Charity profile · Historical source record

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida

EIN 59-2620322Health Florida Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Transform lives, one wish at a time.

Make-A-Wish® Southern Florida has a sole mission: Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Started in 1983 by the Plantation Junior Woman's Club, the Southern Florida chapter has grown from granting a wish every 180 days to granting a wish every 14 hours. The chapter serves children and families in 22 Florida counties in Southeast and Southwest Florida, the Tampa Bay and Suncoast regions and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is our vision to grant the wish of every medically-eligible child in our territory.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

82.41Overall score
out of 100

75.31Financial 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$14,137,736

Total expenses · USD$8,333,969

Program expenses

$6,067,129.43 recorded amount

72.8%

Fundraising expenses

$1,783,469.37 recorded amount

21.4%

Administrative expenses

$475,036.23 recorded amount

5.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 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: Norman Wedderburn
Recorded compensation: $308,941.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.70%

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 Southern Florida
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	Make-A-Wish® Southern Florida has a sole mission: Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Started in 1983 by the Plantation Junior Woman's Club, the Southern Florida chapter has grown from granting a wish every 180 days to granting a wish every 14 hours. The chapter serves children and families in 22 Florida counties in Southeast and Southwest Florida, the Tampa Bay and Suncoast regions and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is our vision to grant the wish of every medically-eligible child in our territory.
`ein` EIN	59-2620322
`tot_exp` Total expenses	8333969.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.057
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.214
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.728
`fscore` Financial score	75.31
`leader` Recorded leader	Norman Wedderburn
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	308941.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.037000000000000005
`motto` Tagline	Transform lives, one wish at a time.
`name` Charity name	Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida
`tot_rev` Total revenue	14137736.0
`score` Overall score	82.41
`state` State code	FL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Patient and Family Support
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6067129.432
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1783469.366
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	475036.233

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.