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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,340,957
Total expenses
$7,227,705
Contributions and grants received
$6,863,377
Grants paid
$3,720,340
Program service revenue
$234,000
Investment income
$2,342,326
Other revenue
-$98,746
Total assets, end of year
$11,516,045
Total liabilities, end of year
$931,295
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,584,750
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,477,035
Management and general expenses
$783,011
Fundraising expenses
$967,659
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,477,035

Program services were 75.8% 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

    $44,375

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $3,060,350

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,758,652

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,140,101

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WISH RELIEF

    total $234,000 · related or exempt $234,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $228,543 · excluded $228,543

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $315,691 · other assets $4,000,000

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

    securities $318,339 · other assets $1,883,569

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$2,648 · other assets $2,116,431

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,113,783 · excluded $2,113,783

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $583,129

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

    $3,060,350

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $718,912

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$135,783 · excluded -$135,783

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $37,037 · excluded $37,037

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $37,037

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,720,340 · program services $3,720,340

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $657,256 · program services $357,764 · management and general $138,662 · fundraising $160,830

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,292,062 · program services $704,581 · management and general $270,744 · fundraising $316,737

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $30,256 · program services $15,005 · management and general $8,505 · fundraising $6,746

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $114,974 · program services $62,681 · management and general $24,115 · fundraising $28,178

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $141,871 · program services $77,320 · management and general $29,793 · fundraising $34,758

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

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

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $25,136 · management and general $25,136

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $82,841 · program services $22,391 · management and general $27,828 · fundraising $32,622

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,895 · fundraising $12,895

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $77,817 · program services $25,095 · management and general $25,743 · fundraising $26,979

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $60,462 · program services $6,189 · management and general $14,709 · fundraising $39,564

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $19,532 · program services $10,051 · management and general $4,963 · fundraising $4,518

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,162 · program services $394 · management and general $12,272 · fundraising $2,496

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,699 · program services $2,106 · management and general $6,624 · fundraising $5,969

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,303 · program services $1,800 · management and general $694 · fundraising $809

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $122,774 · program services $66,911 · management and general $25,783 · fundraising $30,080

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $252 · program services $137 · management and general $53 · fundraising $62

  • 24a · Other expenses: CHAPTER DUES

    total $577,529 · program services $404,270 · management and general $80,854 · fundraising $92,405

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $170,000 · fundraising $170,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $2,011 · fundraising $2,011

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $380,106 · end of year $623,894

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,972,101 · end of year $342,440

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,364,530 · end of year $1,451,948

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $68,351 · end of year $89,575

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $5,712 · end of year $35,215

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $92,899 · end of year $224,554

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

    $697,050

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

    $150,413

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,215,674 · end of year $546,637

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,499,359 · end of year $8,039,604

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $143,120 · end of year $162,178

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $807,030 · end of year $757,858

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $12,344 · end of year $50,397

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,154,461

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $147,890 · end of year $123,040

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,303,203 · end of year $9,143,686

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,316,924 · end of year $1,441,064

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

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

  • SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $5,477,035 · Grants $3,720,340 · Revenue $234,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Katherine Jetton

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $226,573
    From this org
    $211,684
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,889
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,684
    Bonus
    $38,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,947
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,942
    Filer's total
    $226,573
  • Jacqueline Howells

    SVP FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $133,850
    From this org
    $122,338
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,512
    Hours/week
    40
  • Meredith Morris

    VP OF PROGRAM SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $129,615
    From this org
    $118,227
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,388
    Hours/week
    40
  • Steve Baruch

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Timitra Hildebrand-Jones

    GOVERNANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wendy Barnes

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Glenn Tynan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Terri Zandhuis

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Abhishek Ratani

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alisa Starbuck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angela Cummings

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Catherine Ohmstede

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jay Katzen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Ross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karl Doerre

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leigha Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ted Harrington

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Theresa McCluskey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Todd Nunn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vanessa Heiskell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Will Manning

    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 BOARD DISCRETION.

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
8 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541299349302009

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