Charity profile · Historical source record

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Share the power of a wish

The Maine chapter of Make-A-Wish opened in 1992. Founded by Wayne and Caroline Morong, in Camden, Make-A-Wish Maine has grown to serve children in each of Maine's 16 counties. We have granted over 1400 since our first year. This organization grants an average of one wish every five days.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

78.38Overall score
out of 100

69.58Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,725,605

Total expenses · USD$1,270,648

Program expenses

$950,444.70 recorded amount

74.8%

Fundraising expenses

$227,445.99 recorded amount

17.9%

Administrative expenses

$91,486.66 recorded amount

7.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.16 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Kate Vickery
Recorded compensation: $64,774.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.09%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	The Maine chapter of Make-A-Wish opened in 1992. Founded by Wayne and Caroline Morong, in Camden, Make-A-Wish Maine has grown to serve children in each of Maine's 16 counties. We have granted over 1400 since our first year. This organization grants an average of one wish every five days.
`ein` EIN	01-0477512
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1270648.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.07200000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.16
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.179
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.748
`fscore` Financial score	69.58
`leader` Recorded leader	Kate Vickery
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	64774.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0509
`motto` Tagline	Share the power of a wish
`name` Charity name	Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1725605.0
`score` Overall score	78.38
`state` State code	ME
`subcategory` Subcategory	Patient and Family Support
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	950444.704
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	227445.992
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	91486.65600000002

Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.