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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,801,414
Total expenses
$15,276,626
Contributions and grants received
$12,941,442
Grants paid
$5,825,517
Program service revenue
$164,175
Investment income
$313,899
Other revenue
-$618,102
Total assets, end of year
$28,756,206
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,488,202
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$25,268,004
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,855,368
Management and general expenses
$2,732,780
Fundraising expenses
$2,688,478
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,855,368

Program services were 64.5% 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

    $3,816,557

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $413,521

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,711,364

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,390,415

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WISH ASSIST FEES

    total $164,175 · related or exempt $164,175

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $492,385 · excluded $492,385

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,489,105

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

    securities $7,667,591

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$178,486

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$178,486 · excluded -$178,486

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $445,892

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

    $3,816,557

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,063,994

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$618,102 · excluded -$618,102

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $50,000 · program services $50,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $5,775,517 · program services $5,775,517

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,293,627 · program services $405,450 · management and general $615,065 · fundraising $273,112

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,168,939 · program services $1,896,021 · management and general $856,304 · fundraising $1,416,614

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $63,531 · program services $15,709 · management and general $18,314 · fundraising $29,508

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $688,889 · program services $334,671 · management and general $171,456 · fundraising $182,762

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $374,324 · program services $156,671 · management and general $99,351 · fundraising $118,302

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $10,251 · management and general $10,251

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,275 · management and general $14,275

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,010 · management and general $10,010

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $61,490 · management and general $61,490

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $160,695 · program services $15,505 · management and general $26,005 · fundraising $119,185

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,468 · program services $4,002 · management and general $3,922 · fundraising $6,544

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $283,589 · program services $102,272 · management and general $117,952 · fundraising $63,365

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $59,398 · program services $25,801 · management and general $29,358 · fundraising $4,239

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $660,226 · program services $319,806 · management and general $178,462 · fundraising $161,958

  • 17 · Travel

    total $41,977 · program services $2,570 · management and general $18,067 · fundraising $21,340

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $105,072 · program services $3,529 · management and general $46,460 · fundraising $55,083

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $93,296 · program services $40,236 · management and general $31,604 · fundraising $21,456

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $51,696 · program services $28,405 · management and general $19,336 · fundraising $3,955

  • 24a · Other expenses: NATIONAL DUES

    total $1,079,197 · program services $643,398 · management and general $333,333 · fundraising $102,466

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $102,686 · program services $22,781 · management and general $53,927 · fundraising $25,978

  • 24c · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $76,664 · fundraising $76,664

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $35,826 · program services $13,024 · management and general $16,855 · fundraising $5,947

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $983 · management and general $983

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,050,121 · end of year $917,448

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $6,939,958 · end of year $5,949,089

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $315,843 · end of year $306,536

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

    $787,143

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

    $609,691

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $256,142 · end of year $177,452

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $14,858,728 · end of year $19,411,348

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $738,049 · end of year $1,994,333

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,303,520 · end of year $1,479,463

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $149,988 · end of year $155,367

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $243,195 · end of year $1,853,372

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,405,229 · end of year $13,993,930

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,056,909 · end of year $11,274,074

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK IS A NEW YORK 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 $9,855,368 · Grants $5,825,517 · Revenue $164,175

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Philip Lussier

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $391,919
    From this org
    $372,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,794
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $293,837
    Bonus
    $78,288
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,794
    Filer's total
    $391,919
  • Gina Florescu

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $220,291
    From this org
    $199,709
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,582
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,430
    Bonus
    $34,279
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,942
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,640
    Filer's total
    $220,291
  • Anika Daughtry

    VP, MISSION DELIVERY

    Total calculated
    $186,968
    From this org
    $180,892
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,076
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,892
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,076
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $186,968
  • Benjamin Marchione

    REGIONAL DIRECTOR, WESTERN

    Total calculated
    $153,591
    From this org
    $139,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,691
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,530
    Bonus
    $18,370
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,960
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,731
    Filer's total
    $153,591
  • Colleen Lee Thru 123122

    DIRECTOR, CORPORATE RELATIONSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $135,025
    From this org
    $130,185
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,840
    Hours/week
    35
  • Elizabeth Merkouris

    DIRECTOR, PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $123,077
    From this org
    $110,295
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,782
    Hours/week
    35
  • Leighann Buscemi

    DR., SPEC EVENTS & COMM FUNDRAISING

    Total calculated
    $119,908
    From this org
    $115,627
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,281
    Hours/week
    35
  • Diana Lopez

    DIRECTOR, MISSION SUPPORT

    Total calculated
    $114,599
    From this org
    $114,599
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35
  • Whitney Reichenbacker Viggiano

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $106,154
    From this org
    $100,498
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,656
    Hours/week
    35
  • Maureen Fitzgerald

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $84,139
    From this org
    $83,784
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $355
    Hours/week
    35
  • Emma Fine

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Michael Mockus

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Anne Schnitzer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • James Galowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ivan Taback

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jaclyn Cohen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Donaghy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Nenner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Cortese

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Naveen Shahani

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rabia Sheikh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracie Rodburg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Thomas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Burns

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sari Chang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Pontius

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Brilliant

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marie Arrigo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheila Peluso

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andria Trinidad

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Trevor Freeland

    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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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
BONUS PAYMENTS ARE BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF SALARY BASED ON GOALS SET YEARLY BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CONSISTING OF INDEPENDENT PERSONS. AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ORGANIZATION AGAINST THE GOALS TO DETERMINE THE BONUS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

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

    $50,000

    GRANTING WISHES TO CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
8 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441309349304234

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