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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST AND LOUISIANA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,519,291
Total expenses
$6,991,061
Contributions and grants received
$5,969,896
Grants paid
$3,434,274
Program service revenue
$7,350
Investment income
$679,572
Other revenue
-$137,527
Total assets, end of year
$18,206,476
Total liabilities, end of year
$863,703
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,342,773
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,816,008
Management and general expenses
$972,921
Fundraising expenses
$1,202,132
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,816,008

Program services were 68.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,689,487

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $8,600

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,271,809

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,246,494

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WISH ASSIST FEES

    total $7,350 · related or exempt $7,350

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $443,559 · excluded $443,559

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $10,051,901

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $9,815,888

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $236,013

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $236,013 · excluded $236,013

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $161,440

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,689,487

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $325,517

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$164,077 · excluded -$164,077

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $26,550

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $26,550 · excluded $26,550

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,434,274 · program services $3,434,274

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $444,386 · program services $51,006 · management and general $64,758 · fundraising $328,622

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,676,126 · program services $715,302 · management and general $536,757 · fundraising $424,067

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $62,991 · program services $28,691 · management and general $21,358 · fundraising $12,942

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $244,388 · program services $92,579 · management and general $70,679 · fundraising $81,130

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $161,405 · program services $59,006 · management and general $46,107 · fundraising $56,292

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,759 · management and general $4,759

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $54,375 · management and general $54,375

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $158,478 · program services $54,155 · management and general $34,854 · fundraising $69,469

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,820 · program services $2,000 · management and general $1,000 · fundraising $11,820

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $101,132 · program services $44,071 · management and general $13,559 · fundraising $43,502

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $34,467 · program services $4,678 · management and general $12,736 · fundraising $17,053

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $71,760 · program services $33,672 · management and general $16,309 · fundraising $21,779

  • 17 · Travel

    total $30,217 · program services $4,336 · management and general $4,878 · fundraising $21,003

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,700 · program services $3,585 · management and general $1,502 · fundraising $3,613

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $125,383 · program services $58,671 · management and general $28,490 · fundraising $38,222

  • 24a · Other expenses: NATIONAL DUES

    total $320,164 · program services $224,115 · management and general $44,823 · fundraising $51,226

  • 24b · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEE

    total $28,566 · program services $3,877 · management and general $10,556 · fundraising $14,133

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $14,670 · program services $1,990 · management and general $5,421 · fundraising $7,259

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $264,642 · end of year $308,581

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,619,749 · end of year $1,594,408

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,085,546 · end of year $1,278,655

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $34,076 · end of year $83,896

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $306,025 · end of year $318,955

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $3,302,100

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,180,753

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,244,708 · end of year $2,121,347

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $11,456,779 · end of year $11,985,313

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $500,970 · end of year $515,321

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $574,911 · end of year $660,881

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $26,750 · end of year $11,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $167,099 · end of year $191,322

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,824,731 · end of year $7,065,900

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,919,004 · end of year $10,276,873

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

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

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $4,816,008 · Grants $3,434,274 · Revenue $7,350

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas Hatfield

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kristin Palmer

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jason Jennaro

    CHAIR ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ed Razim

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bonnie Houston

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Scott Ballard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Hantak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather Hrap

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Luecht

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kirsty McCormack

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leslie Monson

    DIRECTOR (THRU 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Nickens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Penny

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dinanne Ralston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Rayburn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Reed

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Sellers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Stone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Caylin Wiebe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shelly Millwee

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $262,532
    From this org
    $227,924
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,608
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,093
    Bonus
    $42,831
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,554
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,054
    Filer's total
    $262,532
  • Melissa Henderson

    VP OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $162,076
    From this org
    $152,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,326
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,000
    Bonus
    $21,750
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,165
    Nontaxable benefits
    $161
    Filer's total
    $162,076
  • Jessica Ansel

    VP OF PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $185,230
    From this org
    $174,593
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,637
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,428
    Bonus
    $30,165
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,476
    Nontaxable benefits
    $161
    Filer's total
    $185,230
  • Breeze Acevedo

    VP OF MISSION DELIVERY

    Total calculated
    $142,401
    From this org
    $122,821
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,580
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nicole Gabler

    DIRECTOR OF FOUNDATION ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $118,053
    From this org
    $108,049
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,004
    Hours/week
    40
  • Yara Elsayed Guest

    FORMER PRESIDENT & CEO(THRU 3/23)

    Total calculated
    $240,006
    From this org
    $231,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,346
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $57,046
    Bonus
    $12,360
    Other
    $162,254
    Deferred
    $5,209
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,137
    Filer's total
    $240,006

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 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 4A
YARA ELSAYED WAS PAID A $145,000 SEVERANCE ON APRIL 14, 2023.
PART I, LINE 7
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BONUSES AND SALARY INCREASES BASED ON THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE AND STAFF EFFORTS.

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
2023
Filed
15 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531679349301183

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