The City of Chestermere Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Chestermere, Alberta · BN 815248596RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($876,677) as filed with the CRA.
The City of Chestermere Library Board is a charitable organization based in Chestermere, 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 $987K in revenue and $877K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,912.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $610K in 2020 to $987K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Book sales -art sales -general donations
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $987K | $877K | $647K | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $765K | $763K | $626K | — | — | $620K |
| 2022 | $591K | $607K | $473K | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $633K | $628K | $474K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $610K | $549K | $412K | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,912 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$640K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kavita Prasad (chair); Daina Barbary (treasurer); Rupinder Dullat (member); Joanne Burrows (member); Robert Schindler (city council); Kiran Randhawa (city council); Samantha Smorona (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The City of Chestermere Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815248596RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.