Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 885236000RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,684,855) as filed with the CRA.
Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 32% from other charities. In 2024, 62 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $142K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Production broadcasting and online streaming of television programs and social media content to advance & teach the religious tenants observances & culture of the roman catholic faith.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.7M | $2M | $299K | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $4.3M | $3.4M | $2.3M | $250K | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $3.6M | $2.7M | $211K | $0 | $587K |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $3.3M | $2.5M | $264K | — | $312K |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $3.8M | $3.4M | $43K | — | $49K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $142K from 62 charities:
- Patrick and Barbara Keenan Foundation$50K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$25K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall$10K
- Abundance Canada$5,000
- Oeuvres Regis-Vernet$5,000
- The Daly Foundation$5,000
- Toronto Council Knights of Columbus 1388 Charitable Welfare Trust$5,000
- Vancouver Foundation$4,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,078
- Knights of Columbus Ontario Charity Foundation$4,000
- St. Agnes Kouying Tsao Parish$3,000
- The Generalate of the Sisters of the Precious Blood$2,500
- Leslie & Irene Dube Foundation Inc.$2,500
- Fondation Soeurs de Notre-Dame Auxiliatrice$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,819
- Les Pères Prémontrés$1,501
- BenefAction Foundation$1,283
- Pillars Trust Fund inc.$1,000
- Les Oeuvres R.m./r.m. Charity$1,000
- The Society of the Salesians of Canada$1,000
- Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate Provincial Home$900
- Les Soeurs Salesiennes$800
- Les Religieuses de Jésus-Marie$500
- The Community of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary$500
- Order of ST. Clare$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anthony Gagliano (director); John Gagliano (director); Bosco Chan (director); Luongo Elio (director); Tom Pippy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885236000RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.