New York · Nonprofit
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK (New York) receives grants from 91 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,336,415 to it, the largest being MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ($21,641,190). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 91
- Grants received
- $34M
- Net assets
- $26M
What Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York and Western New York does
Mission
Together, we create life changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York and Western New York creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Children must have a referral from an approved referral source, have reached the chronological age of 2 years and be under the age of 18, must have a critical illness and never have been granted a wish before to qualify for our wish program. No child who meets these criteria is denied our services. The foundation granted 656 wishes to children during the fiscal year end august 31, 2025. Total cost of wishes granted for the fiscal year was $8,252,738. Of this amount, $ 3,489,400 was contributed by various vendors who provided in-kind contributions such as travel and travel services, transportation, lodging and other services, and the use of facilities to complete a child's wish. For financial statement purposes, these amounts are included as contribution revenue and granted wish expense for the form 990, however, the irs requires the $1,709,577 of contributed services and use of facilities be excluded from both revenue and expense.
$11,228,436 spentof which $6,593,211 as grants$152,850 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $11,228,436.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $24M to $29M (+19%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 12% · 2022 5% · 2023 3% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
William Brilliant
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 37 funders, grant income rose $2.6M → $7.9M.
26 of 91 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 91 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
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 74% · 2019 71% · 2020 70% · 2021 58% · 2022 68% · 2023 47% — 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
53% of MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
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
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK draws 83% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 17 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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.
Organizations like MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK?
- MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK (New York) receives grants from 91 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,336,415 to it, the largest being MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ($21,641,190). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK have?
- IRS filings report 91 organizations giving $34,336,415 in grants to MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK, 51 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK?
- MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $21,641,190 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF METRO NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW YORK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 91 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing