Record $21M donation goes to B.C. Cancer Agency
A foundation set up by a Slovakian emigrant who made a fortune in B.C. real estate has given what's believed to be the largest-ever charitable donation in the province's history.
What is believed to be the largest charitable gift in B.C. history has been donated by a man who came to the province with almost nothing to his name.
A charitable foundation set up by developer John Jambor, who arrived from Slovakia in 1928 with $14 in his pocket, has handed over a $21.4-million donation to the B.C. Cancer Agency.
Before Jambor died in 1991, he and his son set up the charity, which culminated in his record-setting and final bequest.
The CBC’s Alan Waterman reports.