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MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF OREGON INC

EIN 82-0385049 PORTLAND, OR

Revenue 2023
$4,980,912
Expenses 2023
$5,255,563

Program services were 75.7% 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
5901 S MACADAM AVE STE 200

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 · 2023

Mission

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

Activities or mission (Part I)

TOGETHER, WE CREATE LIFE-CHANGING WISHES FOR CHILDREN WITH CRITICAL ILLNESSES. SERVING CHILDREN IN OREGON AND CLARK COUNTY, WASHINGTON, THE FOUNDATION IS AN INDEPENDENT OPERATING CHAPTER OF MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA.

  • IT IS THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLE OF OUR MISSION TO GRANT THE WISH OF EVERY ELIGIBLE CHILD IN OUR COMMUNITY, BETWEEN THE AGES OF 2 1/2 AND 18. A WISH COME TRUE CAN HELP GIVE LOCAL KIDS THE STRENGTH TO COMPLY WITH THEIR MEDICAL TREATMENTS, AND THE COURAGE TO FIGHT OR EVEN OVERCOME THEIR ILLNESS. EACH WISH IS AS UNIQUE AND SPECIAL AS THE CHILD. WHETHER THAT'S TO MEET THEIR FAVORITE DISNEY HEROES, EXPERIENCE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF BROADWAY, OR ESCAPE TO A TROPICAL PARADISE, WE STRIVE TO DELIVER HOPE DURING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TIMES AND CREATE JOYFUL, LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES FOR EVERY CHILD AND ALL WHO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR FIGHT. IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OREGON GRANTED 285 LOCAL WISHES TO CHILDREN BATTLING CRITICAL ILLNESSES. THE COST OF WISHES GRANTED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR WAS $3,714,132. INCLUDED IN THIS AMOUNT IS $1,060,905 CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS VENDORS WHO PROVIDED CONTRIBUTIONS OF SERVICES OR USE OF FACILITIES TO COMPLETE A CHILD'S WISH. FOR AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT PURPOSES THIS AMOUNT IS INCLUDED AS CONTRIBUTION REVENUE AND DIRECT WISH COST EXPENSE. PER IRS RULES, THIS AMOUNT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FORM 990. THE IRS REQUIRES THAT CONTRIBUTED SERVICES AND USE OF FACILITIES BE EXCLUDED FROM BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENSES.

    Expenses $3,980,491 · Grants $2,653,227

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • DAN DHRUVA

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • TRENT TYREE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • MICHELLE BORKE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • MARK ALLEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • TONY BALLOW

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SPENCER BRADLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • PATRICK DEMARTINO MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ALIX DIXON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DON FREY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • WILL GREEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JESSE MCSHANE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DAVID METS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • PAM MUDGE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DANNON NICHOLES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SARAH REDGRAVE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KATE RUNDLE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ERIN THOMPSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SETH TINDALL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KATIE WALKER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • LAILA COOK

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $192,788
    From this org
    $176,802
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,986
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,802
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,011
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,975
    Filer's total
    $192,788

  • KARA POST

    VICE PRESIDENT, OPS AND FI

    Total calculated
    $92,525
    From this org
    $84,279
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,246
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,980,912
    Expenses
    $5,255,563
    Contributions
    $4,939,973
    Grants paid
    $2,653,227
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,794,466
    Expenses
    $5,202,209
    Contributions
    $4,738,011
    Grants paid
    $2,664,225

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
    $4,871,961
    Expenses
    $4,229,434
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,154,161

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,586,850
    Expenses
    $2,906,700
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,824,674

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,960,353
    Expenses
    $3,133,139
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,970,286

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.

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.