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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MAKE-A-WISH OF NEBRASKA.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,727,121
Total expenses
$5,265,678
Contributions and grants received
$4,398,416
Grants paid
$3,165,624
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$533,666
Other revenue
$795,039
Total assets, end of year
$14,573,325
Total liabilities, end of year
$711,675
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,861,650
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,208,512
Management and general expenses
$455,783
Fundraising expenses
$601,383
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,208,512

Program services were 79.9% 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

    $81,764

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,316,652

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,923,611

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $322,219 · excluded $322,219

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,351,333

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

    securities $1,139,886

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $211,447

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $211,447 · excluded $211,447

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,021,123

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

    $81,764

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $226,684

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $794,439 · excluded $794,439

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $600 · related or exempt $600

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $600

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $161,817 · program services $161,817

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,003,807 · program services $3,003,807

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $234,632 · program services $159,550 · management and general $32,849 · fundraising $42,233

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $738,759 · program services $318,622 · management and general $177,679 · fundraising $242,458

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $148,445 · program services $72,923 · management and general $32,106 · fundraising $43,416

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $72,510 · program services $35,620 · management and general $15,683 · fundraising $21,207

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,162 · program services $10,283 · management and general $4,838 · fundraising $5,041

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $43,333 · management and general $43,333

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $63,128 · program services $32,195 · management and general $15,151 · fundraising $15,782

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $63,435 · program services $13,746 · management and general $7,227 · fundraising $42,462

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $68,599 · program services $34,706 · management and general $15,834 · fundraising $18,059

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $182,446 · program services $100,493 · management and general $32,691 · fundraising $49,262

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,650 · program services $5,218 · management and general $2,171 · fundraising $2,261

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $26,054 · program services $5,230 · management and general $17,188 · fundraising $3,636

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $39,624 · program services $20,208 · management and general $9,510 · fundraising $9,906

  • 24a · Other expenses: NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP DU

    total $319,836 · program services $223,885 · management and general $44,777 · fundraising $51,174

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $65,142 · program services $8,017 · management and general $3,714 · fundraising $53,411

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $4,299 · program services $2,192 · management and general $1,032 · fundraising $1,075

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,452,170 · end of year $2,703,896

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $142,850 · end of year $165,303

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $71,358 · end of year $102,784

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $76,542 · end of year $38,904

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

    $275,354

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

    $229,628

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $75,839 · end of year $45,726

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,860,036 · end of year $11,028,940

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $581,035 · end of year $487,772

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $129,442 · end of year $167,551

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $48,590 · end of year $60,320

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $629,305 · end of year $483,804

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,008,398 · end of year $13,387,456

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $444,095 · end of year $474,194

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO GRANT THE WISHES OF CHILDREN WITH LIFE-THREATENING MEDICAL CONDITIONS TO ENRICH THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE WITH HOPE, STRENGTH AND JOY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION GRANTS THE WISHES OF CHILDREN WITH LIFE-THREATENING MEDICAL CONDITIONS TO ENRICH THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE WITH HOPE, STRENGTH AND JOY.

  • GRANTING WISHES OF CHILDREN WITH LIFE THREATENING ILLNESSES AND RELATED EXPENDITURES.

    Expenses $4,208,512 · Grants $3,165,624 · Revenue $600

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brad Ewerth

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Hillman

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Pierce

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kayla Hansen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Ketcham

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Abramson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon Blumenthal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Byrne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dawn Becker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deb Fenton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy English

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Jansen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rahul Jalali

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryce Juedes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Candi Kirkwood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeremy Payne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Peterson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nico Marasco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Luke Tieso

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brigette Young

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $243,097
    From this org
    $226,512
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,585
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,512
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,585
    Filer's total
    $243,097
  • Linda Hogrefe

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $142,124
    From this org
    $127,699
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,425
    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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
9 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541639349300319

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