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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by WISH OF A LIFETIME.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,687,342
Total expenses
$4,921,245
Contributions and grants received
$4,660,252
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$27,090
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,181,144
Total liabilities, end of year
$641,080
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$540,064
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,004,356
Management and general expenses
$553,371
Fundraising expenses
$363,518
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,004,356

Program services were 81.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeremy Bloom

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eric Chess

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Armstrong

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott M Frisch

    Director & AARP EVP - COO

    Total calculated
    $946,583
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $868,826
    Other
    $77,757
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $632,414 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $233,675 related
    Other
    $0 + $2,737 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $47,649 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,108 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $946,583 related

  • Eliot Hamlisch

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Hirschberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laurie Schadegg Thomas

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Mercer

    Treasurer & AARP SVP

    Total calculated
    $528,678
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $461,292
    Other
    $67,386
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $367,105 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $90,429 related
    Other
    $0 + $3,758 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $47,649 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,737 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $528,678 related

  • Sarah Shaw

    Secretary & AARP SVP

    Total calculated
    $469,860
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $403,821
    Other
    $66,039
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $322,962 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $79,006 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,853 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $47,649 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,390 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $469,860 related

  • Thomas Wagenlander

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $317,494
    From this org
    $263,802
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,692
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,812
    Bonus
    $50,253
    Other
    $8,737
    Deferred
    $10,203 + $24,522 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,967
    Filer's total
    $292,972 + $24,522 related

  • Beau Ballinger

    Director, Business Planning & Ops

    Total calculated
    $212,755
    From this org
    $155,247
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,508
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,164
    Bonus
    $22,112
    Other
    $8,971
    Deferred
    $5,851 + $14,063 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,594
    Filer's total
    $198,692 + $14,063 related

  • Steven Glaser

    Director, Wish Program

    Total calculated
    $192,683
    From this org
    $141,487
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,196
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,909
    Bonus
    $21,354
    Other
    $224
    Deferred
    $5,651 + $13,581 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,964
    Filer's total
    $179,102 + $13,581 related

  • Jared Bloomfield

    Director, Field Program

    Total calculated
    $166,473
    From this org
    $136,956
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,517
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,873
    Bonus
    $20,635
    Other
    $448
    Deferred
    $5,460 + $13,124 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,933
    Filer's total
    $153,349 + $13,124 related

  • Kristen Prusky

    Director, Marketing & Comms

    Total calculated
    $186,858
    From this org
    $136,124
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,734
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,180
    Bonus
    $20,512
    Other
    $432
    Deferred
    $5,428 + $13,045 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,261
    Filer's total
    $173,813 + $13,045 related

  • Elija Montepare

    Manager, Wish Fulfillment

    Total calculated
    $141,508
    From this org
    $107,244
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,264
    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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 5
Wish of a Lifetime participates in AARP's enterprise-wide compensation plan. Under that compensation plan, numerous organizational factors are considered in employee compensation, one of which is gross revenue of AARP and its affiliates.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • AARP (consolidated)

    501(c)(4) · Social welfare organization dedicated to persons over age 50 · DC

  • AARP Foundation

    501(c)(3) · Foundation dedicated to persons over 50 at social and economic risk · DC

    Directly controlled by AARP

  • Legal Counsel for the Elderly

    501(c)(3) · Provides free or low cost legal assistance and education to DC elderly · DC

    Directly controlled by AARP

  • AARP Insurance Plan

    501(c)(4) · Grantor trust holding certain AARP group health insurance policies · DC

    Directly controlled by AARP

  • Older Adults Technology Services

    501(c)(3) · Dedicated to harness the power of technology to change to way we age · NY

    Directly controlled by AARP

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
12 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202621639349301662

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