Project Shelter Wakadogo
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 826373474RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($285,780) as filed with the CRA.
Project Shelter Wakadogo is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $335K in revenue and $286K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from donations, 30% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $41K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 34 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $212K in 2020 to $335K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Our vision is to provide quality education and healthcare to enable a new generation of children in northern Uganda to reach their full potential. Wakadogo's mission is to create a safe stimulating environment for intellectual creative and physical well being and development of the children in Acholiland. Wakadogo means 'for the little ones' in Swahili. Wakadogo is a grassroots charity registered in Uganda Canada & in the UK. We believe that education is the most powerful and effective way to change lives. The school serves and educates 450 boys and girls and employs 33 people from the lo…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $335K | $286K | $246K | $0 | $0 | $370K |
| 2023 | $256K | $250K | $184K | — | — | $321K |
| 2022 | $174K | $174K | $129K | — | — | $315K |
| 2021 | $147K | $152K | $152K | $0 | $0 | $315K |
| 2020 | $212K | $144K | $144K | — | — | $320K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $41K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions34
- Total compensation, all staff$131K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Farah Williamson Still (chair/president); Andrea Charbonneau (director/ceo); Zayna Aston (secretary); Nilmin Williamson (treasurer/cfo); Shirley Virga (director); Antonino Virga (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Project Shelter Wakadogo’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 826373474RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.