Hamilton Public Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 860181882RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($37,489,236) as filed with the CRA.
Hamilton Public Library Board is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $36.6M in revenue and $37.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $58K.
Compared with 54 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 159 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Provision of public library services to the residents of the city of hamilton
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $36.6M | $37.5M | $35.1M | — | — | $19.7M |
| 2023 | $36.6M | $37.5M | $35.1M | — | — | $19.7M |
| 2022 | $35.3M | $32.1M | $29.9M | — | — | $23.4M |
| 2021 | $34.6M | $29.2M | $27.2M | — | — | $21.2M |
| 2020 | $33.9M | $30.9M | $29.7M | — | — | $16.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $58K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions159
- Total compensation, all staff$24.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brie Berry (trustee); Gagan Batra (trustee); Kojo Damptey (trustee); Ted McMeekin (councilor/trustee); Dayna Firth (trustee); Alison Griggs (trustee); Jennifer Horwath (trustee); Lynne Serviss (councillor/trustee); Nicolas Van Velzen (trustee); Carly Whitmore (trustee); Cameron Kroetsch (councillor/trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hamilton Public Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860181882RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.