Waterloo Public Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 108192113RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,435,981) as filed with the CRA.
Waterloo Public Library Board is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, 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 $8.8M in revenue and $9.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $80K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 46 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
We provide all residents of Waterloo Region library services such as: - books magazines A/V materials e-books reference services - children and adult programs computer access - info e-resources
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.8M | $9.4M | $163K | — | — | $6.1M |
| 2023 | $8.1M | $8.9M | $110K | — | — | $5.7M |
| 2022 | $8.7M | $9.7M | $38K | — | — | $5.5M |
| 2021 | $6.8M | $7.4M | $30K | — | — | $4.6M |
| 2020 | $6.4M | $6.9M | $25K | — | — | $4.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $80K from 4 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
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions46
- Total compensation, all staff$5.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Waterloo Public Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108192113RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.