Interlink Federated Public Library System
Publicly funded institution · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 107449811RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,115,291) as filed with the CRA.
Interlink Federated Public Library System is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, 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 $2.3M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Interlink provides resource sharing through delivery and telecommunications systems. Interlink works toward collection development. We provide audiobook sevices for visually impaired and physically disabled people. We hold in-house workshops and staff development courses. We provide children's and teen reading services. We provide a newtobc program for new immigrants. We provide leadership development programs. Primary purpose: to provide residents of the area free and equal access to the resources of the 18 m ember libraries in the interlink federation and to provide improved library resource…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $1.9M | — | — | $677K |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $2.2M | $2.2M | — | — | $497K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.8M | — | — | $450K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $923K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.1M | $711K | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$472K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Ann Lawrie (board vice chair); Sherine Merhi (board member); Anita Schuller (board member); Betty Weaver (board member); Ann Hopkins (board member); Mike Walsh (board member); Gene Bilshen (board member); Jen McCutcheon (board member); Anne Plessl (board member); Duncan Brown (board member); Tricia Zant (board member); Hasrat Grewal Gill (board member); John Gillies (board member); Lorena Yu (board member); Neal Nicholson (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Interlink Federated Public Library System’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107449811RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.