Charity profile · Historical source record

Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area

EIN 94-2958481Health California Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Share the power of a wish

Founded in 1984, Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy. We serve children between the ages of 2 1/2 - 18 who meet our guidelines without regard to race, gender, creed, socio-economic, or cultural background. Make-A-Wish is committed to ensuring that it never has to decline a qualified wish referral nor limit the scope of a child's imagination for his/her wish due to the lack of funds. Now one of the largest chapters nationwide, the Greater Bay Area chapter has granted over 8,000 wishes and grants over 375 wishes per year.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

76.79Overall score
out of 100

67.32Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,726,600

Total expenses · USD$8,595,168

Program expenses

$6,274,472.64 recorded amount

73.0%

Fundraising expenses

$1,873,746.62 recorded amount

21.8%

Administrative expenses

$438,353.57 recorded amount

5.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.23 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Charlotte Biern
Recorded compensation: $58,396.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.67%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1984, Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy. We serve children between the ages of 2 1/2 - 18 who meet our guidelines without regard to race, gender, creed, socio-economic, or cultural background. Make-A-Wish is committed to ensuring that it never has to decline a qualified wish referral nor limit the scope of a child's imagination for his/her wish due to the lack of funds. Now one of the largest chapters nationwide, the Greater Bay Area chapter has granted over 8,000 wishes and grants over 375 wishes per year.
`ein` EIN	94-2958481
`tot_exp` Total expenses	8595168.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.051
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.23
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.218
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.73
`fscore` Financial score	67.32
`leader` Recorded leader	Charlotte Biern
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	58396.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0067
`motto` Tagline	Share the power of a wish
`name` Charity name	Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7726600.0
`score` Overall score	76.79
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Patient and Family Support
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6274472.64
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1873746.624
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	438353.56799999997

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 94-2958481
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Patient and Family Support
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.