New Jersey · Nonprofit
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 105 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,569,170 to it, the largest being MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ($19,292,736). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.7M
- Funders on record
- 105
- Grants received
- $29M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey Inc does
Mission
Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Through the generosity of our donors, the dedication of our volunteers, the support of the community, and the commitment of our staff, make-a-wish foundation of new jersey, inc. Granted 409 wishes during the year ended august 31, 2025. As of august 31, 2025, 675 children were in the wish pipeline and eligible for a wish. The organization continued to maintain a strong program expense ratio, with 75% of total expenses directed to program services during the year. Wish fulfillment is made possible in part through significant inkind support from corporate and community partners, including travel, lodging, transportation, experiences, and other services essential to granting wishes. Information regarding program expenses and noncash contributions is reported in part ix, part viii, and schedule m, as applicable. As of august 31, 2025, the organization was supported by approximately 250 active volunteers. Since inception, make-a-wish foundation of new jersey, inc. Has granted over 12,600 wishes. Nationally, make-a-wish america has granted more than 615,000 wishes worldwide since 1980.
$7,248,615 spentof which $4,523,247 as grants$74,725 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $7,248,615.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $19M to $23M (+18%).
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 6% · 2022 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Thomas P Weatherall
President & CEO
Board chair
David Indursky
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 39 funders, grant income rose $2.7M → $2.9M.
24 of 105 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 NEW JERSEY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 105 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 NEW JERSEY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 NEW JERSEY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 73% · 2019 69% · 2020 59% · 2021 59% · 2022 71% · 2023 76% — broadly stable.
“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
44% of MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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 NEW JERSEY INC draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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.
Against its field
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC's funding base is broadening — from 17 funders to 39 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC?
- MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 105 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,569,170 to it, the largest being MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ($19,292,736). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC have?
- IRS filings report 105 organizations giving $28,569,170 in grants to MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC, 50 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC?
- MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $19,292,736 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 105 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