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← MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IOWA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

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

Totals

Total revenue
$6,419,219
Total expenses
$4,823,727
Contributions and grants received
$6,355,791
Grants paid
$2,390,187
Program service revenue
$601
Investment income
$59,787
Other revenue
$3,040
Total assets, end of year
$6,135,892
Total liabilities, end of year
$373,301
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,762,591
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,509,989
Management and general expenses
$496,811
Fundraising expenses
$816,927
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,509,989

Program services were 72.8% 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

    $28,436

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $702,598

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,624,757

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $873,377

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WISH ASSIST FEES

    total $601 · related or exempt $601

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $118,325 · excluded $118,325

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,801,220

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

    securities $2,859,758

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$58,538

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$58,538 · excluded -$58,538

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $561,384

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

    $702,598

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $576,384

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$15,000 · excluded -$15,000

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $23,793

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $5,753

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $18,040 · excluded $18,040

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,390,187 · program services $2,390,187

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $171,582 · program services $80,924 · management and general $36,205 · fundraising $54,453

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,089,300 · program services $496,876 · management and general $233,018 · fundraising $359,406

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $47,177 · program services $26,900 · management and general $9,916 · fundraising $10,361

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $107,467 · program services $63,139 · management and general $19,113 · fundraising $25,215

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $93,557 · program services $43,892 · management and general $20,175 · fundraising $29,490

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $11,000 · fundraising $11,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $60,333 · program services $2,745 · management and general $56,452 · fundraising $1,136

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $13,423 · management and general $13,423

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $72,659 · program services $4,393 · management and general $4,834 · fundraising $63,432

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $57,467 · fundraising $57,467

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $200,827 · program services $89,601 · management and general $19,277 · fundraising $91,949

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,467 · program services $8,250 · management and general $11,856 · fundraising $5,361

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $91,815 · program services $52,942 · management and general $16,966 · fundraising $21,907

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,053 · program services $185 · management and general $383 · fundraising $5,485

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $13,522 · management and general $726 · fundraising $12,796

  • 20 · Interest

    total $687 · program services $398 · management and general $124 · fundraising $165

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $37,779 · program services $21,912 · management and general $6,800 · fundraising $9,067

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,144 · program services $1,155 · management and general $1,226 · fundraising $763

  • 24a · Other expenses: CHAPTER DUES

    total $311,913 · program services $218,339 · management and general $43,668 · fundraising $49,906

  • 24b · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $16,736 · program services $8,054 · management and general $2,499 · fundraising $6,183

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $1,632 · program services $97 · management and general $150 · fundraising $1,385

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $429,022 · end of year $194,154

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $35,737 · end of year $59,693

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $427,148 · end of year $3,088,971

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $52,246

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $278,334 · end of year $198,063

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

    $273,524

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

    $224,333

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $75,883 · end of year $49,191

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,762,632 · end of year $2,203,962

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $344,047 · end of year $341,858

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $189,013 · end of year $146,612

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $237,574 · end of year $226,689

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,872,733 · end of year $1,964,649

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,105,729 · end of year $3,797,942

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IOWA CREATES LIFE-CHANGING WISHES FOR CHILDREN WITH CRITICAL ILLNESSES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

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

  • SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $3,509,989 · Grants $2,390,187 · Revenue $601

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jodee Stensland

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lisa Riensche

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Neal Westin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dan Huitink

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jennifer Bryant

    HR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ryan Harklau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brett Agnew

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Farnsworth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aaron Wendel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lezlie Mestdagh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Haines

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy Quinn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Orourke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maryanne Graves

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Reinking

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natalie Dlouhy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara Kurovski

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $161,064
    From this org
    $148,226
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,838
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,226
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,929
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,909
    Filer's total
    $161,064

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 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
21 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521429349300507

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