The Friends of the Canmore Library Society
Charitable organization · Canmore, Alberta · BN 140975400RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($22,091) as filed with the CRA.
The Friends of the Canmore Library Society is a charitable organization based in Canmore, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $130K in revenue and $22K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,967.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 88% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $19K in 2024, the largest being $11K to Banff Canmore Community Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $13K in 2020 to $130K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Friends of the canmore library society exists to support our local library. Funds raised through book sales bottle returns & donations are used to purchase supplementary items for the canmore public library. In 2023/24 the friends held 3 book sales & hosted 3 speakers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $130K | $22K | $375 | $655 | $19K | $142K |
| 2023 | $17K | $16K | $875 | $374 | $13K | $31K |
| 2022 | $21K | $14K | $125 | $480 | $12K | $30K |
| 2021 | $18K | $13K | — | $324 | $12K | $23K |
| 2020 | $13K | $9,753 | $1,726 | $249 | $7,169 | $18K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $19K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $7,967 from 2 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,967
- The Calgary Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Korsbrek (president); Glenda Waddingham (vice president & director at…); Sally Scherer (treasurer); Donna Scott-Rees (secretary); Donna Hurley (director at large); Pennie Casey (director - book sales); Donna Balmain (director - special projects); Carla Cumming Sojonky (director - endowment fund); Patricia Saly (director - special projects); Georgaun McKay (director - membership).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Friends of the Canmore Library Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140975400RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.