The Lighthouse Children andfamilies
Charitable organization · Montréal, Quebec · BN 878089721RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,888,539) as filed with the CRA.
The Lighthouse Children andfamilies is a charitable organization based in Montréal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $6.8M in revenue and $6.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations, 44% from government, 18% from other charities. In 2024, 75 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 28 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.4M in 2020 to $6.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Offrir aux enfants nécessitant des soins palliatifs pédiatriques l'ensemble des soins et services tout au long de leur vie et offrir à leur famille accompagnement répit et suivi de deuil
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.8M | $6.9M | $5.2M | $873K | — | $69.9M |
| 2023 | $6.6M | $6.6M | $4.9M | $817K | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $5.3M | $5.5M | $4.1M | $596K | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $6.6M | $5.7M | $4.2M | $836K | — | $2.5M |
| 2020 | $4.4M | $4.7M | $3.5M | $679K | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.6M from 75 charities:
- The Molson Foundation/fondation Molson$110K
- Fondation DAmours$100K
- Sandra and Alain Bouchard Foundation$100K
- La Fondation Rossy The Rossy Foundation$100K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$100K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$90K
- Fondation J-Louis Lévesque$75K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$61K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$58K
- Altru Foundation Inc.$55K
- La Fondation Pomerantz/The Pomerantz Foundation$50K
- Chamandy Foundation$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$45K
- Benny & Co. Foundation$40K
- WCPD Foundation$39K
- Fondation Famille Léger$35K
- Fondation J. A. Desève$30K
- Fondation Charles Cusson$30K
- J. Armand Bombardier Foundation$25K
- The Jeffery Hale Foundation$25K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$25K
- The Cole foundation/La Fondation Cole$25K
- Fondation Famille Mongeau/Mongeau Family Foundation$25K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$25K
- Fondation Véromyka$25K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions28
- Total compensation, all staff$5.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
André Pratte (administrateur); Dominic Paradis (administrateur); François Gratton (président); Isabelle Desmarais (administratrice); Marc-Antoine Marquis (administrateur); Marcel Martin (vp et trésorier); Michèle Viau-Chagnon (administratrice); Patrick Samson (administrateur); Rita Benyahla (administratrice); Samantha Golinski (administrateur); Serge Lalonde (secrétaire); Véronique Gaumond-Carignan (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lighthouse Children andfamilies’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 878089721RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.