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WISH OF A LIFETIME

EIN 26-2123649 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2025
$4,687,342
Expenses 2025
$4,921,245

Program services were 81.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P60
Classification
1000
Street
601 E ST NW

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 · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jeremy Bloom

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eric Chess

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Armstrong

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott M Frisch

    Director & AARP EVP - COO

    Total calculated
    $946,583
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $868,826
    Other
    $77,757
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $632,414 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $233,675 related
    Other
    $0 + $2,737 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $47,649 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,108 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $946,583 related

  • Eliot Hamlisch

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Hirschberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laurie Schadegg Thomas

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Mercer

    Treasurer & AARP SVP

    Total calculated
    $528,678
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $461,292
    Other
    $67,386
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $367,105 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $90,429 related
    Other
    $0 + $3,758 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $47,649 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,737 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $528,678 related

  • Sarah Shaw

    Secretary & AARP SVP

    Total calculated
    $469,860
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $403,821
    Other
    $66,039
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $322,962 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $79,006 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,853 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $47,649 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,390 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $469,860 related

  • Thomas Wagenlander

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $317,494
    From this org
    $263,802
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,692
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,812
    Bonus
    $50,253
    Other
    $8,737
    Deferred
    $10,203 + $24,522 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,967
    Filer's total
    $292,972 + $24,522 related

  • Beau Ballinger

    Director, Business Planning & Ops

    Total calculated
    $212,755
    From this org
    $155,247
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,508
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,164
    Bonus
    $22,112
    Other
    $8,971
    Deferred
    $5,851 + $14,063 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,594
    Filer's total
    $198,692 + $14,063 related

  • Steven Glaser

    Director, Wish Program

    Total calculated
    $192,683
    From this org
    $141,487
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,196
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,909
    Bonus
    $21,354
    Other
    $224
    Deferred
    $5,651 + $13,581 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,964
    Filer's total
    $179,102 + $13,581 related

  • Jared Bloomfield

    Director, Field Program

    Total calculated
    $166,473
    From this org
    $136,956
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,517
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,873
    Bonus
    $20,635
    Other
    $448
    Deferred
    $5,460 + $13,124 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,933
    Filer's total
    $153,349 + $13,124 related

  • Kristen Prusky

    Director, Marketing & Comms

    Total calculated
    $186,858
    From this org
    $136,124
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,734
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,180
    Bonus
    $20,512
    Other
    $432
    Deferred
    $5,428 + $13,045 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,261
    Filer's total
    $173,813 + $13,045 related

  • Elija Montepare

    Manager, Wish Fulfillment

    Total calculated
    $141,508
    From this org
    $107,244
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,264
    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 — 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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $4,687,342
    Expenses
    $4,921,245
    Contributions
    $4,660,252
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,129,021
    Expenses
    $4,999,371
    Contributions
    $4,083,666
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,388,785
    Expenses
    $4,842,711
    Contributions
    $4,317,583
    Grants paid
    $1,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,476,215
    Expenses
    $3,004,872
    Contributions
    $3,453,841
    Grants paid
    $500

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.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2025 return

Declared as related by

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.