← MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI CHARTERED

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI CHARTERED.

Totals

Total revenue: $3,543,999
Total expenses: $2,542,699
Contributions and grants received: $3,440,950
Grants paid: $1,160,960
Program service revenue: $300
Investment income: $126,487
Other revenue: -$23,738
Total assets, end of year: $5,135,134
Total liabilities, end of year: $540,968
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $4,594,166
Program services expenses (Part IX): $1,917,126
Management and general expenses: $206,649
Fundraising expenses: $418,924
Program service expenses (Part III): $1,917,126

Program services were 75.4% 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

$1,722,531
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$1,718,419
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$332,256
2a · Program service revenue: WISH ASSIST FEE

total $300 · related or exempt $300
3 · Investment income

total $126,487 · excluded $126,487
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$175,023
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$1,722,531
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$198,761
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total -$23,738 · excluded -$23,738

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $100,000 · program services $100,000
2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $1,060,960 · program services $1,060,960
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $185,555 · program services $107,622 · management and general $27,833 · fundraising $50,100
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $533,664 · program services $311,719 · management and general $76,955 · fundraising $144,990
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $8,293 · program services $4,847 · management and general $1,192 · fundraising $2,254
9 · Other employee benefits

total $37,398 · program services $21,823 · management and general $5,423 · fundraising $10,152
10 · Payroll taxes

total $51,122 · program services $29,808 · management and general $7,446 · fundraising $13,868
11c · Fees: accounting

total $4,733 · management and general $4,733
11f · Fees: investment management

total $868 · management and general $868
11g · Fees: other

total $11,851 · program services $5,151 · fundraising $6,700
13 · Office expenses

total $85,650 · program services $53,397 · management and general $9,260 · fundraising $22,993
14 · Information technology

total $21,828 · program services $3,505 · management and general $4,292 · fundraising $14,031
16 · Occupancy

total $87,470 · program services $48,676 · management and general $16,206 · fundraising $22,588
17 · Travel

total $18,803 · program services $4,223 · management and general $989 · fundraising $13,591
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $29,693 · program services $3,774 · management and general $5,471 · fundraising $20,448
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $898 · program services $524 · management and general $131 · fundraising $243
23 · Insurance

total $2,634 · program services $954 · management and general $237 · fundraising $1,443
24a · Other expenses: NATIONAL DUES

total $262,724 · program services $153,431 · management and general $38,095 · fundraising $71,198
24b · Other expenses: MERCHANT AND BANK FEES

total $20,204 · program services $3,244 · management and general $3,973 · fundraising $12,987
24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

total $17,122 · program services $2,750 · management and general $3,367 · fundraising $11,005
24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

total $1,229 · program services $718 · management and general $178 · fundraising $333

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $1,095,029 · end of year $837,405
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $993,834 · end of year $989,645
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $347,136 · end of year $350,264
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $31,109 · end of year $44,452
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $17,976 · end of year $58,088
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$29,872
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$29,872
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $898 · end of year $0
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $1,175,471 · end of year $2,579,680
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $348,419 · end of year $275,600
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $144,198 · end of year $200,479
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $383,299 · end of year $340,489
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $3,161,128 · end of year $4,323,708
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $321,247 · end of year $270,458

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI CHARTERED (THE FOUNDATION) IS A MISSISSIPPI NONPROFIT CORPORATION, ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING LIFE-CHANGING WISHES FOR CHILDREN WITH CRITICAL ILLNESSES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CREATES LIFE-CHANGING WISHES FOR CHILDREN WITH CRITICAL ILLNESSES.

SEE SCHEDULE O.

Expenses $1,917,126 · Grants $1,160,960 · Revenue $300

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

Listed in Part VII

MICHAEL HILL

CHAIR OF THE BOARD

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
MICHAEL USHER

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR/TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
JOSH SMITH

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
JILL DALE

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
MICHAEL ADCOCK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
LANDRY ADKINS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
JEFF COX

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
SUNNY DESAI

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
CHRIS ESPY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
TONDRA HALL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
MAMIE HERRON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
BILL IUPE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
STEPHEN KENNEDY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
JAY KNIGHT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
SOPHIE LAMPTON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
LEE MITCHELL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
CRAIG PETERHANSEN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
ANDY REEVES

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
MICHAEL ROZIER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
DR JASMINE SANDHU

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
SCOTT SHOEMAKER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
JENNIE SIMMONS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
DR SPENCER SULLIVAN

DIRECTOR (THRU 1/1/24)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
WILL VAN KIRK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
LINDSAY VARNADOE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
JERRY SULLIVAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
STACI TYLER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
ALLISON TYLER

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Total calculated

$171,826

From this org

$167,246

From related orgs

$0

Other

$4,580

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$146,246

Bonus

$21,000

Other

$0

Deferred

$3,345

Nontaxable benefits

$1,235

Filer's total

$171,826

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 · Independent compensation consultant
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: THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DETERMINES THE BONUS AMOUNT OF THE CEO BASED ON CHAPTER PERFORMANCE. THE PERCENTAGE IS AT THEIR 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

MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA

$100,000

WISH FULFILLMENT FUND

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 29 April 2025
IRS schema version: 2023v6.0
Source object: 202531209349302828

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