Nightlight Canada
Charitable organization · Kingston, Ontario · BN 817040389RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($217,665) as filed with the CRA.
Nightlight Canada is a charitable organization based in Kingston, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, it reported $104K in revenue and $218K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations, 49% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $124K.
Compared with 13,465 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $366K in 2020 to $104K in 2022. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Advancing the christian faith by sharing the good news of the gospel of jesus christ through outreach programs to needy and marginalized individuals in the kingston belleville and cambridge communities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $104K | $218K | $203K | — | — | -$66K |
| 2021 | $241K | $260K | $229K | — | — | -$8,742 |
| 2020 | $366K | $223K | $194K | $661 | — | $9,388 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $124K from 17 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- Huron Baptist Church (Sarnia)$4,000
- Temple Baptist Church Sarnia$3,400
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$2,500
- Bethel Pentecostal Church of Sarnia$2,000
- The Glory House$2,000
- Grace United Church$1,625
- Sarnia Missionary Church$1,560
- Global Christian Ministry Forum Canada$1,250
- Abundance Canada$1,200
- Trinity Anglican Church$1,100
- Living Hope Christian Reformed Church of Sarnia$1,027
- Overcomers Assembly Inc.$500
- ST Giles Presbyterian Church$475
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$395
- Ontario Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church$150
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$143K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
John Henderson (chair); Raelyn Daniels (secretary); Cory Rosa (treasurer); Benjamin Platz (director).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nightlight Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 817040389RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.