Make-A-Wish Foundation of Ohio Kentucky and Indiana Inc

Analysis

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Ohio Kentucky and Indiana Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1985, 41 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 (gross receipts test) 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 Ohio Kentucky and Indiana Inc reported income of $19.3m and spending of $20.7m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $14.5m to $19.3m (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Ohio Kentucky and Indiana Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eagle Valley Mental Health ($19.3m), Autism Opportunities Foundation ($19.3m) and Baptist Medical Center-Leake Inc ($19.3m).

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 $872k (4.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.3m. At year end it held assets of $15.7m against liabilities of $2.6m, net assets of $13.1m. It reported 88 employees.