Make a Wish of Middle Tennessee Inc

Analysis

Make a Wish of Middle Tennessee Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Nashville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 of Middle Tennessee Inc reported income of $3.0m and spending of $3.0m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $2.6m to $3.0m (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Make a Wish of Middle Tennessee Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Childrens Retail ($3.0m), Wellspring House Inc ($3.0m) and Association for Technology Dependent Children Inc ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $158k (5.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $427k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $397k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 14 employees.