Cumberland Regional Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Amherst, Nova Scotia · BN 118880962RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,339,673) as filed with the CRA.
Cumberland Regional Library Board is a charitable organization based in Amherst, 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 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 9% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Book club; annual summer reading program; public library services; public access computer; story hour and cart program; book sales; computer classes; community classes; stitching group; arts and crafts; teen game club.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $570K | — | — | $315K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $688K | — | — | $469K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1M | $438K | — | — | $536K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $951K | $406K | — | — | $528K |
| 2020 | $889K | $866K | $527K | — | — | $354K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $32K from 4 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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Denise Corey (chief librarian/sec.); Dale Fawthrop (chairman); Chantelle Taylor (deputy chief librarian); Carla Black (treasurer); Dale Porter (board member); Stephanie Keilhack (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cumberland Regional Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118880962RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.