Make a Wish of New Hampshire Inc

Analysis

Make a Wish of New Hampshire Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Manchester, NH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending August 2023, Make a Wish of New Hampshire Inc reported income of $2.9m and spending of $2.8m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income fell from $3.1m to $2.9m (-5.1%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2020, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Make a Wish of New Hampshire Inc sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within NH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts Inc ($2.9m), The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Inc ($2.9m) and Middleton Place Foundation ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $293k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $476k. At year end it held assets of $5.1m against liabilities of $323k, net assets of $4.8m. It reported 13 employees.