Nanaimo Lighthouse Ministeries
Charitable organization · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 893608679RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,060) as filed with the CRA.
Nanaimo Lighthouse Ministeries is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $9,583 in revenue and $6,060 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4,588 in 2020 to $9,583 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Missionaries board foreign ships arriving in Vancouver Island ports from Duncan to Nanaimo throughout the year to present the sailors the good news contained in the bible. They present gifts such as toques sweaters reading materials and Christian tracts. Gifts are given to the sailors throughout the year including Christmas and contain various items of a personal nature such as pens combs socks soap chocolate bars etc. The way of Salvation is explained to the crew through messages videos and personal testimonies. Sailors are sometimes taken ashore to go shopping make phone calls t…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9,583 | $6,060 | $3,255 | — | $0 | $23K |
| 2023 | $9,264 | $10K | $7,196 | — | — | $20K |
| 2022 | $8,450 | $12K | $9,364 | — | — | $21K |
| 2021 | $6,219 | $6,887 | $3,602 | — | — | $24K |
| 2020 | $4,588 | $6,219 | $4,319 | — | — | $25K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carol Camp (director); Marian Kamstra (director); Matthew Szeler (director); Frank Sciarpelletti (director/treasurer); Paul Merriman (director); Grant Sandeman-Allen (director/chairman).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nanaimo Lighthouse Ministeries’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893608679RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.