First Light Foundation of Hope
Charitable organization · Pontypool, Ontario · BN 744589680RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
No spending breakdown could be derived from this charity’s most recent filing — the receipt can’t be printed. The figures it did file are below.
First Light Foundation of Hope is a charitable organization based in Pontypool, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, it reported $251K in revenue and $388K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $24K.
None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $649K in 2020 to $251K in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Aid the reduction of poverty - food clothing homeless living supplies
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $251K | $388K | — | — | — | -$69K |
| 2022 | $363K | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $649K | $615K | — | — | — | $56K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $24K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$75K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roy Graves (president); Charles Waterman; John Sessions (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First Light Foundation of Hope’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 744589680RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.