The Wasaga Beach Public Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Wasaga Beach, Ontario · BN 123363806RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,078,972) as filed with the CRA.
The Wasaga Beach Public Library Board is a charitable organization based in Wasaga Beach, 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 $2.1M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $480.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $713K in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Many long-standing programs continued at the library throughout 2024. These included early childhood and family favorites like music & storytime and the rhythm of the beach drum circle as well as stitch-talk-walk a social knitting and walking group. Adult programming remained strong with the friday afternoon book club the wasaga beach writers club and the monthly genealogy interest group. Children and youth offerings included the pokémon club slime club and creation club which featured themed crafts like snow globes and puppet-making. The library also continued to host a french reading …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.6M | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $1M | $1M | $822K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $904K | $904K | $752K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $713K | $713K | $550K | — | $500 | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $480 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lorraine Gruzuk (chair); Jody Mayhew (vice-chair); Corrine Lalonde (director); Rosanna Vryvogel (director); Peggy Harris (director); Patricia Copeland (director); Shann Leighton (director); Susan Reynolds (director); Barbara Kodors (director); Ellen Timms (council representative).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Wasaga Beach Public Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 123363806RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.