Charity profile · Historical source record

Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Share the power of a wish

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas works to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions, in order to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. We want to provide children with the hope for better times, the strength for the tough times and the joy to experience the present. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas has granted more than 7,000 wishes since our inception in 1982. Our goal is to be a unique part of the treatment process. With doctors providing the medicine, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation supplying the magic, we strive to create miracles in the lives of some very special children.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

83.38Overall score
out of 100

77.28Financial score
out of 100

94.00Accountability & 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$12,180,314

Total expenses · USD$12,212,799

Program expenses

$9,220,663.24 recorded amount

75.5%

Fundraising expenses

$2,283,793.41 recorded amount

18.7%

Administrative expenses

$696,129.54 recorded amount

5.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.19 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: Scotty Landry
Recorded compensation: $265,483.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.17%

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

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All 23 original fields for Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	94.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	The Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas works to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions, in order to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. We want to provide children with the hope for better times, the strength for the tough times and the joy to experience the present. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas has granted more than 7,000 wishes since our inception in 1982. Our goal is to be a unique part of the treatment process. With doctors providing the medicine, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation supplying the magic, we strive to create miracles in the lives of some very special children.
`ein` EIN	75-1889666
`tot_exp` Total expenses	12212799.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.057
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.19
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.187
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.755
`fscore` Financial score	77.28
`leader` Recorded leader	Scotty Landry
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	265483.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0217
`motto` Tagline	Share the power of a wish
`name` Charity name	Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas
`tot_rev` Total revenue	12180314.0
`score` Overall score	83.38
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Patient and Family Support
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	9220663.245
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	2283793.413
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	696129.5430000001

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.