Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF COLORADO INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

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

Totals

Total revenue
$9,406,142
Total expenses
$7,821,327
Contributions and grants received
$8,882,229
Grants paid
$4,167,029
Program service revenue
$293,200
Investment income
$235,303
Other revenue
-$4,590
Total assets, end of year
$11,954,974
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,475,401
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,479,573
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,016,054
Management and general expenses
$807,421
Fundraising expenses
$997,852
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,016,054

Program services were 76.9% 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

    $808,308

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,073,921

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,339,409

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WISH RELIEF

    total $270,000 · related or exempt $270,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WISH ASSIST FEES

    total $23,200 · related or exempt $23,200

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $229,147 · excluded $229,147

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,549,775

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

    securities $5,543,619

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $6,156

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $6,156 · excluded $6,156

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $143,205

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

    $808,308

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $147,795

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$4,590 · excluded -$4,590

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,167,029 · program services $4,167,029

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $598,640 · program services $299,320 · management and general $125,714 · fundraising $173,606

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,376,565 · program services $688,283 · management and general $289,079 · fundraising $399,203

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $62,255 · program services $31,127 · management and general $13,074 · fundraising $18,054

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $150,807 · program services $75,404 · management and general $31,669 · fundraising $43,734

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $161,816 · program services $80,908 · management and general $33,981 · fundraising $46,927

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $20 · management and general $20

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $638 · management and general $638

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $86,533 · management and general $86,533

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $14,163 · management and general $14,163

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $70,672 · program services $20,750 · management and general $11,189 · fundraising $38,733

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $140,016 · program services $72,654 · management and general $20,444 · fundraising $46,918

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,239 · program services $9,507 · management and general $6,911 · fundraising $4,821

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $190,781 · program services $95,391 · management and general $40,064 · fundraising $55,326

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,844 · program services $3,411 · management and general $6,509 · fundraising $4,924

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $78,602 · program services $34,514 · management and general $13,340 · fundraising $30,748

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,825 · program services $913 · management and general $383 · fundraising $529

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $40,218 · program services $20,109 · management and general $8,446 · fundraising $11,663

  • 24a · Other expenses: CHAPTER DUES

    total $595,163 · program services $416,614 · management and general $83,323 · fundraising $95,226

  • 24b · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $22,867 · fundraising $22,867

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $22,317 · program services $120 · management and general $21,941 · fundraising $256

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $4,317 · fundraising $4,317

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $70 · end of year $801

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,213,885 · end of year $761,197

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $537,937 · end of year $2,043,034

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $9,432 · end of year $4,864

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $25,273

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $259,310 · end of year $318,287

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

    $166,579

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

    $70,423

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $117,025 · end of year $96,156

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,420,262 · end of year $6,233,263

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,274,755 · end of year $2,472,099

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $550,208 · end of year $546,745

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $100,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,120,468 · end of year $1,928,656

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,603,930 · end of year $7,149,332

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $458,070 · end of year $2,330,241

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

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

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $6,016,054 · Grants $4,167,029 · Revenue $293,200

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Scott Dishong

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $272,817
    From this org
    $270,782
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,035
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,801
    Bonus
    $46,750
    Other
    $31,231
    Deferred
    $957
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,078
    Filer's total
    $272,817
  • Jennifer Getsch

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $160,767
    From this org
    $144,993
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,774
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,993
    Bonus
    $13,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,608
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,166
    Filer's total
    $160,767
  • Lauren Beede

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $141,141
    From this org
    $134,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,141
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jeff Krebs

    VP OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $129,389
    From this org
    $122,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,556
    Hours/week
    40
  • Laura Srsich

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Connie Talmage

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Broker

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bob Forbes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brent Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deron Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doug McDonald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erin Hutchison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gretchen Gore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heidi Gill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Justin Vaughn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karrie Fletcher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marley Wagner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Brueggemann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Wagner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ron Bowers

    DIRECTOR (THRU 7/31/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Taizo Nakano

    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 ARE BASED ON DISCRETION 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
30 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521259349300967

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.