Make-A-Wish Foundation of Orange County

Analysis

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Orange County is a registered charity in United States, based in Irvine, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 Foundation of Orange County reported income of $4.4m and spending of $5.1m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income fell from $4.5m to $4.4m (-1.7%), an average of -0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Orange County sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charles Henderson Memorial Association ($4.4m), Farmsteads of New England Inc ($4.4m) and Penn Yan Manor Nursing Home Inc ($4.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 2.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $235k (4.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $4.0m against liabilities of $1.9m, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 32 employees.