Light for All Nations Ministries
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 898862073RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,069,943) as filed with the CRA.
Light for All Nations Ministries is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $191K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Light for all nations (lfan) does on-going regular television productions inviting guests from the christian community both in canada and abroad to be interviewed by the host nizar shaheen. Many productions are streamed online and aired by various satellite stations. Lfan sponsors humanitarian aid both in canada and in other countries when the need is deemed worthy providing monetary support in partnership with other charitable organizations. Inspirational music both vocal and instrumental is regularly taped for the television programs. Lfan president nizar shaheen regularly speaks in chur…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $974K | — | — | $416K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $331K |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.1M | $982K | — | — | $398K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $935K | — | — | $425K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $298K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $191K from 10 charities:
- KamFam Foundation$60K
- Crossroads Evangelical Missionary Church Fellowship$60K
- Crossroads Christian Communications Incorporated$29K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$25K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,500
- Middle East Baptist Church$2,000
- Calvary Community Church of Edmonton$1,350
- Arabic Christian Church of Calgary$1,200
- Canadahelps Canadon$599
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$324K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Byron Winsor (chairman); Pelissero Ken (treasurer); Ron Mainse (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Light for All Nations Ministries’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898862073RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.