Ontario Library Association
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107798159RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,723,583) as filed with the CRA.
Ontario Library Association is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,156.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Seminars and workshops conferences reading programs publication sales information services
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.7M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $1.7M | $1M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,156 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michelle Arbuckle (ex-officio secretary); Gohar Ashougian (vice-president); Orien Duda (director); Sarah Gauthier (director); Johanna Gibson-Lawler (director); Caroline Goulding (president); Kanta Kapoor (director); Graham Lavender (director); Max Lupo (director); Feather Maracle (director); Melanie Mills (past-president director); Ryan Moniz (director); Marj Poirier (director); Joel Rivard (director); Sabrina Saunders (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ontario Library Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107798159RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.