Western Counties Regional Library Charitable Association
Public foundation · Yarmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 119293181RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($20,019) as filed with the CRA.
Western Counties Regional Library Charitable Association is a public foundation based in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $26K in revenue and $20K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,404.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $18K in 2024, the largest being $18K to Western Counties Regional Library Board. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $12K in 2020 to $26K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Revenues are received from donations book sales ticket sales etc. The amounts received are used to support the western counties regional library.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $26K | $20K | $18K | — | $18K | $345K |
| 2023 | $27K | $28K | $26K | $973 | $25K | $340K |
| 2022 | $3,746 | $17K | $16K | $73 | $15K | $341K |
| 2021 | $50K | $18K | — | — | $15K | $353K |
| 2020 | $12K | $12K | — | — | $8,482 | $321K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $18K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $5,404 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathy Bourque (director); Shaun Hatfield (director); Carl Deveau (director); George Manzer (director); Sherry Thorbun-Irvine (chair); Patti Durkee (director); Louann Link (director); Ben Cleveland (vice chair); Kent Bailish (director); Elizabeth Acker (director); Wade Cleveland (director); Ellien Burton (director); Patrice Simpson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Western Counties Regional Library Charitable Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119293181RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.