Friends of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library
Public foundation · Kingston, Ontario · BN 893199562RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,470) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library is a public foundation based in Kingston, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $23K in revenue and $16K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,483.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $12K in 2024, the largest being $12K to Kingston-Frontenac Public Library Board. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $12K in 2020 to $23K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Funds are raised through donated book sales gift item sales and donations. Provide funding to the Kingston Frontenac Public Library system to enhance programs and services as well as special purchases.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $23K | $16K | $1,215 | — | $12K | $71K |
| 2023 | $28K | $19K | $3,019 | — | $14K | $65K |
| 2022 | $30K | $14K | $3,887 | — | $8,553 | $56K |
| 2021 | $18K | $2,861 | $1,422 | — | — | $41K |
| 2020 | $12K | $10K | $1,659 | — | $6,467 | $36K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $2,483 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jan Hansen (treasurer); Heather Pardy (director); Melba Leger (director); Nada Gharib (director); Ute Wilkinson (president); Monica Stewart (vice president); Helen Booth (director at large); Aivy Faye de Guzman-Bonabon (friendship chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893199562RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.