Alberta · Registered charity
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Alberta) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$15,848 to it, the largest being Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne (C$12,812). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY is better cushioned than half of the 3,180 public amenities nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,180 public amenities nonprofits under $100k, 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.
- United Way of Lethbridge & South Western Alberta Societyshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Parent/Preschool Program Association of Southwestern Albertalocalportfolio match
- The University of Lethbridgelocalportfolio match
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.
16% of SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (28% 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 held at 2 funders, grant income fell C$3k → C$1k.
From the CRA filings of SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY’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
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% 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 SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 97% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 96% · 2022 91% · 2023 94% — diversifying over time.
“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
92% of SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY's grant income comes from Alberta funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$2k 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.
- United Way of Lethbridge & South Western Alberta Societyshared funderslocalportfolio matchAB · backs 37 organizations that share your funders · funds 5 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Parent/Preschool Program Association of Southwestern Albertalocalportfolio matchAB · funds 2 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The University of Lethbridgelocalportfolio matchAB · funds 2 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Simpson-Markinch Charitable FoundationlocalAB · funds 2 organizations near you
- Kimberley Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ontario Genealogical Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- One Life Church (Lethbridge)localAB · funds 3 organizations near you
- British Columbia Courthouse Library Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ross W McNeil Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Brockville Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Stratford and Perth County Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Port Dover / Woodhouse & District 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.
Organizations like SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
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 Alberta
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY?
- SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Alberta) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$15,848 to it, the largest being Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne (C$12,812). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 3 organizations giving C$15,848 in grants to SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY?
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne is the largest funder on record, with C$12,812 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alberta.
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