The Tower of Light Children's Foundation Inc /la Fondation pour les Enfants Tour de Lumiere Inc.
Charitable organization · Mont-Royal, Quebec · BN 892879743RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,659,788) as filed with the CRA.
The Tower of Light Children's Foundation Inc /la Fondation pour les Enfants Tour de Lumiere Inc. is a charitable organization based in Mont-Royal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
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 29% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation was established for the purposes of the advancement of religion and education and the alleviation of poverty by providing religious and secular education shelter and food as well as physical facilities relating thereto to underprivileged children and adults.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.7M | $1.3M | — | — | $366K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.2M | — | — | $479K |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.3M | — | — | $461K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $414K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $339K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.2M from 18 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$347K
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$325K
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$180K
- Mashiyev Family Foundation$116K
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$75K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$57K
- The Mandelbaum Kids Charitable Corp.$55K
- The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation$18K
- Nathan and Lily Silver Family Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,213
- J & J Bitton Family Charitable Foundation$1,800
- Communauté Sepharade Unifiée du Québec$1,125
- The Amayn Charitable Foundation$1,000
- My Charity Fund$840
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$540
- Prime Quadrant Foundation$180
- Zichron David and Pesie Grunberger Fund$54
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$35
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$243K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Avner Amar (secretary); Jeffrey Rosner (administrator); Michael Prazoff (administrator); Marc Kakon (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Tower of Light Children's Foundation Inc /la Fondation pour les Enfants Tour de Lumiere Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892879743RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.