Annapolis Valley Regional Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Berwick, Nova Scotia · BN 106714819RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,074,183) as filed with the CRA.
Annapolis Valley Regional Library Board is a charitable organization based in Berwick, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,554.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Overall library usage increased by 5% in 2023-24 as compared to 2022-23 over 4 000 new memberships were issued.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $3.1M | $2.8M | $2,803 | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $4.1M | $2.7M | $2.3M | $1,849 | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.3M | $2,231 | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $2.6M | $2.3M | $1,364 | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.4M | $3,435 | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,554 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Janet Ness (chair); Jill Cox (vice chair); Lesley Macdonald (treasurer); Mary Bustin (director); Emily Lutz (director); Bruce Prout (director); Laurie Murley (director); Paul Wear (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Annapolis Valley Regional Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106714819RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.