Friends of the Westlock Public Library Society
Publicly funded institution · Westlock, Alberta · BN 869038224RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,129) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of the Westlock Public Library Society is a public foundation based in Westlock, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $27K in revenue and $1,129 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 38 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,059 in 2023, the largest being $1,059 to Westlock Intermunicipal Library Board. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $15K in 2020 to $27K in 2024.
In its own words
Support children's programming at the library. Members volunteer to assist in the delivery of summer reading program weekly programs for various age groups. Membership drives for the Friends of Westlock Public Library Society to increase membership Enhance exposure of what the society does for our community. Help the library with exposure to the community to increase membership and use of the library.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27K | $1,129 | $961 | — | $0 | $34K |
| 2023 | $1,616 | $1,230 | $0 | — | $1,059 | $11K |
| 2022 | $6,011 | $24K | $1,715 | — | $22K | $10K |
| 2021 | $813 | $5,020 | $285 | — | $4,080 | $28K |
| 2020 | $15K | $14K | $352 | — | $13K | $32K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $1,059 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of the Westlock Public Library Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869038224RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.