Friends of the Castlegar & District Public Library
Public foundation · Castlegar, British Columbia · BN 884352402RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,304) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of the Castlegar & District Public Library is a public foundation based in Castlegar, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5,435 in revenue and $6,304 in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $70.
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 99% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5,864 in 2024, the largest being $5,864 to Castlegar & District Public Library. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1,320 in 2020 to $5,435 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Provides support to the Castlegar & District Library through fundraising and advocacy activities including book sales grant writing author readings and public relations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5,435 | $6,304 | $6,264 | — | $5,064 | $71K |
| 2023 | $5,795 | $609 | $609 | — | $0 | $72K |
| 2022 | $52K | $301 | $301 | — | $0 | $67K |
| 2021 | $7,875 | — | $40 | — | — | $15K |
| 2020 | $1,320 | $4,540 | $200 | — | $4,300 | $12K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$2,133
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,864 to 1 qualified donee:
- Castlegar & District Public Library$5,864
Received $70 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Turner (chair); Bev Onischuk (vice-chair); Terrance Gerling (library rep); Linda Miller (director); Juliet Genero (director); Nova MacDougall (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of the Castlegar & District Public Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 884352402RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.