Eddie Reid Memorial Library Society
Charitable organization · Saturna Island, British Columbia · BN 802441196RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($33,540) as filed with the CRA.
Eddie Reid Memorial Library Society is a charitable organization based in Saturna Island, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $29K in revenue and $34K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 46% from government, 33% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We operate a community library we offer a preschool children's program in support of community families. We offer a writers' workshop for adults we run an authors' book talk program. We run a play reading group for adults. We collaborate with the saturna seed sharing program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $29K | $34K | $32K | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $21K | $16K | $13K | — | — | $25K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$5,391
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Debbie Lesurf (chairperson); Pauline Preston (vice chairperson); Ellen Bourassa (board member); Madeleine Picciotto (secretary); Rosemary Henry (board member); Pamela Page (board member); Carmen Craioveanu (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Eddie Reid Memorial Library Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 802441196RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.