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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MAKE-A WISH FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,148,834
Total expenses
$5,565,217
Contributions and grants received
$6,826,505
Grants paid
$2,002,788
Program service revenue
$109,050
Investment income
$207,444
Other revenue
$5,835
Total assets, end of year
$12,056,395
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,445,050
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,611,345
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,955,354
Management and general expenses
$706,458
Fundraising expenses
$903,405
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,955,354

Program services were 71.1% 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

    $14,506

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,672,335

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,139,664

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $389,567

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WISH ASSIST FEES

    total $109,050 · related or exempt $109,050

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $201,027 · excluded $201,027

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $178,848

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

    securities $172,431

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $6,417

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $6,417 · excluded $6,417

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $504,612

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

    $1,672,335

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $512,577

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$7,965 · excluded -$7,965

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $8,400

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $8,400 · excluded $8,400

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $5,400 · excluded $5,400

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,400

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,002,788 · program services $2,002,788

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $819,572 · program services $466,164 · management and general $148,382 · fundraising $205,026

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,231,214 · program services $703,313 · management and general $220,570 · fundraising $307,331

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $39,401 · program services $22,497 · management and general $7,059 · fundraising $9,845

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $76,936 · program services $40,447 · management and general $16,528 · fundraising $19,961

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $149,909 · program services $85,482 · management and general $26,956 · fundraising $37,471

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $77,646 · management and general $77,646

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $30,000 · management and general $30,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $53,573 · program services $28,011 · management and general $14,932 · fundraising $10,630

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,277 · fundraising $14,277

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $215,816 · program services $122,010 · management and general $40,308 · fundraising $53,498

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $75,173 · program services $20,713 · management and general $10,725 · fundraising $43,735

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $219,917 · program services $125,353 · management and general $39,585 · fundraising $54,979

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,729 · program services $13,011 · management and general $5,600 · fundraising $6,118

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $29,527 · program services $12,782 · management and general $2,730 · fundraising $14,015

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $48,634 · program services $28,001 · management and general $8,352 · fundraising $12,281

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $100 · fundraising $100

  • 24a · Other expenses: CHAPTER DUES

    total $405,244 · program services $283,671 · management and general $56,734 · fundraising $64,839

  • 24b · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $48,812 · fundraising $48,812

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $1,949 · program services $1,111 · management and general $351 · fundraising $487

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $800,346

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $979,037

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $272,334 · end of year $190,618

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $193 · end of year $3,675

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $88,042 · end of year $19,329

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $309,541 · end of year $356,387

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

    $285,201

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

    $165,083

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $131,946 · end of year $120,118

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,396,250 · end of year $9,007,500

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,550,822 · end of year $1,379,731

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $331,439 · end of year $453,903

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $67,805 · end of year $31,747

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,208,657 · end of year $959,400

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,303,858 · end of year $8,954,702

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,637,715 · end of year $1,656,643

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

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

  • SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $3,955,354 · Grants $2,002,788 · Revenue $109,050

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Suzanne Husby

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $226,220
    From this org
    $211,155
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,065
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,155
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,478
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,587
    Filer's total
    $226,220
  • Danielle Lopez

    CHIEF FINANCIAL & OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $201,153
    From this org
    $191,465
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,688
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,965
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,609
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,079
    Filer's total
    $201,153
  • Dana Vandersip

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFF (THRU 6/27/24)

    Total calculated
    $199,218
    From this org
    $180,991
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,227
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,491
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,286
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,941
    Filer's total
    $199,218
  • Stefanie Munoz

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $125,346
    From this org
    $114,701
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,645
    Hours/week
    45
  • Christine Reed

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $116,116
    From this org
    $109,783
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,333
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lisa Paul-Hill

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • David Bialis

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tiffany Scarborough

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Caroline Perry

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Timothy Broadhead

    TREASURER (THRU 9/5/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Warren Ruis

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Trevor Outman

    MEMBER AT LARGE (THRU 1/29/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Caroline Araya

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Fitzgerald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Hegardt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Kelley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ted Lavin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dai Logan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Seema Shah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Justin Tomlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vivianne Villanueva Dhupa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Wakefield

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angie Robert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
  • 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 WERE BASED ON METRICS MET AND APPROVED BY 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
20 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540559349301809

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