Eastern Counties Regional Library
Publicly funded institution · Mulgrave, Nova Scotia · BN 107273351RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,373,376) as filed with the CRA.
Eastern Counties Regional Library is a charitable organization based in Mulgrave, 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 $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $713.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Providing free public library to the counties of inverness guysborough and richmond in the province of nova scotia.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $968K | $13K | — | $519K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $971K | $12K | — | $510K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $786K | $12K | — | $490K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $725K | $12K | — | $457K |
| 2020 | $1M | $1.1M | $827K | $12K | — | $361K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $713 from 1 charity:
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
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$945K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Courtney Mailman (vice chair); Ron Chisholm (board memer); Janet Peitzsche (board member); Clair Rankin (chair); Wanda Macdonald (board member); Blaine Macquarrie (board member); Claude Poirier (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Eastern Counties Regional Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107273351RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.