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CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC

CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $285,779 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($75,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.0M
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$286k
Net assets
$160k
6/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Cecf Wish Foundation Inc does

Mission

Organization holds annual fundraiser to contribute to charities

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Make-a-wish is a non-profit organization that creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

    $600,000 spent
    87% of program spending
  2. Rockin with the seals is a public 501(c)(3)that is set up to support the special operations community including the special operators, their families and other organizations focused on providing health, wealth or education for them.

    $25,500 spent
    4% of program spending
  3. Hunters hope is a non-profit organization that was established to address the acute need for information and research with respect to krabbe disease and related leukodystrophies and to support and encourage those affilicted and their families as they struggle to endure, adjust and cope with the demands of these fatal childhood illnesses.

    $11,300 spent
    2% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $50,225 spent
    7% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $687,025.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($647k) Expenses 100 ($687k) Net assets -165 ($-34037)2019 Revenue 109 ($706k) Expenses 104 ($712k) Net assets 100 ($21k)2020 Revenue 55 ($356k) Expenses 19 ($131k) Net assets 1187 ($245k)2021 Revenue 92 ($594k) Expenses 93 ($639k) Net assets 971 ($201k)2022 Revenue 84 ($543k) Expenses 92 ($629k) Net assets 555 ($115k)2023 Revenue 157 ($1.0M) Expenses 163 ($1.1M) Net assets 41 ($8k)2024 Revenue 157 ($1.0M) Expenses 126 ($866k) Net assets 776 ($160k)
2017201920202021202220232024
Revenue (157)Expenses (126)Net assets (776)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $21k to $245k (+1087%).

$-284
$21k
$245k
$201k
$115k
$8k
$160k
2017201920202021202220232024
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
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,052 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$39k
’17
−$6k
’19
$225k
’20
−$45k
’21
−$86k
’22
−$106k
’23
$152k
’24
2.2
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.

2017201920202021202220232024
Listed88888811
Joined··+0+0+0+0+5
No longer listed··00002
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $35k → $21k.

2 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

58% 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 CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC.

26%
largest funder
58%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 100% · 2019 56% · 2020 98% · 2021 99% · 2022 87% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.

“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

20% of CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.

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

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

CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 7 states in all.

IL
MI
NY
NJ
CA
DE
FL

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $105k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

Against its field

CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin15% · above the median
Months of reserve2.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like CECF WISH FOUNDATION 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 Florida

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

32% of spending goes to programs.

Program 32%Management 0%Fundraising 68%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC?
CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $285,779 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($75,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $285,779 in grants to CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 11 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