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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,524,147
Total expenses
$16,768,658
Contributions and grants received
$12,778,918
Grants paid
$6,694,733
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,130,117
Management and general expenses
$2,741,723
Fundraising expenses
$2,896,818
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,130,117

Program services were 66.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • WILLIAM BRILLIANT

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MICHAEL MOCKUS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ANDRIA TRINIDAD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARIE ARRIGO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE BURNS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIA BUNYATOV-GODDARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARI CHANG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACLYN COHEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN CORTESE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN DONAGHY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EMMA FINE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TREVOR FREELAND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES GALOWSKI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNMARIE IMPARATO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL NENNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NAVEEN SHAHANI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHEILA PELUSO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARTURO POIRE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRACIE RODBURG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RABIA SHEIKH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN THOMAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PHILIP LUSSIER

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $410,530
    From this org
    $386,722
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,808
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $306,086
    Bonus
    $80,636
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,808
    Filer's total
    $410,530

  • WHITNEY REICHENBACKER VIGGIANO

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $204,224
    From this org
    $189,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,513
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,298
    Bonus
    $31,413
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,049
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,464
    Filer's total
    $204,224

  • GINA FLORESCU

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $231,101
    From this org
    $213,299
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,802
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,649
    Bonus
    $35,650
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,338
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,464
    Filer's total
    $231,101

  • MAUREEN FITZGERALD

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $245,865
    From this org
    $245,013
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $852
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,013
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $852
    Filer's total
    $245,865

  • ANIKA DAUGHTRY

    CHIEF MISSIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $196,470
    From this org
    $190,048
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,422
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,848
    Bonus
    $31,200
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,422
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $196,470

  • BENJAMIN MARCHIONE

    REGIONAL DIR. WESTERN NY

    Total calculated
    $160,266
    From this org
    $147,437
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,829
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,332
    Bonus
    $19,105
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,537
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,292
    Filer's total
    $160,266

  • LEIGHANN BUSCEMI

    DR. SPEC EVENTS & COMM FUND

    Total calculated
    $147,244
    From this org
    $142,021
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,223
    Hours/week
    35

  • ELIZABETH MERKOURIS

    DIRECTOR, PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $140,410
    From this org
    $135,490
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,920
    Hours/week
    35

  • WESLEY ALEXANDER

    DIRECTOR, DATA AND TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $128,464
    From this org
    $123,946
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,518
    Hours/week
    35

  • DIANA LOPEZ

    DIRECTOR, MISSION SUPPORT

    Total calculated
    $120,955
    From this org
    $120,955
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

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 — 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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
BONUS PAYMENTS ARE BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF SALARY BASED ON GOALS SET YEARLY BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CONSISTING OF INDEPENDENT PERSONS. AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ORGANIZATION AGAINST THE GOALS TO DETERMINE THE BONUS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
1 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531269349302678

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