Lux in Tenebris Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 807522438RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,473,413) as filed with the CRA.
Lux in Tenebris Foundation is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $7.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $115.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $3.8M in 2024, the largest being $2.1M to Divine Renovation Ministry. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $21.4M in 2020 to $4.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain a fund or funds and from time to time to gift part or all of the principal capital or income of such fund(s) to qualified donnees as such term is defined in the income tax act ( canada) r.s.c 1985 c.1 (5th supp.) as amended from time to time.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $7.5M | $38K | — | $3.8M | $28M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.7M | $34K | — | $1.1M | $30.7M |
| 2022 | $734 | $8.2M | $14K | — | $756K | $31.3M |
| 2021 | $15.7M | $8.2M | $12K | — | $2.5M | $39.5M |
| 2020 | $21.4M | $366K | $13K | — | $341K | $32M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$4,774,058
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.8M to 14 qualified donees:
- Divine Renovation Ministry$2.1M
- Catholic Christian Outreach of Canada Inc$666K
- Le Verbe médias$350K
- The Fabrique of the Parish of Saint Ignatius of Loyola Archidiocese de Montreal$200K
- Montréal Youth for Christ$150K
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of ST. Catharines in Canada$68K
- La Fondation des Services Communautaires Catholiques Inc./ Foundation of Catholic Community Services Inc.$58K
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of ST. Catharines in Canada$57K
- Centre for Reproductive Loss$47K
- St. Raphael Palliative Care Home and Day Centre Inc.$45K
- Momentum: Catholic Single Mothers$40K
- St. Raphael Palliative Care Home and Day Centre Inc.$40K
- Chalice (Canada)$26K
- The Companions of the Cross$15K
Received $115 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Gentile (president); Eleonora Cau (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lux in Tenebris Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 807522438RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.