The Rising Light Foundation
Private foundation · Millarville, Alberta · BN 823408695RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($33,499) as filed with the CRA.
The Rising Light Foundation is a private foundation based in Millarville, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $30K in revenue and $33K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $30K in 2024, the largest being $30K to Empower Ministries. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7 in 2020 to $30K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The primary goal and purpose of the foundation is to create manage and build endowment funds for charitable organizations and other charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $30K | $33K | — | — | $30K | $19K |
| 2023 | $60K | $68K | — | — | $63K | $22K |
| 2022 | $101K | $94K | — | — | $90K | $30K |
| 2021 | $93K | $84K | $1,000 | — | $78K | $22K |
| 2020 | $7 | $123K | — | — | $123K | $14K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $30K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Unger (director); Kelly Unger (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Rising Light Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 823408695RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.