British Columbia · Registered charity
CRESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN
CRESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN (British Columbia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$24,573 to it, the largest being CRESTON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (C$19,100). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
CRESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN is better cushioned than half of the 1,990 public amenities nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,990 public amenities nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Trinity United Churchlocalportfolio match
- Decoda Literacy Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockiesshared funderslocal
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 90% · 2018 89% · 2019 87% · 2020 90% · 2021 91% · 2022 97% · 2023 77% · 2024 89%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
30% of CRESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (10% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose C$670 → C$2k.
From the CRA filings of CRESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CRESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CRESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 97% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
78% of CRESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the C$5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from British Columbia funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$19k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 region is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Trinity United Churchlocalportfolio matchBC · funds 9 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Decoda Literacy Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchBC · backs 5 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockiesshared funderslocalBC · backs 6 organizations that share your funders · funds 24 organizations near you
- Kimberley Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ontario Genealogical Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Creston Valley Gleaners Societyshared funderslocalBC · backs 19 organizations that share your funders · funds 12 organizations near you
- Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick Ltd.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Northern Neighbours Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ross W McNeil Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotiaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Bulkley Valley Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Brockville Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue CRESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 89% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like CRESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In British Columbia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds CRESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN?
- CRESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN (British Columbia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$24,573 to it, the largest being CRESTON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (C$19,100). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CRESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 3 organizations giving C$24,573 in grants to CRESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CRESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN?
- CRESTON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$19,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CRESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in British Columbia.
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These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register