Make-A-Wish Nevada FY2021 filing

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Las Vegas, NV501(c)(3)Since 1996Human ServicesEIN 88-0371088Revenue $3.0M in FY2021

On file with the IRSwish.org/nv9950 Covington Cross Dr, 89144-6834 · Las Vegas, NVTax-exempt since Dec 1997Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Make-a-Wish foundation of Nevada creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
65¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$534K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $416K a year · 11% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
65%
of spending
Worth a look: 65% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$534K
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $145K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$327K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 18 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.0M
-3% vs prior year
Spent
$2.5M
To programs
65%
Net assets
$4.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$3.0M
FY2021▼ -3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.1M
FY2021$3.0M
FY2022$3.6M
FY2023$4.5M
FY2024$5.0M
FY2024$5.1M
Expenses
$2.5M
FY2021▼ -8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.7M
FY2021$2.5M
FY2022$3.1M
FY2023$4.2M
FY2024$4.6M
FY2024$4.9M
Net assets
$4.9M
FY2021▲ +25%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.9M
FY2021$4.9M
FY2022$5.2M
FY2023$5.6M
FY2024$6.5M
FY2024$7.2M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending August 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

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

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Where the money goes

65 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 65% · $1.6M Management & general 20% · $506K Fundraising 15% · $364K

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

23 people listed on the 990; $534K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
CEO Thru 12/11/2020
$185,012Pt VII · Sec A
$123,393Pt VII · Sec A
Inter CEO Fr 12/2020 Thru 08/2021
$113,009Pt VII · Sec A
Interim CEO as of Aug 1, 2021)
$112,650Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member Through 2/28/21
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$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

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
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

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  • 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 · $1.6M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

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$1.6Mprogram 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
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 FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$64K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$850
Money outPt IX
$2.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.6M
Managementcol C$506K
Fundraisingcol D$364K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$727K
Total assetsLn 16$5.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$327K
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$434K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$149K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$586K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$850
Investment incomeLn 3$64K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$15K
Total revenueLn 12$3.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$428K
SavingsLn 2$300K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$727K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$34K
Other assetsLn 15$160K
Total assetsLn 16$5.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$327K
Net assetsLn 32$4.9M
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
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$844K$727K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.0M$4.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$58K$34K
Total assetsLn 16$4.3M$5.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$372K$327K
Net assetsLn 32$3.9M$4.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$449K$449K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$572K$347K$112K$113K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$749K$454K$145K$149K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$18K$11K$4K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$38K$24K$7K$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$98K$60K$19K$20K
Accounting feesLn 11c$37K$37K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$7K$7K
Investment management feesLn 11f$25K$25K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$76K$5K$70K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12−$11K−$11K
Office expensesLn 13$86K$40K$25K$22K
Information technologyLn 14$32K$16K$8K$8K
OccupancyLn 16$299$41$239$19
TravelLn 17$10$10
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$537$5K$715
InterestLn 20$3K$1K$780$620
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$33K$19K$6K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$264K$188K$40K$35K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.5M$1.6M$506K$364K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
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 Viewing $3.0M$2.5M$508K$4.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $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
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,991,536 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,086,686$2,969,358
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,050$850
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $80,313$63,780
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$100,548−$42,452
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,070,501$2,991,536
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $699,140$449,097
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,453,211$1,475,154
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $1,075$7,078
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $560,975$552,707
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,714,401$2,484,036
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $356,100$507,500
Part VI · Governance 18 of 18 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members18
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 $2,991,536 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$585,693
VIII-1e Government grants$433,888
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,949,777
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$149,458
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,969,358
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $850$850
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $78,895$78,895
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$15,115−$15,115
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$42,452−$42,452
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $850 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $21,328$2,991,536
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,484,036 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $449,097$449,097
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $346,868 · Management $111,635 · Fundraising $113,103$571,606
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $454,290 · Management $145,362 · Fundraising $149,191$748,843
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $10,691 · Management $4,421 · Fundraising $3,096$18,208
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $23,627 · Management $7,497 · Fundraising $6,886$38,010
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $59,692 · Management $19,183 · Fundraising $19,612$98,487
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $37,264$37,264
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $7,078$7,078
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $25,371$25,371
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,138 · Management $69,823 · Fundraising $1,217$76,178
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising −$10,856−$10,856
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $39,674 · Management $24,881 · Fundraising $21,573$86,128
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $16,436 · Management $7,575 · Fundraising $7,742$31,753
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $41 · Management $239 · Fundraising $19$299
IX-17 TravelManagement $10$10
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $537 · Management $5,376 · Fundraising $715$6,628
IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,419 · Management $780 · Fundraising $620$2,819
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $18,914 · Management $6,293 · Fundraising $8,268$33,475
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $187,867 · Management $40,318 · Fundraising $35,453$263,638
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,614,291 · Management $506,028 · Fundraising $363,717$2,484,036
Part X · Balance sheet $5,203,950 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,500$427,572
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $841,352$299,585
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $192,232$43,011
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $8,635$15,383
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $132,240$100,146
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $58,034$34,170
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $3,002,777$4,124,245
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $25,497$159,838
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,270,387$5,203,950
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $158,839$315,293
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $13,400$11,361
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $372,239$326,654
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,700,701$4,788,342
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $197,447$88,954
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,898,148$4,877,296
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,270,387$5,203,950
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,877,296 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,991,536
XI-2 Total expenses$2,484,036
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$507,500
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,898,148
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$626,592
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities−$154,944
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,877,296

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