Endowment Funds

The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre is fortunate to have committed donors who, in addition to giving annual gifts, have also shown their commitment by establishing an endowment fund.

The following funds provide much needed support for our educational programs, commemorative events, exhibitions and collections, and publishing activities. Thank you for your generous support.

Selina Alko, Karen Alko Bichin, Amber Quiring, David and Michael Yochlowitz Endowment Fund

Gary and Dianne Averbach and Betty Averbach Endowment Fund

Sam and Frances Belzberg Endowment Fund

Dr. Barrett Benny Endowment Fund

Bluman Family Endowment Fund

Larry Brandt and Family Endowment Fund

Joseph z’l and Mary z’l Bulles Legacy Endowment Fund

Ron, Martha, Maija and Katie Burnett Endowment Fund

Claman-Mielnicki Family Legacy Endowment Fund

Irwin Cotler Endowment Fund

Lorne and Sylvia Cristall Endowment Fund

Jody and Harvey Dales Hospitality Endowment Fund

Jody and Harvey Dales Legacy Endowment Fund

Charles and Dora Davis and Family Endowment Fund

Ryan and Haley Davis Family Endowment Fund

Gordon and Leslie Diamond Endowment Fund

Charles and Isabelle, Craig and Carrie Diamond Endowment Fund

Dr. Arthur and Judith Dodek Endowment Fund

Mariette and Sid Doduck Endowment Fund

Samuel and Else Dunner Legacy Endowment Fund

Eva and Michael Dymant Holocaust Education Endowment Fund

Reuvane Tzvi Yehuda Feigelstock Memorial Endowment Fund

Sid and Sylvia Eibschutz Holocaust Education Endowment Fund

Pavel Eisner Memorial Fund

Erica Fleischer Memorial Endowment Fund

Steve and Eva Floris Endowment Fund

Lilli and Izak Folk Memorial Endowment Fund

Abe and Rachele Fox and Family Endowment Fund

Bertha Fraeme Endowment Fund

Max and Margaret Fugman Endowment Fund

Gaerber Family Legacy Endowment Fund

Edgar and Marilyn Gaerber Endowment Fund

Gechman Family Legacy Endowment Fund

Irving and Noreen Glassner Endowment Fund

David and Aurelia Gold Endowment Fund

Jakob-Izrael & Goldstein-Reisz Families Endowment Fund

Gottfried Family Kristallnacht Endowment Fund

Sam and Lola Haber Endowment Fund

Gail Feldman Heller Endowment Fund

Edwina and Paul Heller Holocaust Education Endowment Fund

Kitty Heller Memorial Endowment Fund

Sam and Michael Heller Memorial Endowment Fund

Kahn Family Legacy Endowment Fund

Leon and Evelyn Kahn Endowment Fund

Abrasha, Ida, Odie and Sherie Kaplan Endowment Fund

Leon and Esther Kaufman Legacy Endowment Fund

Leo Krell Memorial Book Fund

Emmy Krell Legacy Endowment Fund

Robert and Marilyn Krell Endowment Fund

Krell Special Program Opportunity Fund

Meyer and Gita Kron and Ruth Kron Sigal Endowment Fund

Landa and Hector Families’ Endowment Fund

Legacy Group Endowment Fund

Lewin Family Legacy Endowment Fund

Philip and Sherry Levinson Endowment Fund

Libin Family Endowment Fund

Lovi Memorial Endowment Fund

Jocy and Leo Lowy Endowment Fund

Bob and Ralph Markin Endowment Fund

Marsid Children’s Legacy Endowment Fund

Eugene, Alice and Paul Meyer Endowment Fund

Karen and Jack Micner Legacy Endowment Fund

Goldie and Avrum Miller Memorial Endowment Fund

Nemetz Family Endowment Fund: Lillian Boraks Nemetz, Arnold Nemetz, Steve Nemetz & Wendy Long, David & Franci Stratton

Pola and Henry Nutkiewicz Endowment Fund

Pinsky Family Legacy Endowment Fund

Leo Puterman Memorial Endowment Fund

Sarah Rozenberg-Warm Memorial Endowment Fund

Sacks Family Endowment Fund

Dr. Mark and Tracey Schonfeld and Family Endowment Fund

Rosalie and Joseph Segal Endowment Fund

Anita Shafran and Zev and Elaine Shafran Endowment Fund

David and Lil Shafran Endowment Fund

Ari Shiff and Carla van Messel Legacy Endowment Fund

Silber and Greenhut Families Endowment Fund

Lee, Bernie, Annie, Jory and Samantha Simpson Endowment Fund

Phyliss and Irving Snider Endowment Fund

Elizabeth Stern Memorial Endowment Fund

Dr. Stanley Sunshine Endowment Fund

Mimi, Leo and Nancy Sweedler Endowment Fund

Terry & Aron Szajman Memorial Education Endowment Fund

Ronnie Tessler Archives Fund

Isaac and Judith Thau Endowment Fund

Isaak and Bluma Tischler and Aron and Neri Tischler Endowment Fund

VHCS Endowment Fund

Rudolf Vrba Memorial Endowment Fund

Waisman Family Legacy Endowment Fund

Gloria and Robbie Waisman Endowment Fund

Waldman Symposium Endowment Fund

Joe and Birdie Wall Foundation Endowment Fund

Baruch Weise Endowment Fund

Elie Wiesel Memorial Endowment Fund

Joseph Wertman and Family Legacy Endowment Fund

Regina and Leo Wertman Endowment Fund

Shery and Gerald Wittenberg Endowment Fund

Miriam Wosk and Kenneth Wosk Legacy Endowment Fund

Mordechai and Hana Wosk Family Endowment Fund

Morris J. and Yosef Wosk Publishing Endowment Fund

Yosef Wosk and Family Endowment Fund

Zalkow Family Endowment Fund

Henry and Ludmila Zeldowicz Endowment Fund

The VHEC is also the recipient of funding from the following endowment funds held at the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Vancouver and the Vancouver Foundation: 

Martin Arndt Family Memorial Fund (JCF)

Arnold and Susan Fine Family Philanthropic Fund

Puterman Katzenstein Fund (JCF)

Sonner Family Endowment Fund (JCF)

Thau Family Endowment Fund (JCF)

Zlotnik Family Endowment Fund (JCF)

Isaac and Sophie Waldman Endowment Fund (Vancouver Foundation)