The City of Lethbridge Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 849192661RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,373,758) as filed with the CRA.
The City of Lethbridge Library Board is a charitable organization based in Lethbridge, 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 $8.2M in revenue and $8.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $31K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 34 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The city of lethbridge library board provides services to the citizens of lethbridge including access to books and materials rsourses information services and activities to promote the life-long learning and programming for children and adults.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.2M | $8.4M | $6.5M | — | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $8M | $8.2M | $6.4M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $7.8M | $8M | $6.4M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $7.5M | $7.5M | $5.9M | — | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $7.9M | $7.6M | $5.9M | — | — | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $31K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions34
- Total compensation, all staff$5.2M
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 The City of Lethbridge Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 849192661RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.