Wa Wa Shrine Patient Transportation Fund
Charitable organization · Regina, Saskatchewan · BN 870382751RR0001 · Relief of the Aged · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($193,844) as filed with the CRA.
Wa Wa Shrine Patient Transportation Fund is a charitable organization based in Regina, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under relief of the aged. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $500K in revenue and $194K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 85 seniors' charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $250K in 2020 to $500K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Funds donated plus any investment revenue is to be used to assist in the cost of transporting patients to the shriners hospital for children. If wa wa becomes inactive or no longer transports patients to hospitals the entire fund balance plus interest will be paid to the shriners hospital for children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $500K | $194K | $163K | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $303K | $132K | $103K | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $230K | $481K | — | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $386K | $142K | $142K | — | $5,000 | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $250K | $133K | $133K | — | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jason Istead (chief rabban); Stu Larson (chief rabban); Dean Rathwell (treasurer); Don Ford (assistant rabban); Richard Brown (recorder); Bob Keep (high priest and prophet); Bassel Abouchakra (oriental guide).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wa Wa Shrine Patient Transportation Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870382751RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.