Lumière pour les Nations/Light for the Nations/Luz para as Nacoes
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 845443167RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($188,301) as filed with the CRA.
Lumière pour les Nations/Light for the Nations/Luz para as Nacoes is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $254K in revenue and $188K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,200 in 2024, the largest being $1,200 to The Gideons International in Canada Charitable Fund. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $147K in 2020 to $254K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Organize and provide religious worship services. Organize and provide
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $254K | $188K | $184K | — | $1,200 | $224K |
| 2023 | $207K | $207K | $202K | — | $1,200 | $159K |
| 2022 | $148K | $126K | $122K | — | $1,200 | $158K |
| 2021 | $152K | $112K | $108K | — | $1,700 | $136K |
| 2020 | $147K | $103K | $99K | — | $2,600 | $97K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,200 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $14K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$69K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Erica Silva Oliveira Costa (secretary); Jose Claudio Carvalho (president); Fernando Henrique de Lima (treasurer); Cleydemir De Oliveira Santos (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lumière pour les Nations/Light for the Nations/Luz para as Nacoes’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 845443167RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.