Lighthouse Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Chester, Nova Scotia · BN 888215043RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($99,837) as filed with the CRA.
Lighthouse Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Chester, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $138K in revenue and $100K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations, 39% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $88K in 2020 to $138K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $138K | $100K | $94K | — | — | $196K |
| 2023 | $147K | $142K | $134K | — | — | $159K |
| 2022 | $91K | $80K | $76K | — | — | $174K |
| 2021 | $73K | $47K | $44K | — | — | $163K |
| 2020 | $88K | $49K | $45K | — | — | $137K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $25K from 9 charities:
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$8,059
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$5,075
- Head of ST. Margaret's Bay United Baptist Church$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,427
- Ferguson Family Foundation$2,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$750
- ST Peter's Lutheran Church$50
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$48
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$30
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wendy Sheppard (coordinater); Joyce Hiltz (treasurer); Mae Thibeau (director); Kathy Marczak (director); Barbara Zwicker (director); Shirley McCaw (director); Scott Milner (chairperson); Lynn Hatt (director); Sue Baikie (director); Patricia Bloodworth (secretary); Lesley Tanton (co chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lighthouse Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888215043RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.