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WISHES & MORE

EIN 20-1766318 FRIDLEY, MN

Largest nonprofits in Minnesota

Revenue 2024
$2,110,329
Expenses 2024
$1,537,166

Program services were 78.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P58
Classification
1000
Street
961 HILLWIND RD NE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WISHES & MORE GRANTS WISHES FOR KIDS FROM BIRTH TO THEIR 19TH BIRTHDAY WITH A TERMINAL OR LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION. EACH WISH CHILD IS AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP OF HOPE CERTIFICATE AS A REDEEMABLE GRANT, APPLICABLE TO ANY HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE OF LEARNING. THROUGH OUR UNIQUE MEMORIAL PROGRAM, WISHES & MORE PROVIDES A MONETARY GIFT TO FAMILIES WHO LOSE A CHILD BEFORE THEY COULD EXPERIENCE A WISH.

  • IN 2024, WISHES & MORE GRANTED 56 WISHES AND EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCES TO KIDS AGED BIRTH TO 19 WITH TERMINAL OR LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS.

    Expenses $1,203,781 · Grants $601,200

  • MONETARY GIFTS ARE GIVEN TO THE FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WHO WERE UNABLE TO RECEIVE THEIR WISH. 113 MEMORIALS WERE GRANTED IN 2024.

    Grants $113,000

  • GRANT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL TO KIDS WHO HAVE RECEIVED A WISH. 7 FULL AND 22 PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS OF HOPE WERE AWARDED IN 2024.

    Grants $35,750

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Karla Blomberg

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Mike Zitelman

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Mike Deasey

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Cynthia Sontag

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Jim Roehl

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ann Mueting

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ben Bina

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Randy Ehleringer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nancy Lambert

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Robbins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris Ames

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Russ Bridges

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris Harristhal

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Scholtes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nathan Mueting

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $123,076
    From this org
    $114,853
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,223
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,110,329
    Expenses
    $1,537,166
    Contributions
    $1,523,782
    Grants paid
    $749,950
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,946,681
    Expenses
    $1,868,946
    Contributions
    $1,699,311
    Grants paid
    $1,088,483
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,837,073
    Expenses
    $1,533,214
    Contributions
    $1,570,568
    Grants paid
    $915,675

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,601,926
    Expenses
    $1,240,152
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,091,230

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,287,042
    Expenses
    $963,612
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,640,638

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,188,641
    Expenses
    $1,328,278
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,277,073

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,058,962
    Expenses
    $820,356
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,348,777

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $971,800
    Expenses
    $834,311
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,144,112

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $844,966
    Expenses
    $671,026
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,003,868

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $723,501
    Expenses
    $633,120
    Assets (EOY)
    $815,729

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $763,739
    Expenses
    $589,054
    Assets (EOY)
    $724,444

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $566,882
    Expenses
    $510,035
    Assets (EOY)
    $554,857

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $485,494
    Assets (EOY)
    $489,794

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.