The Forestburg Municipal Library
Publicly funded institution · Forestburg, Alberta · BN 892354770RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($69,896) as filed with the CRA.
The Forestburg Municipal Library is a charitable organization based in Forestburg, 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 $75K in revenue and $70K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $500.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $49K in 2020 to $75K in 2024.
In its own words
We operate the forestburg library programs include a summer reading program preschool programs and special programs. We support imagination library
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $75K | $70K | $69K | — | — | $64K |
| 2023 | $55K | $55K | $49K | — | — | $59K |
| 2022 | $50K | $46K | $41K | — | — | $59K |
| 2021 | $54K | $39K | $35K | — | — | $44K |
| 2020 | $49K | $32K | $2,317 | — | — | $27K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $500 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$47K
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 Forestburg Municipal Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892354770RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.