Canadian Wheelchair Foundation
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 888615606RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($352,864) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Wheelchair Foundation is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $304K in revenue and $353K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $31K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Create awareness of the needs and abilities of people with physical disabilities to promote the joy of giving create global friendships and to deliver a wheelchair to every child teen and adult in the world who needs one but cannot afford one.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $304K | $353K | $259K | $10K | — | $91K |
| 2023 | $346K | $344K | $250K | $7,867 | — | $140K |
| 2022 | $384K | $310K | $222K | $17K | — | $138K |
| 2021 | $191K | $239K | $162K | $6,035 | — | $67K |
| 2020 | $251K | $343K | $248K | $9,606 | $17K | $115K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $31K from 17 charities:
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$10K
- Deep-Akt Foundation$5,000
- The Catholic Foundation of Manitoba la Fondation Catholique du Manitoba$4,414
- The Alberta Knights of Columbus Charitable Foundation$2,228
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,122
- Saskatchewan K of C Charitable Foundation$2,000
- Episcopal Corporation of Saskatoon$1,566
- Sudbury #10888 Foundation$780
- ST. Joseph's Council No. 6361 Charitable Welfare Trust$600
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- Conseil ST-Felix de Valois #9929$400
- Rotary Club of ST Catherines South Charitable Trust$250
- Our Lady of the Lake Council No. 4917 Charitable Welfare Trust$225
- The Order of ST. Benedict$195
- ST. Joseph Council No. 8715 Charitable Welfare Trust$195
- White Rock Millennium Charitable Society$145
- ST. Joseph's Church$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$95K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christopher Lewis (president); Charlotte Anderson (director); E.r. (sandy) Wightman (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Wheelchair Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888615606RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.