Friends of Carstairs Public Library Society
Public foundation · Carstairs, Alberta · BN 861652204RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,369) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of Carstairs Public Library Society is a public foundation based in Carstairs, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $6,509 in revenue and $16K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,932.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers.
In its own words
The friends are committed to fund-raise for the purchase of books equipment and furnishings for the carstairs public library. Volunteering at the used book sale and silent auctions family fun events applied for grants 8 member
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6,509 | $16K | $1,532 | — | — | $31K |
| 2023 | $33K | $21K | — | — | — | $41K |
| 2022 | $7,293 | $13K | — | — | — | $29K |
| 2021 | $11K | $22K | — | — | — | $34K |
| 2020 | $8,805 | $11K | — | — | — | $46K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,932 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of Carstairs Public Library Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861652204RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.