Beaver Valley Public Library
Publicly funded institution · Fruitvale, British Columbia · BN 106781172RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($265,492) as filed with the CRA.
Beaver Valley Public Library is a charitable organization based in Fruitvale, British Columbia, 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 $291K in revenue and $265K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The library provides public access to books magazines audiovisual and resource materials. Free computer tutoring and public access computers are also available. Children's programming includes regular story times school visits special event programming and a summer reading program. Adult programming includes author visits speakers and workshops. Provides province-wide interlibrary loans of collection. Supervision of exams.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $291K | $265K | $231K | — | — | $339K |
| 2023 | $275K | $274K | $248K | $0 | $0 | $313K |
| 2022 | $251K | $247K | $229K | — | — | $312K |
| 2021 | $264K | $232K | $217K | — | — | $308K |
| 2020 | $245K | $221K | $208K | — | — | $270K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$164K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shannon Girardo (treasurer); Jon Trusz (trustee); Valerie Ganzert (vice-chair); Mindy Smith (board chair); Allan Rothwell (trustee); Monique Mudie (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Beaver Valley Public Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106781172RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.