The Lighthouse Christian Academy Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 107625493RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,748,142) as filed with the CRA.
The Lighthouse Christian Academy Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from donations, 60% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Provides kindergarten to grade 12 education to children from a christian persepctive
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $35K | $152 | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $58K | $1,193 | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $29K | $700 | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $8,920 | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1M | $7,272 | $195 | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $40 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Jason Allen (chairperson); Timothy Chiu (treasurer); Sarah Knight (secretary); Brian Simpson (vice chair); Timothy Noordam (director); Stephanie Spearns (director); Lisa Blais (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lighthouse Christian Academy Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107625493RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.