Lac du Bonnet Regional Library
Publicly funded institution · Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba · BN 107582876RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($177,173) as filed with the CRA.
Lac du Bonnet Regional Library is a charitable organization based in Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba, 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 $150K in revenue and $177K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,000.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The Lac du Bonnet Library provides a full range of library services including lending print materials reference materials inter-library loans e-books e-audio books digital magazines. Children and family programming on a bi-monthly basis summer reading camp weekly Lego and craft clubs for children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $150K | $177K | $106K | $167 | — | $135K |
| 2023 | $177K | $150K | $115K | $1,770 | — | $167K |
| 2022 | $137K | $124K | $105K | $151 | — | $142K |
| 2021 | $131K | $109K | $76K | — | — | $129K |
| 2020 | $148K | $118K | $82K | $495 | — | $94K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$100K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joan Einarson (chairperson); Louise Fergusson (secretary-treasurer); Karen David (vice-chairperson); Jennifer Hudson Stewart (head librarian); Violet Enns-Preston (rm council representative); Brian Jack (town council representative); Fiona Lindsay (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lac du Bonnet Regional Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107582876RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.