Thompson-Nicola Regional District Library System
Publicly funded institution · Kamloops, British Columbia · BN 129810636RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,456,496) as filed with the CRA.
Thompson-Nicola Regional District Library System is a charitable organization based in Kamloops, British Columbia, 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 $8.5M in revenue and $8.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,102.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 27 names.
In its own words
Promoting library development and patron usage within the thompson-nicola regional district
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.5M | $8.5M | $7.9M | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $7.5M | $7.5M | $7M | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $8.2M | $8.2M | $568K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $7.5M | $7.5M | $6.9M | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $7.1M | $7.1M | $6.6M | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,102 from 2 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
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$4.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Roden (director chair); Peter Ranta (director); David Lepsoe (director); Merlin Blackwell (director); Roland Stanke (director); Keturah Neustaeter (director); Bill Sarai (director); Michael O'Reilly (director); Kelton Hall (director); Margot Waithe (director); Marsha Bass (director); Robin Smith (director vice chair); Denise O'Connor (director); Michael Goetz (director); Usoff Tsao (director); Laura Lee Onslow (director); James Smith (director); Patricia Thorpe (director); Michael Grenier (director); Douglas Haughton (director); David Laird (director); Herb Graham (director); Gillian Hayward (director); Lee Morris (director); Stephen Karpuk (director); Robert Kerslake (director); Robert O'Toole (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Thompson-Nicola Regional District Library System’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129810636RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.