Provost Lions Community Handi-Van Service Society
Publicly funded institution · Provost, Alberta · BN 119106011RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($52,992) as filed with the CRA.
Provost Lions Community Handi-Van Service Society is a charitable organization based in Provost, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $253K in revenue and $53K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $171K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $78K in 2020 to $253K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To provide seniors & persons with mobility issues safe & affordable transportation within our community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $253K | $53K | $51K | — | — | $454K |
| 2023 | $54K | $53K | $4,655 | — | — | $250K |
| 2022 | $46K | $50K | $46K | — | — | $249K |
| 2021 | $56K | $33K | $31K | — | — | $252K |
| 2020 | $78K | $22K | $22K | — | — | $229K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $171K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$31K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ronald Chopek (president); Pamela Weinrauck (secretary); Ruth Pahlke (treasurer); Donna Johnson (director); Sandy Sawatsky (vice president); Gayle Vass (director); Wonona Makranoff (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Provost Lions Community Handi-Van Service Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119106011RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.