$4.9M · 23 repeat orgsC$1.7M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +64% since the first grant, against +40% for the ones you funded once.

23 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
30

Total granted

C$4.9M
C$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+40%

Still filing today

91%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.”

Backed again, and grew

  • JF
    JEWISH FEDERAL OF GREATER VANCOUVER
    6× · 2017–2023 · C$1.9M · revenue +191%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
    3× · 2017–2020 · C$1.0M · revenue ×1,050
  • VH
    VGH/UBC HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2019 · C$375k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • SF
    SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$700k · revenue +43%
  • OF
    ONEFAMILY FUND
    one grant, 2023 · C$333k · revenue -32%
  • VP
    VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · C$250k · revenue -43%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent CRA filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matches that aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Vancouver Jewish Film Centre Society

The society was established to foster multiculturalism inclusiveness and education through the presentation of films that showcase jewish art culture history and life in our society both past and present. the vjfcs has produced an annual…

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2
Chabad of Downtown Vancouver

Fostering and conducting religious jewish educating in bc

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3
Vancouver Jewish Day Schools Education Society
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4
Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver Foundation

1) to support the needs of the aged in bc by advancing & promoting the purpose & activities of jewish seniors alliance of british columbia 2) to improve efficiency by providing adminstrative service & managing of assets on behalf of jewish…

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5
Hillel Bc Society

During the fiscal period the charity provided education and social programming to young jewish adults in universities and colleges in british columbia.

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6
Jewish Home for the Aged of British Columbia

Louis Brier Home and Hospital operates a care facility in Vancouver that consists of 91 extended care beds and 124 intermediate care beds for residents who meet the prescribed entry requirements (as determined by the BC Ministry of Health…

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7
Vancouver Jewish Building Society

The society operates a 65 unit housing project for senior citizens of low and modertae street vancouver bc income located at 1260 how street vancouver bc the society also leaves from the city of vancouver and operates a 4 unit housing…

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8
Jewish Community Center of Victoria

The jccv is a charitable non-profit organization providing educational recreational cultural and social programs for the jewish community and the general public.

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9
Commonwealth Jewish Foundation of Canada/Fondation Commonwealth juive du Canada
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10
Vancouver Talmud Torah Foundation

The vancouver talmud torah foundation disburses scholarships & monies to support the vancouver talmud torah elementary school and king david high school as part of the foundation’s continuing commitment to the advancement of jewish…

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11
Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto

The jewish foundation of greater toronto receives manages and invests funds as well as disburses grants to qualified donees. using a research-driven approach the jewish foundation of greater toronto strategically distributes to community…

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12
Jewish Women International Foundation of British Columbia

We provide funds and volunteer services for the jewish food bank.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of British Columbia and the most unlike its peers is The Dr R.E.M. Lee Hospital Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

02the grantee network

49 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.

Each one resolved to its own CRA returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2024, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 49 of the 54 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/49
Grantees still filing
39/49
Grew since you first funded

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%C$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJEWISH FEDERAL OF GREATER VANCOUVER — C$1,854,780 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA — C$1,000,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetSIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY — C$700,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVancouver Hebrew Academy Society — C$433,000 over 7y, 17% of budgetVGH/UBC HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$375,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetONEFAMILY FUND — C$333,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetBC Cancer Foundation — C$300,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetVANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — C$250,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetVANCOUVER CHINATOWN FOUNDATION — C$211,500 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetVANCOUVER TALMUD TORAH — C$150,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCONGREGATION SCHARA TZEDECK — C$135,634 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetHZS/CAMP MIRIAM — C$100,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetCanadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem — C$100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MONTREAL — C$100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — C$75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN HADASSAH-WIZO-283154 — C$72,100 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH SENIORS ALLIANCE OF GREATER VANCOUVER — C$70,000 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetCANADIAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT AISH HATORAH — C$48,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetNCSY CANADA — C$43,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND OF CANADA — C$40,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLOUIS BRIER JEWISH AGED FOUNDATION — C$40,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetVancouver Holocaust Education Centre — C$30,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE OF GREATER VANCOUVER — C$23,940 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Jerusalem Foundation of Canada — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — C$16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCONGREGATION OF ANASH AND MIKVAH SOCIETY OF RICHMOND — C$10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY ASSOCIATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDYSTONIA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION CANADA — C$10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCANADIAN FRIENDS OF THE WORLD JEWISH MUSEUM — C$6,800 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetSHALHEVET GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETY — C$6,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCANADA HELPS — C$5,125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBC WOMEN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVANCOUVER YAFFA HOUSING SOCIETY — C$5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM & ARCHIVES OF BC — C$5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetJewish Family Service Calgary — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDR. R.E.M. LEE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetVANCOUVER WEST SIDE THEATRE SOCIETY — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Council of Jewish Women Vancouver — C$2,300 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetWestern Regional Hospital Foundation — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAVENS — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA METRO VANCOUVER — C$1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCANADA GIVES — C$1,482 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAL VANCOUVER — C$1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORT CANADA — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOKANAGAN JEWISH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCANADIAN RED CROSS — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAVEN SPIRIT DANCE — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER VANCOUVER FOOD BANK — C$500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Lohn FoundationZlc FoundationJewish Federation of …The Joseph Segal Fami…Diamond FoundationMarsid Family Foundat…Phyliss and Irving Sn…The Dayhu Family Foun…Nicola Wealth Private…Kahn FoundationB.C. Turf FoundationThe Arnold and Anita …
Lohn FoundationBC25× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lohn Foundation · Zlc Foundation · Jewish Federation of British Columbia · The Joseph Segal Family Foundation · Diamond Foundation · Marsid Family Foundation · Phyliss and Irving Snider Foundation · The Dayhu Family Foundation · Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation · Kahn Foundation · B.C. Turf Foundation · The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from the Canada Revenue Agency’s published T3010 data — your own annual information return and the multi-year returns of the 54 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year) — each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program description on its T3010; we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without a BN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your T3010 annual information return for the fiscal period ending 2024-12-31, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2024. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a private foundation under foundations.

Source object 837846757:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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