Lighthouse Mennonite Church
Charitable organization · Lyons Brook, Nova Scotia · BN 861365070RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($373,730) as filed with the CRA.
Lighthouse Mennonite Church is a charitable organization based in Lyons Brook, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $342K in revenue and $374K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $131K in 2023, the largest being $131K to Philippine Witness Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Our program includes teaching biblical principles at home and abroad. This includes operating our own christian school. We also assist in helping where there are physical material and spiritual needs at home and abroad as they arise.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $342K | $374K | $130K | — | $207K | $551K |
| 2023 | $379K | $331K | $99K | — | $201K | $583K |
| 2022 | $297K | $293K | $162K | — | $96K | $535K |
| 2021 | $335K | $85K | $75K | — | — | $531K |
| 2020 | $268K | $331K | $104K | — | $105K | $423K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $131K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$68K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Abe Plett (bishop); Henry Friesen (deacon/treasurer); Peter Zehr (deacon); Nathan Carpenter (pastor).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lighthouse Mennonite Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861365070RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.