Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SC INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $5,143,365
Total expenses: $5,130,618
Contributions and grants received: $5,042,118
Grants paid: $2,364,247
Program service revenue: $9,825
Investment income: $118,362
Other revenue: -$26,940
Total assets, end of year: $4,339,784
Total liabilities, end of year: $427,512
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $3,912,272
Program services expenses (Part IX): $3,343,624
Management and general expenses: $455,359
Fundraising expenses: $1,331,635
Program service expenses (Part III): $3,343,624

Program services were 65.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

1a · Federated campaigns

$678
1c · Fundraising events

$1,229,311
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$3,812,129
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$802,263
2a · Program service revenue: WISH ASSIST FEES

total $9,825 · related or exempt $9,825
3 · Investment income

total $118,272 · excluded $118,272
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $90
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $90
7d · Net gain or loss

total $90 · excluded $90
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$231,832
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$1,229,311
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$267,813
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total -$35,981 · excluded -$35,981
11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

total $9,041 · excluded $9,041
11e · Other revenue, total

$9,041

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $2,364,247 · program services $2,364,247
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $198,313 · program services $1,983 · management and general $59,494 · fundraising $136,836
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $1,366,518 · program services $522,555 · management and general $152,413 · fundraising $691,550
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $57,674 · program services $21,170 · management and general $6,880 · fundraising $29,624
9 · Other employee benefits

total $69,234 · program services $23,286 · management and general $9,336 · fundraising $36,612
10 · Payroll taxes

total $108,830 · program services $36,591 · management and general $14,708 · fundraising $57,531
11c · Fees: accounting

total $67,395 · management and general $63,395 · fundraising $4,000
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $4,000 · fundraising $4,000
11f · Fees: investment management

total $610 · management and general $610
11g · Fees: other

total $11,987 · program services $1,567 · management and general $10,164 · fundraising $256
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $16,890 · program services $1,335 · management and general $673 · fundraising $14,882
13 · Office expenses

total $212,397 · program services $28,814 · management and general $51,211 · fundraising $132,372
14 · Information technology

total $28,582 · program services $9,808 · management and general $3,680 · fundraising $15,094
16 · Occupancy

total $80,672 · program services $24,320 · management and general $9,750 · fundraising $46,602
17 · Travel

total $44,932 · program services $4,790 · management and general $5,144 · fundraising $34,998
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $82,718 · program services $30,460 · management and general $8,316 · fundraising $43,942
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $8,672 · program services $2,917 · management and general $1,169 · fundraising $4,586
24a · Other expenses: CHAPTER DUES

total $385,067 · program services $269,547 · management and general $53,909 · fundraising $61,611
24b · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

total $14,151 · management and general $75 · fundraising $14,076
24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

total $7,724 · program services $234 · management and general $4,432 · fundraising $3,058
24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

total $5 · fundraising $5

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $6,632 · end of year $29,375
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $3,548,411 · end of year $3,619,600
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $371,942 · end of year $310,752
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $251 · end of year $891
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $47,488 · end of year $9,647
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $143,318 · end of year $117,512
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$171,488
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$147,666
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $22,021 · end of year $23,822
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $137,168 · end of year $228,185
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $306,872 · end of year $382,413
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $65,203 · end of year $45,099
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $3,536,815 · end of year $3,607,957
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $368,341 · end of year $304,315

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TOGETHER, WE CREATE LIFE-CHANGING WISHES FOR CHILDREN WITH CRITICAL ILLNESSES.

SEE SCHEDULE O.

Expenses $3,343,624 · Grants $2,364,247 · Revenue $9,825

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

TOM PATE

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10
LANE LEWIS

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10
BEN WALKER

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
MEGAN HUEBNER

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BILL SMITH

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
STEVE CARR

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CHAD DIAL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CHRIS LOVERN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MATT O'NEILL 272025

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
HART PEARY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CARMEN SCOTT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BRIAN SEARFOSS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JEFF TALLMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CAITLIN TOWNSEND

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DEBBIE TUCKER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
TAMMY WHALEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MISTY FARMER

PRESIDENT & CEO

Total calculated

$199,957

From this org

$186,013

From related orgs

$0

Other

$13,944

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$186,013

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$5,457

Nontaxable benefits

$8,487

Filer's total

$199,957
SUSANNA MARINO

VP OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS

Total calculated

$108,778

From this org

$103,527

From related orgs

$0

Other

$5,251

Hours/week

40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
3 · Compensation committee
3 · Form 990 of other organizations
3 · Compensation survey or study
3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
7 · Other non-fixed payments
8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A: THE CHAPTER PAYS THE MONTHLY DUES OF THE PRESIDENT & CEO TO THE POINSETT CLUB WHICH IS CONSIDERED AN IMPORTANT ESTABLISHMENT FOR MEETINGS AND MEETING WITH HIGH CAPACITY DONORS.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2024
Filed: 30 April 2026
IRS schema version: 2024v5.5
Source object: 202621209349302002

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