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MAKE- A- WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA

EIN 86-0481941 PHOENIX, AZ

Revenue 2023
$130,963,023
Expenses 2023
$125,537,455

Program services were 66.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
1702 E HIGHLAND AVE STE 400

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).

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.

  • LESLIE MOTTER

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $694,081
    From this org
    $657,331
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,750
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $556,431
    Bonus
    $100,000
    Other
    $900
    Deferred
    $35,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,500
    Filer's total
    $694,081

  • THOMAS PARKER

    CTO (THRU 4/2024)

    Total calculated
    $381,285
    From this org
    $344,535
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,750
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $288,332
    Bonus
    $55,303
    Other
    $900
    Deferred
    $35,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,500
    Filer's total
    $381,285

  • AMY BRINDLEY

    CCAO (THRU 8/2024)

    Total calculated
    $353,837
    From this org
    $318,327
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,510
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $267,324
    Bonus
    $50,103
    Other
    $900
    Deferred
    $34,010
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,500
    Filer's total
    $353,837

  • LUANN BOTT

    CRPSO (THRU 8/2024)

    Total calculated
    $329,374
    From this org
    $316,624
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,750
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $257,724
    Bonus
    $58,000
    Other
    $900
    Deferred
    $12,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $329,374

  • TERESA DURAN

    CIO (THRU 3/2024)

    Total calculated
    $320,415
    From this org
    $307,665
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,750
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $256,630
    Bonus
    $50,135
    Other
    $900
    Deferred
    $12,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $320,415

  • CATHLEEN PAUGH

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $308,008
    From this org
    $297,806
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,202
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,802
    Bonus
    $45,104
    Other
    $900
    Deferred
    $10,202
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $308,008

  • FRANCES HALL

    CHIEF MISSION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $303,448
    From this org
    $293,158
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,290
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $245,758
    Bonus
    $46,500
    Other
    $900
    Deferred
    $10,290
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $303,448

  • JANELL HOLAS

    CHIEF BRAND ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $302,452
    From this org
    $290,006
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,446
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,181
    Bonus
    $56,000
    Other
    $825
    Deferred
    $12,446
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $302,452

  • TERRI FOULKS

    CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $271,866
    From this org
    $268,882
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,984
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $242,982
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $900
    Deferred
    $1,534
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,450
    Filer's total
    $271,866

  • KAREN WELLS

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $260,023
    From this org
    $249,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,940
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,258
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $825
    Deferred
    $9,440
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,500
    Filer's total
    $260,023

  • FLORENDA NEWTON

    SD, CORPORATE ALLIANCES

    Total calculated
    $234,021
    From this org
    $222,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,101
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,299
    Bonus
    $28,721
    Other
    $900
    Deferred
    $11,101
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $234,021

  • BRIAN POWELL

    SD, LEADERSHIP & PLANNED GIVING

    Total calculated
    $232,467
    From this org
    $223,517
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,950
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,658
    Bonus
    $31,959
    Other
    $900
    Deferred
    $8,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $232,467

  • KRISTIE KIRSCHNER

    SD, CH REVENUE SVS (THRU 2/2024)

    Total calculated
    $223,718
    From this org
    $221,255
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,463
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,658
    Bonus
    $29,697
    Other
    $900
    Deferred
    $2,463
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $223,718

  • ADAM FAIRCLOTH

    CIFO

    Total calculated
    $218,904
    From this org
    $213,277
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,627
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,422
    Bonus
    $21,955
    Other
    $900
    Deferred
    $5,627
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $218,904

  • YVONNE MOSS

    CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER/ SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $207,326
    From this org
    $196,433
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,893
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,422
    Bonus
    $111
    Other
    $900
    Deferred
    $9,393
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,500
    Filer's total
    $207,326

  • JARED PERRY

    CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $179,971
    From this org
    $179,371
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $600
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,846
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $525
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $600
    Filer's total
    $179,971

  • DERRICK HALL

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GEORGE BARRIOS

    CHAIR (THRU 11/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • REBA DOMINSKI

    CHAIR - ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AMY WALDRON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CARLOS CATA

    DIRECTOR (THRU 11/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHERYL HEINONEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRIS BEARD

    DIRECTOR (THRU 11/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CONSTANCE WEAVER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DOLF BERLE

    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 — 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
    $130,963,023
    Expenses
    $125,537,455
    Contributions
    $100,549,595
    Grants paid
    $57,342,083
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $135,276,222
    Expenses
    $124,505,937
    Contributions
    $107,044,630
    Grants paid
    $52,473,463

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

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. 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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • INFOCISION INC.

    $155,026 raised

    2024 Commercial Fundraiser

    $126,589 to charity

  • COINSTAR ASSET HOLDINGS LLC

    $51,816 raised

    2024 Commercial Fundraiser

    $46,637 to charity

  • INFOCISION INC.

    $85,064 raised

    2023 Commercial Fundraiser

    $54,127 to charity

  • SUBARU OF AMERICA INC.

    $39,289,401 in sales

    2022 Commercial Coventurer

    $132,209 to charity

  • INFOCISION INC.

    $54,256 raised

    2022 Commercial Fundraiser

    $47,390 to charity

  • COINSTAR ASSET HOLDINGS LLC

    $15,895 raised

    2022 Commercial Fundraiser

    $14,305 to charity

  • SUBARU OF AMERICA INC.

    $516,506,723 in sales

    2021 Commercial Coventurer

    $1,738,050 to charity

  • SUBARU OF AMERICA INC.

    $202,014,542 in sales

    2021 Commercial Coventurer

    $182,178 to charity

  • COINSTAR ASSET HOLDINGS LLC

    $5,713 raised

    2021 Commercial Fundraiser

    $5,142 to charity

  • SUBARU OF AMERICA INC.

    $532,223,873 in sales

    2020 Commercial Coventurer

    $1,842,025 to charity

  • SUBARU OF AMERICA INC.

    $4,109,341 in sales

    2020 Commercial Coventurer

    $16,220 to charity

  • SUBARU OF AMERICA INC.

    $64,878,251 in sales

    2019 Commercial Coventurer

    $248,125 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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 10 September 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.