Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa Inc

Analysis

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Urbandale, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1988, 38 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 Iowa Inc reported income of $3.4m and spending of $4.7m, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $2.9m to $3.4m (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Iowa Inc sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dupage Health Coalition ($3.4m), Cass County Mental Health Association ($3.4m) and Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc ($3.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $161k (3.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. It paid $7,500 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $4.4m against liabilities of $427k, net assets of $4.0m. It reported 20 employees.