Make a Wish Foundation of Arizona Inc

Analysis

Make a Wish Foundation of Arizona Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Scottsdale, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1981, 45 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 Arizona Inc reported income of $10.3m and spending of $10.2m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $7.9m to $10.3m (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Arizona Inc sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shannon Real Estate Services ($10.3m), Abilities Network Inc ($10.3m) and Ohio State Dental Faculty Practice Inc - John R Kalmar DMD PHD ($10.3m).

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 $583k (5.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.8m. At year end it held assets of $14.0m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $12.8m. It reported 45 employees.