The Society of the Friends of the Edmonton Public Library
Public foundation · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 890518269RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($73,682) as filed with the CRA.
The Society of the Friends of the Edmonton Public Library is a public foundation based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $90K in revenue and $74K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $27K.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $70K in 2024, the largest being $70K to Edmonton Public Library. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $17K in 2020 to $90K in 2024.
In its own words
The Society of the Friends of the Edmonton Public Library is a volunteer non-profit society which promotes awareness of the public library with the community seeks community involvement in the activities of the Society acts as an advocate for the community's library interests and raises funds for projects in support of the Edmonton Public Library and for activities of the Society in support of the library community. Participates in a Casino every two years.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $90K | $74K | $2,554 | — | $70K | $18K |
| 2023 | $25K | $22K | $2,622 | — | $18K | $1,900 |
| 2022 | $9,607 | $3,932 | $688 | — | $2,500 | -$1,491 |
| 2021 | $63K | $104K | — | — | $97K | -$7,167 |
| 2020 | $17K | $37K | $2,433 | — | $34K | $33K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $70K to 1 qualified donee:
- Edmonton Public Library$70K
Received $27K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Society of the Friends of the Edmonton Public Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890518269RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.