Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library
Publicly funded institution · Dawson Creek, British Columbia · BN 130534258RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($690,864) as filed with the CRA.
Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library is a charitable organization based in Dawson Creek, 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 $766K in revenue and $691K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,811.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Book and other materials lending to public children's programs adult programs senior's programs home book deliveries interlibrary loans public internet computer access printing scanning photocopying administrating affiliate for the dolly parton imagination library.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $766K | $691K | $575K | $12K | $0 | $314K |
| 2023 | $659K | $643K | $529K | $11K | — | $227K |
| 2022 | $713K | $709K | $558K | $12K | — | $221K |
| 2021 | $615K | $613K | $505K | $11K | — | $444K |
| 2020 | $541K | $537K | $55K | — | — | $444K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,811 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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$446K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Combres (vice chairperson); Kim Erickson (chairperson); Brandon-Lee Mackinnon (trustee); Terri Foster (treasurer); Gregorio JR Apolonio (city appointed trustee); Lacey Grin (trustee); Sally Schilds (trustee); Sankalp Chawla (trustee); Betty Good (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130534258RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.