Author: Kirk Knestis
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For Sale: Child’s Transfer Chair
Riff the WheelCare Dog wants someone to have this wheelchair. It’s is a very light, aluminum, folding, Japanese-built PIRO PR-201 transfer chair sized for a child. Seat is approximately 14″ wide and 16″ high with footrests and flip-up arms. Gently used, donated, and refurbished with new rear wheels and bearings. Located in Reston, VA but…
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We Are Officially a 501(c)(3)
The big news this week is that we received our IRS determination letter and are now fully-fledged tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. This is a huge milestone for WheelCare.Health’s startup and pilot programming, setting us up to officially move forward with fundraising confident that contributions are tax deductible. Anyone…
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Are WheelCare.Health Contributions Tax-deductible?
UPDATE: As of 18 July, WheelCare.Health is a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The answer is now YES, contributions to support our mission are tax deductible. Application has been submitted to the IRS for WheelCare.Health to be a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization but we are waiting on the final…
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Paperwork Update for June 2025
WheelCare.Health has submitted documentation to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Office of Charitable and Regulatory Programs for approval to solicit charitable contributions to support our mission. This office (with its crazy-long title) is responsible for making sure that we adhere to Commonwealth legal standards when we solicit money and in-kind contributions. (Note:…
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WheelCare.Health is Legal in Virginia
WheelCare Health Inc. has secured certification to operate in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As a “foreign corporation” (we’re incorporated in Delaware), this was a necessary next step toward our summer 2025 pilot of mobile repairs of our neighbors’ mobility scooters and manual wheelchairs. Subscribe and follow along for more updates as they happen!