Make-A-Wish Nevada: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 88-0371088)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$3.1M
FY2021	$3.0M
FY2022	$3.6M
FY2023	$4.5M
FY2024	$5.0M
FY2024	$5.1M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$2.7M
FY2021	$2.5M
FY2022	$3.1M
FY2023	$4.2M
FY2024	$4.6M
FY2024	$4.9M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$3.9M
FY2021	$4.9M
FY2022	$5.2M
FY2023	$5.6M
FY2024	$6.5M
FY2024	$7.2M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Dec 1997.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

66 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

66%

18%

15%

Program services 66% · $1.8M Management & general 18% · $500K Fundraising 15% · $414K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

24 people listed on the 990; $594K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII

Caroline Ciocca

President & CEO

$196,900Pt VII · Sec A

Barbara Tapp

COO

$142,349Pt VII · Sec A

Scott Rosenzweig

VP Mission Advancement

$138,148Pt VII · Sec A

Nina Radetich

VP Marketing & Development

$116,630Pt VII · Sec A

Heather Harris

Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Andrew Jenkin

Board Member Through 1/31/20

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brent Lessing

Board Member Through 10/31/19

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brian Killingsworth

Board Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Scott Rosenzweig’s $207K as President & CEO is at the 91st percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Scott Rosenzweig	$206,528	$192,923	$203,889	$159,580	$112,650	$138,148
Caroline Ciocca	—	—	—	—	$185,012	$196,900
Barbara Tapp	$173,380	$167,131	$165,423	$158,931	$123,393	$142,349
Nina Radetich	—	—	—	$109,019	$113,009	$116,630
Quinn Weathers	$116,407	—	—	—	—	—
Csilla Marcello Victor	$115,827	$103,566	$109,136	—	—	—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Make-A-Wish Nevada is a human services nonprofit based in Las Vegas, NV, formed in 1996.

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1 program · $1.8M · in their own filed words · FY2019

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See schedule o.

$1.8Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2025

Car Donation FoundationFY2025$88K

Mgm Resorts FoundationFY2025$56K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$145K

Grants paid · 6 grants · $985K · 2019–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$238,365

Unitemized GrantFY2023$275,088

Unitemized GrantFY2022$284,005

Unitemized GrantFY2021$94,785

Unitemized GrantFY2020$9,265

Unitemized GrantFY2019$83,663

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$3.1M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.1M

Investment incomeLn 3$80K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$4K

Money outPt IX

$2.7M

Ln 25

Programscol B$1.8M

Managementcol C$500K

Fundraisingcol D$414K

Owns and owesPt X

$3.9M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$844K

Total assetsLn 16$4.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$372K

PeoplePt VI, VII

24

listed · VII A

PaidVII A4

Voting boardVI 1a16

IndependentVI 1b16

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.1M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$401K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$1.1M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$4K

Investment incomeLn 3$80K

Gains on assetsLn 7$16K

Total revenueLn 12$3.1M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$2K

SavingsLn 2$841K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$844K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.0M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$58K

Other assetsLn 15$25K

Total assetsLn 16$4.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$372K

Net assetsLn 32$3.9M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 527

VolunteersI 6100

Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$299K	$844K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$2.9M	$3.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$90K	$58K
Total assetsLn 16	$3.9M	$4.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$299K	$372K
Net assetsLn 32	$3.6M	$3.9M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$699K	$699K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$356K	$210K	$74K	$72K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$902K	$532K	$187K	$184K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$30K	$17K	$7K	$6K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$63K	$37K	$13K	$13K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$103K	$61K	$21K	$21K
Legal feesLn 11b	$1K			$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$40K		$40K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e	$1K			$1K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$21K		$21K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$76K	$20K	$38K	$18K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$3K			$3K
Office expensesLn 13	$86K	$44K	$21K	$21K
Information technologyLn 14	$6K	$3K	$2K	$1K
OccupancyLn 16	$992	$343	$531	$118
TravelLn 17	$10K	$1K	$6K	$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$15K	$3K	$7K	$4K
InterestLn 20	$1K	$602	$295	$208
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$44K	$26K	$9K	$9K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$256K	$146K	$53K	$57K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$2.7M	$1.8M	$500K	$414K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024	$5.0M	$4.6M	$477K	$6.5M	990 PDF
FY2023	$4.5M	$4.2M	$292K	$5.6M	990 PDF
FY2022	$3.6M	$3.1M	$449K	$5.2M	990 PDF
FY2021	$3.0M	$2.5M	$508K	$4.9M	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$3.1M	$2.7M	$356K	$3.9M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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Part I · Summary $3,070,501 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,171,774$3,086,686

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $9,450$4,050

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $98,514$80,313

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $228,798−$100,548

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,508,536$3,070,501

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,114,481$699,140

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,329,756$1,453,211

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $7,450$1,075

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $711,630$560,975

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,163,317$2,714,401

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $345,219$356,100

Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16

VI-1b Independent voting members16

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,070,501 across 9 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for −$33,498 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1c Fundraising events$1,146,646

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,940,040

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$400,743

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,086,686

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,050$4,050

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $63,946$63,946

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $16,367$16,367

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$67,050−$67,050

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,050 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$20,235$3,070,501

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,714,401 across 20 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $699,140$699,140

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $209,926 · Management $73,928 · Fundraising $72,485$356,339

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $531,651 · Management $186,522 · Fundraising $183,596$901,769

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $17,105 · Management $6,814 · Fundraising $5,893$29,812

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $36,911 · Management $12,946 · Fundraising $12,749$62,606

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $60,521 · Management $21,280 · Fundraising $20,884$102,685

IX-11b Legal feesFundraising $1,300$1,300

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $39,900$39,900

IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $1,075$1,075

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $21,448$21,448

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $20,283 · Management $37,625 · Fundraising $18,089$75,997

IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $2,750$2,750

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $43,507 · Management $21,463 · Fundraising $21,292$86,262

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,435 · Management $1,724 · Fundraising $1,058$6,217

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $343 · Management $531 · Fundraising $118$992

IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,268 · Management $6,190 · Fundraising $2,453$9,911

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,295 · Management $7,056 · Fundraising $4,465$14,816

IX-20 InterestPrograms $602 · Management $295 · Fundraising $208$1,105

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $26,036 · Management $9,199 · Fundraising $8,964$44,199

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $145,991 · Management $53,250 · Fundraising $56,837$256,078

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,800,014 · Management $500,171 · Fundraising $414,216$2,714,401

Part X · Balance sheet $4,270,387 assets, 18 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $299,144$2,500

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$841,352

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $430,451$192,232

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $18,409$7,120

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $5,226$8,635

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $89,835$132,240

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $90,441$58,034

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,867,689$3,002,777

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $65,841$25,497

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,867,036$4,270,387

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $271,121$158,839

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$200,000

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $27,929$13,400

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $299,050$372,239

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,127,775$3,700,701

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $440,211$197,447

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,567,986$3,898,148

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,867,036$4,270,387

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,898,148 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$3,070,501

XI-2 Total expenses$2,714,401

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$356,100

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,567,986

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$209,492

XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities−$235,430

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,898,148

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Make-A-Wish Nevada FY2020 filing

Before you give

Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Make-A-Wish Nevada

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV