Chinook Arch Regional Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 136720232RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,585,166) as filed with the CRA.
Chinook Arch Regional Library Board is a charitable organization based in Lethbridge, 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 $4.4M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $32K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Provide services to all its member libraries in the following manner: Purchase catalogue and process library materials; prepare and maintain a central computer database; operate a wide area telecommunications network which links all member libraries (shared online catalogue); provide internet services; deliver a variety of programs such as Summer Reading Program Library to You service French language collections etc.; provide provincial interlibrary loan services; provide resource sharing programs; consulting support training purchase of electronic resources; support and delivery materia…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.4M | $2.6M | $2.5M | — | $0 | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $4.2M | $2.4M | $2.4M | — | — | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $3.9M | $4M | $4M | $0 | $0 | $4M |
| 2021 | $4.2M | $4.1M | — | $0 | $0 | $4.2M |
| 2020 | $4.4M | $4.2M | — | — | — | $4.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $32K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,99911 positions
- $40,000–79,99911 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tory Campbell (director); Melissa Jensen (director); Mark Barber (director); Kelly Jensen (director); Brendan Cummins (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chinook Arch Regional Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136720232RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.