Sun Light Foundation
Private foundation · London, Ontario · BN 888352622RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($588,965) as filed with the CRA.
Sun Light Foundation is a private foundation based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $589K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 21 qualified donees totalling $550K in 2024, the largest being $185K to Indwell Community Homes. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $105K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The charity receives donations from related parties and donates funds to registered charities. There are no fundraisers. The foundation supports registered charities undertaking environmental charitable activities medical research charitable activities educational charitable activities or relief of poverty and similar charitable activities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $589K | — | — | $550K | $4.6M |
| 2023 | $762K | $211K | — | — | $196K | $3.8M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $271K | — | — | $246K | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $549K | $345K | — | — | $321K | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $105K | $156K | — | — | $135K | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $550K to 21 qualified donees:
- Indwell Community Homes$185K
- Redeemer University$145K
- Talbot Street Christian Reformed Church$65K
- Teen Challenge Canada Inc.$30K
- Hamilton Association for Christian Education Incorp$25K
- The Cardus Institute$15K
- Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.$13K
- London Regional Children's Museum$13K
- Meadowlands Fellowship Christian Reformed Church$10K
- London Crisis Pregnancy Centre$7,500
- Hope and Healing International$7,500
- Edudeo Ministries$5,000
- Beginnings Foundation$5,000
- Calvin Christian School Society of Hamilton$5,000
- Partners Worldwide Canada$5,000
- World Renew$3,000
- Hope Outreach of Canada Inc.$3,000
- The London District Christian Secondary School Society$2,000
- The Christian Reformed Church in North America$2,000
- London Community Foundation$2,000
- Destination Christian Reformed Church Inc.$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Henry Vander Laan (ceo/executive); Anne Vander Laan (director); Gary Vander Laan (director); Julie Van Eek (director); Marcel Vander Laan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sun Light Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888352622RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.