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A WISH COME TRUE INC

A WISH COME TRUE INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $809,515 to it, the largest being THE OLIARI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($180,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.2M
Funders on record
38
Grants received
$810k
Net assets
$984k
22/38 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 21%
01What it does

What A Wish Come True Inc does

Mission

Our mission is we grant wishes and we provide resources for families that have a child, ages 3-18, struggling with a life-threatening illness living in rhode island, central and southern ma and eastern connecticut.in 2022, our mission expanded to include embracing the family along this challenging journey. We provide financial resources to families in crisis, as well as holiday and birthday support to those in need. In addition, we have provided gas passes and grocery cards to meet basic needs while the family strives to get back on their feet.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. A wish come true granted 38 wishes to children with life threatening illnesses throughout rhode island and se massachusetts. We were able to make an increible impact on 176 individuals and family members.the goal of the program is to bring joy, hope, and healing into the lives of the children and families we serve through the wish granting process and hardship assistance.

    $698,575 spentof which $272,640 as grants$553,205 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $698,575.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($496k) Expenses 100 ($537k) Net assets 100 ($783k)2018 Revenue 91 ($452k) Expenses 99 ($534k) Net assets 86 ($672k)2019 Revenue 96 ($476k) Expenses 112 ($601k) Net assets 71 ($554k)2020 Revenue 111 ($553k) Expenses 105 ($564k) Net assets 70 ($551k)2021 Revenue 156 ($772k) Expenses 134 ($719k) Net assets 78 ($608k)2022 Revenue 134 ($666k) Expenses 117 ($626k) Net assets 63 ($491k)2023 Revenue 174 ($866k) Expenses 162 ($869k) Net assets 87 ($684k)2024 Revenue 239 ($1.2M) Expenses 165 ($889k) Net assets 126 ($984k)
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Revenue (239)Expenses (165)Net assets (126)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $771k to $1.1M (+42%).

$793k
$686k
$606k
$625k
$689k
$638k
$771k
$1.1M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 2% · 2020 4% · 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$41k
’17
−$82k
’18
−$125k
’19
−$12k
’20
$53k
’21
$40k
’22
−$3k
’23
$299k
’24
4.0
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Mary Kate O'Leary

Executive director

Board chair

Paula Pais-Leach

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed79101313141516
Joined·+3+7+8+0+6+4+2
No longer listed·1650531
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $12k → $164k.

7 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of A WISH COME TRUE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

A WISH COME TRUE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left

38% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund A WISH COME TRUE INC.

22%
largest funder
41%
top three
~11
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 49% · 2019 42% · 2020 55% · 2021 34% · 2022 22% · 2023 18% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

46% of A WISH COME TRUE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

A WISH COME TRUE INC draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 11 states in all.

NY
MA
CT
RI
CA
MD
AZ
NC
GA
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Rhode Island out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $91k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Government funding A WISH COME TRUE INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1k on record.

State$1k
21
25
By state
  • DE$1k
  • FL$277

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like A WISH COME TRUE INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Rhode Island

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 10%Fundraising 12%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

98%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds A WISH COME TRUE INC?
A WISH COME TRUE INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $809,515 to it, the largest being THE OLIARI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($180,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does A WISH COME TRUE INC have?
IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $809,515 in grants to A WISH COME TRUE INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of A WISH COME TRUE INC?
THE OLIARI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $180,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like A WISH COME TRUE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 38 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing