Taber Public Library
Publicly funded institution · Taber, Alberta · BN 129204079RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($413,020) as filed with the CRA.
Taber Public Library is a charitable organization based in Taber, 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 $470K in revenue and $413K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $534.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Maintain and preserve books and selected educational materials to loan out to the surrounding communities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $470K | $413K | $381K | — | — | $326K |
| 2023 | $449K | $391K | $361K | — | — | $268K |
| 2022 | $430K | $391K | $353K | — | — | $210K |
| 2021 | $387K | $338K | $279K | — | — | $181K |
| 2020 | $375K | $354K | $252K | $807 | — | $122K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $534 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$256K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jim Tallman (treasurer); Joe Strojwas (secretary); Monica McLean (director); Bethany Mitchell (director); Merrill Harris (director); Deanna Petherbridge (vice president); Eva Zucht (president); William Ferns (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Taber Public Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129204079RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.