The Lighthouse Christian Social Services
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 130363740RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($422,515) as filed with the CRA.
The Lighthouse Christian Social Services is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $391K in revenue and $423K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 5% from government, 59% from other charities. In 2024, 33 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $498K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Help newcomers with settlement issues (school health parenting housing). Provide refugees sponsorship advice; provide local food bank for the community; information assistance; consulting; provide income tax assistance for low-income individuals refugees and newcomers; provide life-skills workshops; provide clothing pop-up events; seminars (esl employment etc); summer activities for youth (family camps); provide support for seniors and activities for seniors; provide prison ministry; counseling (provide family marriage abuse parenting and trauma counseling); conduct religious celebra…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $391K | $423K | $278K | $21K | — | $259K |
| 2023 | $413K | $405K | $279K | $15K | — | $288K |
| 2022 | $395K | $388K | $256K | $16K | — | $285K |
| 2021 | $449K | $328K | $219K | $14K | — | $280K |
| 2020 | $392K | $314K | $193K | $15K | — | $160K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $498K from 33 charities:
- Daily Bread Food Bank$256K
- Canadahelps Canadon$43K
- Canadahelps Canadon$43K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$41K
- Christian Stewardship Services$29K
- The Fred and Jane Reinders Foundation$10K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$10K
- Covenant Reformed Church of Toronto$8,118
- First Christian Reformed Church of Barrie Ont$5,423
- First Christian Reformed Church of Toronto$5,341
- Maranatha Christian Reformed Church of Woodbridge$4,400
- Maranatha Christian Reformed Church of Woodbridge$4,400
- Christian Reformed Church of Georgetown$4,045
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,890
- Bethel Christian Reformed Church of Newmarket$3,797
- Willowdale Christian Reformed Church of Toronto$3,630
- Crosspoint Christian Reformed Church$3,067
- Covenant Christian Reformed Church of Barrie$2,985
- Fellowship Christian Reformed Church$2,215
- Clearview Christian Reformed Church$2,042
- The Calgary Foundation$2,000
- Tillsonburg Christian Reformed Church$1,744
- Blyth Christian Reformed Church$1,485
- The Christian Reformed Church of Alliston$1,365
- Rehoboth Christian Reformed Church of Bowmanville$1,248
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$358K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ed Sikkema (chairperson); Marg Tymstra (board member); Annette Taylor (board member); Alisa Velthuizen (secretary); Joe Koole (treasurer); Marlene Sikkema (board member); Rob Datema (executive director); Sarah Irshad (board member); Rosanne Lopers-Sweetman (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lighthouse Christian Social Services’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130363740RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.