Kitchener Public Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 107572489RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,751,030) as filed with the CRA.
Kitchener Public Library Board is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, 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 $14.9M in revenue and $14.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $414K.
Compared with 54 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 84 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
General public library programs and services for all ages. Provides visiting library services to the elderly infirm and disabled. Ongoing programs to develop digital literacy programs and services for all ages. Provides a musical lending library as well as outdoor activity equipment for all ages.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.9M | $14.8M | $13.4M | $30K | — | $6.3M |
| 2023 | $13.9M | $14.2M | $1.3M | $28K | — | $6.1M |
| 2022 | $12.7M | $13M | $11.8M | $25K | — | $6.4M |
| 2021 | $12.7M | $12.9M | $11.2M | $20K | — | $6.7M |
| 2020 | $12.6M | $12.1M | $11M | $25K | — | $6.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $414K from 9 charities:
- The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation$250K
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$41K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Astley Family Foundation$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$24K
- The Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable Foundation$6,000
- Waterloo Historical Society$1,250
- Abundance Canada$500
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
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions84
- Total compensation, all staff$10.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Katherine Andrews (chair/trustee); Laura Blythe (2nd vice chair/trustee); Jason Hammond (trustee); Bonita Hansra (trustee); Margaret Johnston (trustee/councillor); Margaret Lam (1st vice chair/trustee); Christine Michaud (trustee/councillor); Anjalf Misra (trustee); Shannon Nicholson (finance committee chair/truste); Brandon Van Dam (public service comm chair/tru); Clare Wagner (facilities committee chair/tru); Darren Solomon (secretary treasurer/ceo).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kitchener Public Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107572489RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.