MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OHIO KENTUCKY AND INDIANA INC
EIN 34-1471131 COLUMBUS, OH
- Revenue 2024
- $18,472,500
- Expenses 2024
- $21,323,483
Program services were 69.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- E86Z
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 2545 FARMERS DR STE 300
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
TOGETHER, WE CREATE LIFE-CHANGING WISHES FOR CHILDREN WITH CRITICAL ILLNESSES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
CREATES LIFE-CHANGING WISHES FOR CHILDREN WITH CRITICAL ILLNESSES.
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IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, 1,052 HEARTFELT WISHES WERE GRANTED TO CHILDREN IN OHIO, KENTUCKY & INDIANA AND SINCE INCEPTION IN 1983, A TOTAL OF 23,024 WISHES HAVE BEEN GRANTED. TOTAL WISHES GRANTED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR WERE $12,884,926 OF THIS AMOUNT, $1,556,094 WAS CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS VENDORS AND PROVIDED IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS SUCH AS TRAVEL AND TRAVEL SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION, LODGING, AND OTHER SERVICES AND USE OF FACILITIES TO COMPLETE A CHILD'S WISH. FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENT PURPOSES, THESE AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED AS CONTRIBUTIONS REVENUE AND GRANTED WISH EXPENSE. FOR FORM 990, HOWEVER, THE IRS REQUIRES THAT THE $1,556,094 OF CONTRIBUTED SERVICES AND USE OF FACILITIES BE EXCLUDED FROM BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENSE.
Expenses $14,818,346 · Grants $11,328,832 · Revenue $22,775
As filed on the 2024 return.
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.
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Kara TrottKARA TROTT
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Brent BahnubBRENT BAHNUB
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Barbara HessBARBARA HESS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jeff McFarlandJEFF MCFARLAND
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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John BearJOHN BEAR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jaynel ChristensenJAYNEL CHRISTENSEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Alessandro CiaffonciniALESSANDRO CIAFFONCINI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jason FisherJASON FISHER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Frank GallucciFRANK GALLUCCI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Anita Harris-BrownANITA HARRIS-BROWN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jackie HausfieldJACKIE HAUSFIELD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Paul HautPAUL HAUT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Courtney HessenauerCOURTNEY HESSENAUER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Brian HodgesBRIAN HODGES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Dave HooperDAVE HOOPER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Erika JurrensERIKA JURRENS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Shyam KarunakaranSHYAM KARUNAKARAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kelly KeefeKELLY KEEFE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Paul LoubPAUL LOUB
DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Dr Elaine MardisDR ELAINE MARDIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jessica NickloyJESSICA NICKLOY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kirsten ParkKIRSTEN PARK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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David PayneDAVID PAYNE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jeff WilkinsonJEFF WILKINSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Thomas WilliamsTHOMAS WILLIAMS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
The first 25 listed. 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
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2024
- Revenue
- $18,472,500
- Expenses
- $21,323,483
- Contributions
- $17,889,941
- Grants paid
- $11,328,832
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2023
- Revenue
- $22,580,467
- Expenses
- $20,338,112
- Contributions
- $21,756,178
- Grants paid
- $10,320,989
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2022
- Revenue
- $19,346,875
- Expenses
- $20,692,282
- Contributions
- $18,816,250
- Grants paid
- $11,715,961
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $17,495,936
- Expenses
- $16,631,118
- Assets (EOY)
- $15,633,328
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $13,599,516
- Expenses
- $12,164,307
- Assets (EOY)
- $15,872,839
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $15,445,331
- Expenses
- $12,957,671
- Assets (EOY)
- $13,244,363
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $14,530,633
- Expenses
- $15,409,247
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,695,072
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $15,272,795
- Expenses
- $15,430,924
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,898,664
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $13,253,110
- Expenses
- $10,970,738
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,900,980
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $15,461,959
- Expenses
- $16,884,288
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,076,501
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $12,654,668
- Expenses
- $15,773,042
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,342,101
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $12,450,696
- Expenses
- $13,051,494
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,210,966
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $11,145,241
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,459,184
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
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2022 WISH FULFILLMENT FUND
Grants received
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MAKE- A- WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
$2,701,215
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
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MAKE- A- WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
$1,955,768
2022 FUNDING FOR OPERATIONS
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$505,250
2022 HEALTH, GENERAL
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$453,000
2024 TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR USE IN OPERATING EXPENSES.
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$446,906
2023 TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR USE IN OPERATING EXPENSES.
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$276,587
2022 TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR USE IN OPERATING EXPENSES.
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$257,421
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$176,784
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
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$173,050
2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.