Lamplighter Pre-School
Publicly funded institution · Napanee, Ontario · BN 107594582RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($712,857) as filed with the CRA.
Lamplighter Pre-School is a charitable organization based in Napanee, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $804K in revenue and $713K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $456.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $473K in 2020 to $804K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Lamplighter pre-school inc. Operates a daycare facility for children aged from 0 to 6 years of age in the town of greater napanee in ontario.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $804K | $713K | $632K | $1,588 | — | $374K |
| 2023 | $707K | $738K | $554K | $5,952 | — | $333K |
| 2022 | $615K | $641K | $578K | $5,952 | — | $485K |
| 2021 | $776K | $656K | $578K | $14K | — | $510K |
| 2020 | $473K | $408K | $357K | $2,409 | — | $390K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $456 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$547K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Holly Baldwin (director); Tara Wannamaker (director); Stephanie McConnell (vice chair); Andrew Straatsma (director); Alison Pallister (director); Laura Todd (treasurer); Valerie Watts-Dafoe (director); Amber Carrigan Roberts (director); Kate King-Harrison (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lamplighter Pre-School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107594582RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.