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MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER BAY AREA

EIN 94-2958481 OAKLAND, CA

Revenue 2024
$9,144,994
Expenses 2024
$8,838,662

Program services were 61.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
1221 BROADWAY STE 800

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 · 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.

  • CHARLOTTE BIERN

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $308,790
    From this org
    $276,934
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,856
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $276,934
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,599
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,257
    Filer's total
    $308,790

  • LYNNE DURIE

    FORMER COO (THRU 1/31/24)

    Total calculated
    $54,918
    From this org
    $51,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,018
    Hours/week
    40

  • KATHLEEN BACKUS

    CHIEF DEV. OFFICER (THRU 2/7/25)

    Total calculated
    $225,269
    From this org
    $206,842
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,427
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,842
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,727
    Filer's total
    $225,269

  • SEAN BARTON

    VP OF OP & FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $124,533
    From this org
    $119,261
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,272
    Hours/week
    40

  • LINDA ANDERBERG

    SR. VP MARKETING & STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $162,087
    From this org
    $148,915
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,172
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,666
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $249
    Deferred
    $5,957
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,215
    Filer's total
    $162,087

  • SUSANNA FALK

    VP OF MISSION DELIVERY

    Total calculated
    $166,273
    From this org
    $146,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,648
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,625
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,117
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,531
    Filer's total
    $166,273

  • DENNIS SCHRAG

    SENIOR MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $132,734
    From this org
    $126,957
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,777
    Hours/week
    40

  • YOSHINORI GARRETT LEW

    DIR. OF DATA & ANALYTICS (THRU 4/25/25)

    Total calculated
    $116,075
    From this org
    $103,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,415
    Hours/week
    40

  • ALLIE REYNOLDS

    VP CORP DEV. (THRU 7/12/24)

    Total calculated
    $121,048
    From this org
    $112,456
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,592
    Hours/week
    40

  • TIFFANY ROWE

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MARTI POZZI

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ASH BARAGHOUSH

    VICE CHAIR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOHN SUN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CATHERINE AKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • KARA BAYSINGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • RAE CORR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ISHA CLARK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DANA GREEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SHANNON GHIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CHARLES HALLADAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • AMANDA HIGGINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • PETER HILLIARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ALLEGRA JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JEN KELLY

    DIRECTOR (THRU 8/21/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BEN KOCHALSKI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $9,144,994
    Expenses
    $8,838,662
    Contributions
    $8,902,647
    Grants paid
    $3,476,167
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,791,613
    Expenses
    $7,891,562
    Contributions
    $7,383,042
    Grants paid
    $2,634,430
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,497,944
    Expenses
    $8,159,900
    Contributions
    $6,583,164
    Grants paid
    $2,915,737

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.

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 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.