Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado Inc

Analysis

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Greenwood VLG, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1983, 43 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 Colorado Inc reported income of $7.4m and spending of $7.6m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $5.7m to $7.4m (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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 Colorado 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 CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cure Duchenne ($7.4m), Quality Behavioral Health Inc ($7.4m) and 4d Recovery ($7.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $688k (9.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $9.8m against liabilities of $2.8m, net assets of $7.1m. It reported 26 employees.