Friends of the Sechelt Public Library
Public foundation · Sechelt, British Columbia · BN 892786369RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,965) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of the Sechelt Public Library is a public foundation based in Sechelt, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $15K in revenue and $9,965 in expenditures.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $21K in 2023, the largest being $21K to Sechelt Public Library Association. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $532K in 2020 to $15K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Book faires. Donated books are sold at a low price. The proceeds go towards the purchase of items requested by the library but which are beyond the scope of their budget.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15K | $9,965 | $2,188 | — | $2,188 | $56K |
| 2023 | $23K | $34K | $21K | $13K | $21K | $51K |
| 2022 | $16K | $11K | — | — | — | $61K |
| 2021 | $14K | $9,739 | — | — | — | $51K |
| 2020 | $532K | $1.1M | — | — | $328K | $5.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $21K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Sandra Friedman (co-chair); Gillian Smith (co-chair); Beverly Shimazaki (treasurer); Paula Selmayr (secretary).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of the Sechelt Public Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892786369RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.