Lincoln Pelham Union Public Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Fonthill, Ontario · BN 130638018RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,510,197) as filed with the CRA.
Lincoln Pelham Union Public Library Board is a charitable organization based in Fonthill, 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 $2.5M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $59K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1M in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Lincoln pelham public library provides information and recreational resources to assist with literacy and lifelong learning for residents of lincoln and pelham. We provide access to books movies and music in a variety of formats (print to electronic) and newspapers and magazines. Programs are offered to all ages and include book clubs crafting literacy enrichment and informational sessions. We added many items to our library of things collection: musical intruments wifi hotspots fishing kits cpens and co2 detectors. We introduced our first books on the bench fundraising event which …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.1M | $0 | $0 | $667K |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.4M | — | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $970K | $966K | $1,734 | — | $754K |
| 2021 | $1M | $912K | $910K | $288 | — | $563K |
| 2020 | $1M | $871K | $869K | $443 | — | $627K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $59K from 7 charities:
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$13K
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$9,362
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$1,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,020
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$886
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$500
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$684K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mike Mikolic (trustee); Shellee Niznik (trustee); Donna Burton (trustee chair); Andrew Colgoni (trustee); Ruth Gretsinger (trustee); Nicole Nolan (trustee vice-chair); Linda Roote (trustee); Terry Teather (trustee); Jayme Toms (trustee); Stephanie Xamin (trustee); Julie Andrews (chief executive officer); Amy Guilmette (director of customer exp); Tania Szabo (finance clerk); Lathie Vannabouathong (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lincoln Pelham Union Public Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130638018RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.