The Municipality of Chatham-Kent Public Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Chatham, Ontario · BN 863313912RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,478,499) as filed with the CRA.
The Municipality of Chatham-Kent Public Library Board is a charitable organization based in Chatham, Ontario, 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 $5.5M in revenue and $5.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,785.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 33 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Chatham-kent public library provides educational cultural recreational and informational opportunities and resources at eleven branch locations. Support for lifelong learning is at the core of all library activities which include: a collection of 300 000 books cds dvds & other materials for loan; and virtual library including ebooks audiobooks movies and music public access to computers and internet information databases; wifi internet and other computer training & support for children adults 7 seniors; pre-school storytimes for infants toddlers pre-schoolers and their paren…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.5M | $5.5M | $4.2M | — | — | $15.4M |
| 2023 | $5.3M | $5.3M | $4.1M | — | — | $15.4M |
| 2022 | $5M | $5M | $2.8M | — | — | $15.4M |
| 2021 | $4.8M | $4.8M | $4.3M | — | — | $15.4M |
| 2020 | $4.3M | $4.3M | $3.1M | — | — | $15.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8,785 from 6 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
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions33
- Total compensation, all staff$3.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Conor Allin (trustee); Sudhir Chari (trustee); Robert Clarke (trustee); Karen Green (trustee); Ryan Doyle (trustee); Amy Finn (trustee); Tori Gamble (trustee); Erin Genge (trustee); Mary Clare Latimer (trustee); Allison Lee-Holloway (trustee); Alysson Storey (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Municipality of Chatham-Kent Public Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863313912RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.