Whitewater Region Public Library
Publicly funded institution · Beachburg, Ontario · BN 856843636RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($116,447) as filed with the CRA.
Whitewater Region Public Library is a charitable organization based in Beachburg, 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 $117K in revenue and $116K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $250.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 85% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100 in 2024, the largest being $100 to Royal Canadian Legion Cobden & District (ontario No. 550) Branch Poppy Fund. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
TD Summer reading club held at two locations with volunteers helping at each event -Provide reading materials movies and vision impaired reading devices and audio book readers and museum passes for borrow to library card holders. -Provide a video streaming service for free to library card holders. -Author meeting and reading events. -Allow free access to computer use and Wi-Fi to the public. -Offer copying scanning printing and laminating services. -Award winners of the Barbara MacWha Memorial Scholarship to post-secondary students. -Host an in-person reading club at Beachburg branch -Off…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $117K | $116K | $112K | $363 | $100 | $31K |
| 2023 | $111K | $121K | $114K | $2,502 | $50 | $28K |
| 2022 | $113K | $126K | $99K | $4,373 | $150 | $39K |
| 2021 | $125K | $112K | $747 | $2,168 | — | $52K |
| 2020 | $103K | $95K | $1,774 | $65 | — | $37K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $250 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$77K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Debbi McLaughlin (ceo); Jim Butterworth (board member); Monica La Grotta (treasurer); Mary Clark (director); Angela Stone-Butterworth (board member); Connie White-Tabbert (council representative); Jamal Hejazi.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Whitewater Region Public Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856843636RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.