The Lamplighter Foundation
Charitable organization · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 777311515RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($172,158) as filed with the CRA.
The Lamplighter Foundation is a charitable organization based in Thornhill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $186K in revenue and $172K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 30 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $105K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $7,900 in 2024, the largest being $4,400 to Camp Gan Israel Montreal. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $41K in 2020 to $186K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation provides assistance to families in the community through education and financial assistance.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $186K | $172K | $154K | — | — | $187 |
| 2023 | $151K | $160K | $144K | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $115K | $129K | $116K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $55K | $54K | $45K | — | — | $100 |
| 2020 | $41K | $41K | $39K | — | — | $48 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7,900 to 3 qualified donees:
- Camp Gan Israel Montreal$4,400
- Agudas Shomrei Hadas Jewish Community Services Inc$2,000
- Mesivta Ohr Temimim Lubavitch$1,500
Received $105K from 30 charities:
- Moral Arc Foundation$34K
- Bais Menachem$17K
- Yaldei Aharon$16K
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$6,160
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$4,934
- Bais Chaya Mushkah School for Girls$4,000
- The Dana Charitable Foundation$3,945
- The Friedberg Charitable Foundation$2,500
- My Charity Fund$1,661
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$1,650
- Matan Bsayser Foundation$1,510
- Chabad Lubavitch of Richmond Hill$1,500
- Social Services and Communal Matters Fund$1,330
- The Aryah and Faige Lebovic Charitable Trust$1,100
- Jack and Doris Bistricer Charitable Foundation$1,000
- J.frankel Family Charitable Trust$860
- The Koenig Family Foundation$750
- Nathan & Shani Bleeman Charitable Foundation$500
- Linas Tzedek Charitable Foundation$500
- The George Hofstedter Family Foundation$500
- The Daniel and Vera Rubinstein Charitable Foundation$500
- The Chaim Moshe Friedman Memorial Fund$500
- The Rothschild Charitable Foundation$430
- The Weitz Family Foundation$360
- The S. Sigler Family Charitable Foundation$360
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Naftoli Horowitz (director); Baruch Zaltzman (director); Mordche Wechter (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lamplighter Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 777311515RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.