Make a Wish Foundation of Oregon Inc

Analysis

Make a Wish Foundation of Oregon Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1984, 42 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 Oregon Inc reported income of $4.8m and spending of $5.2m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $4.1m to $4.8m (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Oregon Inc sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rancho Los Amigos Foundation Inc ($4.8m), Deaconess Vna Plus LLC ($4.8m) and Childway Pediatric Services ($4.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $282k (5.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $4.3m against liabilities of $806k, net assets of $3.5m. It reported 21 employees.