Kingston-Frontenac Public Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Kingston, Ontario · BN 121700116RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,687,077) as filed with the CRA.
Kingston-Frontenac Public Library Board is a charitable organization based in Kingston, 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 $8.7M in revenue and $8.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 46 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Operated the following libraries according to the public libraries act: central rideau heights calvin park turner arden cloyne hartington howe island mountain grove parham pittsburgh plevna sharbot lake storrington sydenham and wolfe island.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.7M | $8.7M | $7.5M | — | — | $3M |
| 2023 | $8.4M | $8M | $6.8M | — | — | $3M |
| 2022 | $8.4M | $8.2M | $7M | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $6.8M | $7.8M | $6.9M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $8M | $7.6M | $6.8M | — | — | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $21K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions46
- Total compensation, all staff$6.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Asberg (trustee); Anne Brunner (trustee); Mary-Elizabeth Gauthier (trustee); Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant (trustee); Louise Moody (trustee); Alan Revill (trustee); Jennifer Ross (chair); Wendy Stephen (vice-chair); Marcus Letourneau (trustee); William Saunders (trustee); Sonia Verjovsky (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kingston-Frontenac Public Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 121700116RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.