Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hawaii Inc

Analysis

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hawaii Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Honolulu, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1985, 41 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 Hawaii Inc reported income of $4.5m and spending of $4.3m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $3.6m to $4.5m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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 Hawaii Inc sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salem Hospital Inc ($4.5m), Authoracare Foundation ($4.5m) and Caldwell Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc ($4.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% and program service revenue 29% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $296k (6.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. It paid $5,890 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $8.4m against liabilities of $1.8m, net assets of $6.7m. It reported 29 employees.