Lighthouse Christian School Society
Publicly funded institution · Sylvan Lake, Alberta · BN 134260306RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,479,318) as filed with the CRA.
Lighthouse Christian School Society is a charitable organization based in Sylvan Lake, Alberta, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,361.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 34 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $882K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Operates a christian school that provides instruction for elementary junior high and senior high school students under guidelines for alberta learning.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $370K | — | — | $145K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $316K | — | — | $102K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $297K | $8,873 | — | $202K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $266K | $3,374 | — | $193K |
| 2020 | $882K | $894K | $214K | $36K | — | $193K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,361 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions34
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brent Moxness (secretary); Robert Byzitter (treasurer); Allison Knelsen (president & chair); Wayne Froese (vice chair); Onsy Tawardous (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lighthouse Christian School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134260306RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.