Banff Public Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Banff, Alberta · BN 118798818RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($883,751) as filed with the CRA.
Banff Public Library Board is a charitable organization based in Banff, Alberta, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $886K in revenue and $884K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Operating banff public library. Programs include literacy public internet access children's programs exhibiting public art.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $886K | $884K | $679K | $7,315 | $0 | $434K |
| 2023 | $789K | $758K | $751K | $6,518 | $0 | $423K |
| 2022 | $676K | $680K | $680K | — | — | $389K |
| 2021 | $619K | — | — | — | — | $396K |
| 2020 | $727K | $658K | $658K | — | — | $513K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 3 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
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$685K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Banff Public Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118798818RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.