Parry Sound Public Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Parry Sound, Ontario · BN 868078239RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($530,823) as filed with the CRA.
Parry Sound Public Library Board is a charitable organization based in Parry Sound, 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 $526K in revenue and $531K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $802.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Parry sound public library provides library services to the town of parry sound and our contracting municipalities: township of the archipelago the township of carling and the municipality of mcdougall. The library offers a variety of resources both in-person and online (such as access to ebook and eaudiobooks) and programs and events for all ages throughout the year.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $526K | $531K | $476K | $17K | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $531K | $496K | $444K | $16K | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $449K | $457K | $393K | $23K | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $411K | $411K | $356K | $18K | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $362K | $405K | $352K | $18K | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $802 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$394K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Thomas Lundy (chair); Susan Murphy (vice-chair); Stephen Heder (trustee); Doug McCann (trustee); Jonathan Baxter (trustee); Sandra Bishop (trustee); Thomas (joe) Ryman (trustee); Marjorie Walker (trustee); Alhan Rahimi (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Parry Sound Public Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868078239RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.