Perth and District Union Public Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Perth, Ontario · BN 119091528RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($887,921) as filed with the CRA.
Perth and District Union Public Library Board is a charitable organization based in Perth, 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 $884K in revenue and $888K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $884K | $888K | $692K | — | — | $778K |
| 2023 | $846K | $820K | $694K | — | — | $792K |
| 2022 | $784K | $810K | $665K | — | — | $766K |
| 2021 | $736K | $777K | $711K | — | $4,000 | $792K |
| 2020 | $664K | $714K | $657K | — | $44K | $833K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $35K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$573K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Coutts (board member); Deborah Hamilton-Foley (board member); Katie Jordan (board member); Tara Langford (board chair); Lillian Logan (board member); Lynn Marsh (secretary/treasurer); Patricia Mertins (board member); Dawn Palmer (board member); Ted Parkinson (board member); Gary Waterfield (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Perth and District Union Public Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119091528RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.