Friends of the Guelph Public Library
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 814623138RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,019,145) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of the Guelph Public Library is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $86K in revenue and $1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,419.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1M in 2024, the largest being $1M to Guelph Public Library. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $141K in 2020 to $86K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Promotion support and advocacy of the guelph public library -support of programs (books for babies; botley code robots) -host fundraising event (annual booksale)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $86K | $1M | $14K | $15K | $1M | $138K |
| 2023 | $73K | $18K | $18K | — | $500 | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $63K | $231 | — | $46 | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $11K | $1,135 | $540 | — | $595 | $988K |
| 2020 | $141K | $33K | $20K | — | $12K | $800K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1,419 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,419
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ian Findlay (chair); May Goodwin (director (treasurer)); Tara Signorelli (secretary); James Gordon (director); Linda Kearns (director); Kathy Maclean (director); Nancy Ryan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of the Guelph Public Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 814623138RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.