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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,979,335
Total expenses
$16,108,255
Contributions and grants received
$13,835,167
Grants paid
$8,739,567
Program service revenue
$1,968,386
Investment income
$175,782
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,353,339
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,739,247
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,614,092
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,742,602
Management and general expenses
$1,695,756
Fundraising expenses
$1,669,897
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,742,602

Program services were 79.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $8,058

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $13,827,109

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,921,918

  • 2a · Program service revenue: AFFILIATE ASSESSMENTS

    total $1,968,386 · related or exempt $1,968,386

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $137,139 · excluded $137,139

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $630,541

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

    securities $591,898

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $38,643

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $38,643 · excluded $38,643

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $316,014 · program services $316,014

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $8,423,553 · program services $8,423,553

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $242,385 · program services $89,130 · management and general $98,463 · fundraising $54,792

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,808,281 · program services $669,378 · management and general $731,907 · fundraising $406,996

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $170,593 · program services $59,766 · management and general $71,078 · fundraising $39,749

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $164,829 · program services $57,747 · management and general $68,676 · fundraising $38,406

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $799,445 · program services $280,080 · management and general $333,090 · fundraising $186,275

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $29,230 · program services $29,230

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $37,500 · program services $37,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,027,707 · program services $97,366 · management and general $224,338 · fundraising $706,003

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $48,297 · program services $4,435 · management and general $4,796 · fundraising $39,066

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $54,249 · program services $17,360 · management and general $22,784 · fundraising $14,105

  • 17 · Travel

    total $223,659 · program services $86,635 · management and general $68,250 · fundraising $68,774

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,605 · program services $6,594 · management and general $8,654 · fundraising $5,357

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,038 · program services $4,172 · management and general $5,476 · fundraising $3,390

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAMS

    total $2,233,672 · program services $2,233,672

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $306,703 · program services $223,211 · management and general $10,320 · fundraising $73,172

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $86,828 · program services $74,225 · management and general $5,224 · fundraising $7,379

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $101,667 · program services $32,534 · management and general $42,700 · fundraising $26,433

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,659,920 · end of year $280,738

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,373,179 · end of year $3,503,452

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $13,501 · end of year $329,350

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $739,717 · end of year $777,066

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $189,786 · end of year $155,460

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

    $1,766,083

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

    $1,703,241

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $55,758 · end of year $62,842

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $42,417 · end of year $244,431

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $530,735 · end of year $468,177

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $633,008 · end of year $667,643

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,215,136 · end of year $1,603,427

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,597,739 · end of year $1,834,938

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $97,660 · end of year $779,154

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

NONE

Activities or mission (Part I)

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

  • AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN OVER 50 COUNTRIES. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES FINANCIAL AND MANAGERIAL ASSISTANCE TO ITS AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS. THE ASSISTANCE PROVIDED IS INTENDED TO SUPPORT AND DEVELOP OUR AFFILIATES, INDIVIDUALLY, AS A NETWORK AND COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO ENSURE THEIR LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND GROWTH, SO TO PROGRESS AND ENHANCE THE NUMBER, THE IMPACT AND THE QUALITY OF WISHES.

    Expenses $12,742,602 · Grants $8,739,567 · Revenue $1,968,386

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gilli Sinclair

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jayne Millard

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jonathan Polin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matt Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Victor Nichols

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Damian Thornton

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joseph Chong

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kairus Tarapore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kevin Lau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matthias Chicka Mordi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mike Densmore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nina Maldonado

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Niv Garith

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tasia Filippatos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Luciano Manzo

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $286,358
    From this org
    $256,358
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,000
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,927
    Bonus
    $32,431
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,000
    Filer's total
    $286,358

  • Carly Galli

    VICE-PRESIDENT, TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $149,670
    From this org
    $144,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,690
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sylvia Hopkins

    VICE-PRESIDENT, MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $126,185
    From this org
    $122,117
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,068
    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

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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
LUCIANO MANZO RECEIVED A CASH BONUS AS PART OF HIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BASED ON MEETING TARGETS.

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
27 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501489349300105

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