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nonprofit · EIN 86-0481941 · AZ

How much does MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA raise and spend?

MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA (AZ, EIN 86-0481941) reported $131.0M in revenue and $125.5M in expenses for tax year 2024, with $79.4M in net assets (7.6 months of reserves). By expenses that ranks 2,102 of 391,588 e-filers, 32 of 5,241 nonprofits in arizona.

REVENUE: $131.0MEXPENSES: $125.5MRESERVES: 7.6 months7 filings

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What stands out

MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA (AZ, EIN 86-0481941) reported $131.0M in revenue and $125.5M in expenses for tax year 2024, with $79.4M in net assets (7.6 months of reserves). By expenses that ranks 2,102 of 391,588 e-filers, 32 of 5,241 nonprofits in arizona. Against nonprofits over $100M in expenses: months of reserves 7.6 months, below the peer median of 7.7 months; officer compensation share of expenses 3.1%, above the peer median of 0.9%; contributions share of revenue 76.8%, above the peer median of 0.8%; surplus margin 4.1%, above the peer median of 1.7%.

Key figures, tax year 2024

As filed on Form 990; ratios computed by FACTANKER. Peer medians are percentile_cont over the group in the same year. Every filed line links to its record on the entity page.

Measure2024Median, activityMedian, sizeMedian, all
Total revenue$131.0M—$233.3M$198.5k
Total expenses$125.5M—$225.3M$179.6k
Total assets$116.7M—$306.0M$761.5k
Net assets$79.4M—$162.6M$615.1k
Officer compensation (total per organisation)$3.9M—$2.6M$114.3k
Program service revenue share18.7%—92.5%13.4%
Contributions share of revenue76.8%—0.8%55.6%
Officer compensation share of expenses3.1%—0.9%6.6%
Months of reserves7.6 months—7.7 months12.4 months
Surplus margin4.1%—1.7%4.3%

Year by year

7 filings on record.

Tax yearRevenueExpensesNet assetsReservesOfficer comp.Rank
2024$131.0M$125.5M$79.4M7.6 months$3.9M2,102
2023$135.3M$124.5M$71.0M6.8 months$4.6M3,664
2022$128.6M$114.2M$58.3M6.1 months$3.2M3,647
2021$113.7M$113.3M$51.9M5.5 months$3.7M2,286
2020$105.6M$104.7M$46.6M5.3 months$4.5M3,559
2019$104.7M$100.3M$45.3M5.4 months$3.9M3,500
2018$96.9M$101.8M$43.3M5.1 months$4.1M3,223

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