Society of Friends of the Lethbridge Public Library
Public foundation · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 898942230RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($28,236) as filed with the CRA.
Society of Friends of the Lethbridge Public Library is a public foundation based in Lethbridge, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $14K in revenue and $28K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,713.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $27K in 2024, the largest being $27K to The City of Lethbridge Library Board. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Provide the lethbridge public library with furnishings equipment materials; provide volunteers and funding for educational speakers and annual literary festival; support library programming; advocate for the library. Statistics for 2024: 83 volunteers providing 1 220 hours
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14K | $28K | $215 | $159 | $27K | $56K |
| 2023 | $51K | $10K | $210 | — | $7,500 | $70K |
| 2022 | $12K | $108K | $268 | — | $108K | $30K |
| 2021 | $3,337 | $29K | $255 | — | $28K | $126K |
| 2020 | $17K | $8,358 | $1,031 | — | $6,472 | $151K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $27K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $2,713 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Victor Mensch (president); Donna Hunt (vice president); Judy Vogt (secretary); Caryl Nelson-Fitzpatrick (treasurer); Barbara-Anne Gibson (director); Donna Seyed-Mahmoud (director); Debbie Rakos (director); Miranda Hlady (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Society of Friends of the Lethbridge Public Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898942230RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.