The City of Edmonton Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 119231033RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($72,384,669) as filed with the CRA.
The City of Edmonton Library Board is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 $71.6M in revenue and $72.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $472K.
Compared with 54 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 303 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The city of edmonton library board connects citizens of edmonton to the knowledge and cultures through access to library collections programs and services. This is provided through a network of 21 library branches and over 6.3 million in physical and digital materials (I.e. Books cds dvds video games and digital downloadable content). The edmonton public library is committed to a community-led service philosophy which ensure library services meet needs by taking services meet needs by taking service beyond the library walls into the community through community libarians and other library s…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $71.6M | $72.4M | $64.6M | $604K | — | $52.4M |
| 2023 | $70.2M | $70.2M | $62.4M | $769K | — | $53.2M |
| 2022 | $65.9M | $65.7M | $61.3M | $271K | — | $53.3M |
| 2021 | $61.6M | $58.2M | $54.4M | $191K | — | $53M |
| 2020 | $61.2M | $55.4M | $51.4M | $219K | — | $49.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $472K from 15 charities:
- The Highbury Foundation$150K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$130K
- Canadahelps Canadon$43K
- Canadahelps Canadon$43K
- The Stollery Charitable Foundation$40K
- The Ruth Elizabeth Hyndman Foundation$26K
- BenefAction Foundation$18K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$13K
- Shelley and Guy Scott Family Foundation$5,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,435
- The Board of Governors of Norquest College$1,290
- Canada Gives$500
- Abundance Canada$100
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$89
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$34
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions303
- Total compensation, all staff$44.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Crossman (chair); Russnak Rosalie (vicechair); Vogel Shawna (trustee); Hoosein Mark (trustee); Marin Sandra (trustee); Karen Principe (trustee); Faiz Tina (trustee); Bock-Freeman Rebecca (trustee); Chad Schulz (trustee); Mansur Bitar (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The City of Edmonton Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119231033RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.