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Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania & West Virginia

EIN 25-1464177Health Pennsylvania Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Transform lives, one with at a time.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Pennsylvania & West Virginia creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania & West Virginia was founded in May 1983 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We are the first chapter in the world to fulfill more than 700 wishes in one year. We have served nearly 19,000 children in 57 Pennsylvania and the entire state of West Virginia counties in our 35-year history.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

78.47Overall score
out of 100

69.71Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$8,516,655

Total expenses · USD$8,870,799

Program expenses

$7,451,471.16 recorded amount

84.0%

Fundraising expenses

$949,175.49 recorded amount

10.7%

Administrative expenses

$461,281.55 recorded amount

5.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Judith A. Stone
Recorded compensation: $245,833.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.77%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania & West Virginia
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Pennsylvania & West Virginia creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania & West Virginia was founded in May 1983 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We are the first chapter in the world to fulfill more than 700 wishes in one year. We have served nearly 19,000 children in 57 Pennsylvania and the entire state of West Virginia counties in our 35-year history.
`ein` EIN	25-1464177
`tot_exp` Total expenses	8870799.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.052000000000000005
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.107
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.84
`fscore` Financial score	69.71
`leader` Recorded leader	Judith A. Stone
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	245833.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0277
`motto` Tagline	Transform lives, one with at a time.
`name` Charity name	Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania & West Virginia
`tot_rev` Total revenue	8516655.0
`score` Overall score	78.47
`state` State code	PA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Patient and Family Support
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	7451471.16
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	949175.493
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	461281.54800000007

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 25-1464177
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Patient and Family Support
Recorded location: Pennsylvania (PA)
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.