Alberta Book Fair Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 131293631RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($142,454) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Book Fair Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $119K in revenue and $142K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,236.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $188K in 2020 to $119K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Alberta book fair society annually programs litefest a nonfiction literary festival in edmonton ab. Each october the festival runs for 4 days and feautres a line-up of canadian and international writers at public events.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $119K | $142K | $128K | — | — | $47K |
| 2023 | $154K | $193K | $174K | — | — | $70K |
| 2022 | $109K | — | — | — | — | $110K |
| 2021 | $143K | $143K | $129K | — | — | $144K |
| 2020 | $188K | $194K | — | — | — | $144K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,236 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$3,364
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Katherine Gibson (president); Danielle Paradis (treasurer); Christine Taylor (acting secretary); Nermeen Hosny Ibrahi Youssef; Mishma Mukith; Catalina Morales Velez; Tim Querengesser.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Book Fair Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131293631RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.