The Friends of the River John Library Society
Publicly funded institution · River John, Nova Scotia · BN 896829215RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($52,843) as filed with the CRA.
The Friends of the River John Library Society is a charitable organization based in River John, Nova Scotia, 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, 2023, it reported $45K in revenue and $53K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $504.
Compared with 537 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We provide and maintain a building and grounds for the River John Library
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $45K | $53K | $42K | — | — | $567K |
| 2022 | $45K | $28K | $19K | — | — | $634K |
| 2021 | $41K | $26K | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $48K | $20K | $4,874 | — | — | $260K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $504 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$10K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Robert Heighton (president); Lesley Longhorn (vice chair); Linda Little (secretary); David Cochrane (treasurer); Robert Assesl (director); Joann Ferguson (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Friends of the River John Library Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896829215RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.