Calgary Public Library Foundation
Public foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 872923537RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,389,012) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Public Library Foundation is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $6.3M in revenue and $4.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 31 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.5M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.9M in 2024, the largest being $1.9M to Calgary Public Library. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
The Calgary Public Library Foundation's sole purpose is to raise funds for the Calgary Public Library to enhance programs and services provided to Calgarians.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.3M | $4.4M | — | $864K | $1.9M | $17.2M |
| 2023 | $6.1M | $4.9M | — | $974K | $2.4M | $15.3M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $4.1M | — | $666K | $2.6M | $14.1M |
| 2021 | $5.5M | $2.8M | $0 | $780K | $1.4M | $15.6M |
| 2020 | $4.9M | $2.8M | $0 | $576K | $1.5M | $12.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.9M to 1 qualified donee:
- Calgary Public Library$1.9M
Received $1.5M from 31 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$577K
- The Calgary Foundation$175K
- Canadahelps Canadon$127K
- Canadahelps Canadon$127K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$87K
- Herbert and Maren Mueller Foundation$65K
- Viewpoint Foundation$50K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$50K
- Canada Gives$34K
- Wayne Foo Foundation$30K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- Prairie Crocus Foundation$20K
- Norrep Foundation$20K
- Kanovsky Family Foundation$20K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$15K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$14K
- BenefAction Foundation$12K
- KSBK Charitable Foundation$10K
- The Read Family Foundation$10K
- Aqueduct Foundation$6,000
- Children's Hospital Aid Society$5,000
- ATCO Electric Epic$1,861
- Abundance Canada$1,700
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,207
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dean Koeller (director); Jason Jogia (director); Patricia Moore (director emeritus); James Pettigrew (treasurer); Sabina Shah (director); Naim Ali (director); Pamela Draper (director); Rob Van Wielingen (chair); Don Sewell (director); Jordan Balaban (director); Rachel Wade (director); Shashi Behl (director); Thu Duncan-Nguyen (director); Evan Legate (director); Gillian Hynes (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Public Library Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872923537RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.