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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,180,019
Total expenses
$9,148,939
Contributions and grants received
$8,126,570
Grants paid
$3,758,720
Program service revenue
$7,500
Investment income
$8,469
Other revenue
$37,480
Total assets, end of year
$18,445,232
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,652,466
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,792,766
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,012,199
Management and general expenses
$1,981,509
Fundraising expenses
$1,155,231
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,012,199

Program services were 65.7% 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

    $1,570,329

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,556,241

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,541,663

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WISH ASSIST FEES

    total $7,500 · related or exempt $7,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,600 · excluded $10,600

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

    other assets $2,131

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$2,131

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,131 · excluded -$2,131

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $860,805

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

    $1,570,329

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $859,327

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $1,478 · excluded $1,478

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $24,175

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $1,478

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $22,697 · excluded $22,697

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $13,305 · excluded $13,305

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $13,305

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,758,720 · program services $3,758,720

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $341,270 · program services $10,238 · management and general $242,302 · fundraising $88,730

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,599,663 · program services $1,112,342 · management and general $1,062,166 · fundraising $425,155

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $114,340 · program services $51,426 · management and general $43,519 · fundraising $19,395

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $215,311 · program services $103,809 · management and general $79,297 · fundraising $32,205

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $226,153 · program services $91,936 · management and general $95,465 · fundraising $38,752

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,284 · management and general $5,284

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $5,628 · management and general $5,628

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $69,539 · program services $5,733 · management and general $21,880 · fundraising $41,926

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $71,653 · program services $4,600 · management and general $6,388 · fundraising $60,665

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $85,347 · program services $32,324 · management and general $24,476 · fundraising $28,547

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $31,980 · program services $13,716 · management and general $14,330 · fundraising $3,934

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $496,013 · program services $228,166 · management and general $188,485 · fundraising $79,362

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,123 · program services $1,846 · management and general $7,948 · fundraising $2,329

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $245,077 · program services $1,591 · management and general $27,477 · fundraising $216,009

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $487,974 · program services $341,582 · management and general $68,316 · fundraising $78,076

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $133,959 · program services $61,553 · management and general $50,728 · fundraising $21,678

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $180,881 · program services $163,947 · management and general $14,119 · fundraising $2,815

  • 24b · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $59,764 · program services $26,344 · management and general $21,788 · fundraising $11,632

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $8,260 · program services $2,326 · management and general $1,913 · fundraising $4,021

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,267,512 · end of year $918,713

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $562,193 · end of year $590,908

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,354 · end of year $684,135

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $31,627 · end of year $90,185

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $210,161 · end of year $208,082

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

    $1,156,370

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

    $655,628

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $619,049 · end of year $500,742

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $12,953,920 · end of year $13,411,578

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,420,756 · end of year $2,040,889

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $516,256 · end of year $487,858

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $203,545 · end of year $138,236

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,550,370 · end of year $2,026,372

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,849,996 · end of year $14,794,923

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $948,405 · end of year $997,843

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

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

  • SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $6,012,199 · Grants $3,758,720 · Revenue $7,500

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Timothy Grady

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amanda Eisel

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bill Murphy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cheryl Wilkinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elaine Keene

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joseph Perroni

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Len Ho

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Linda Dorcena Forry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Philip T Glynn MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Salvatore Viscomi MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Siobhan Mee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ty Howton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William Loehning

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amy Waryas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bruce Platzman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rich Gotham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Akhil Patel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Al Marsocci

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Rees

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Laura Malone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marty Walsh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alfred Rose

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sean Holleran

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $319,468
    From this org
    $295,531
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,937
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $257,646
    Bonus
    $32,000
    Other
    $5,885
    Deferred
    $13,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,687
    Filer's total
    $319,468
  • George Deveney

    CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $217,058
    From this org
    $194,157
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,901
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,157
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,140
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,761
    Filer's total
    $217,058
  • Kara Walker

    VP OF MARKETING AND COMMUN

    Total calculated
    $175,597
    From this org
    $155,121
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,476
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,121
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,480
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,996
    Filer's total
    $175,597
  • Amy Carroll

    VP OF MISSION DELIVERY

    Total calculated
    $146,924
    From this org
    $130,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,924
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nicole Murphy

    EASTERN MA REGIONAL DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $139,546
    From this org
    $130,902
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,644
    Hours/week
    40
  • Julie Abel

    DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH PROGR

    Total calculated
    $131,533
    From this org
    $115,597
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,936
    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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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
BONUSES GIVEN ARE BASED ON COMPENSATION DATA AND RESEARCH, AS WELL AS ON INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE; CEO BONUSES ARE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD; ALL OTHER BONUSES ARE GIVEN WITH AUTHORITY FROM THE BOARD.

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
18 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521699349301147

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