Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina Inc

Analysis

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Waxhaw, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1986, 40 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 Central and Western North Carolina Inc reported income of $7.3m and spending of $7.3m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $5.9m to $7.3m (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 66%. 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 Central and Western North Carolina Inc sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hatzolah Emergency Air Response Team Inc ($7.3m), The Council on Recovery ($7.3m) and Pendleton Community Care ($7.3m).

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 $355k (4.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $9.7m against liabilities of $2.1m, net assets of $7.6m. It reported 32 employees.