Make-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri and Kansas

Analysis

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri and Kansas is a registered charity in United States, based in Ballwin, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 Missouri and Kansas reported income of $6.4m and spending of $7.8m, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income fell from $6.5m to $6.4m (-2.0%), an average of -0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2020, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri and Kansas sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Side Food Bank a Non-Profit Corporation ($6.4m), Niagara Homemaker Services Inc ($6.4m) and Center for Positive Changes ($6.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 102% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $494k (6.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $6.8m against liabilities of $1.9m, net assets of $4.9m. It reported 64 employees.