Shortgrass Library System
Publicly funded institution · Medicine Hat, Alberta · BN 124619248RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,266,695) as filed with the CRA.
Shortgrass Library System is a charitable organization based in Medicine Hat, Alberta, 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $6,566.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% 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 (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
As a collaboration of 11 municipalities shortgrass provides library support to 14 public libraries in southeast alberta. These support services include: acquisition cataloguing and processing of library materials deliveries between libraries technology support including integrated library system internet.wifi voip phone system all computer networking. Support for library programs through the provision of programming kits summer reading club support including provision of a performer for kids programs at 14 libraries and programs run by shortgrass staff. Training of staff volunteers …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1M | — | — | $3.6M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1M | $794K | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $477K | — | — | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | — | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | — | $3.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,566 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$634K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shortgrass Library System’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 124619248RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.