How Your Gift Is Spent

The Make-A-Wish Foundation^® of Metro New York is proud to be recognized for its high levels of accountability, transparency and quantifiable results. The Metro New York chapter is a proud participant of the BBB Charity Seal Program, which indicates that our organization has met the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability. For more information about the Standards, please visit the BBB of Metro New York’s website at www.newyork.bbb.org

We take our responsibility for the monies donated to our cause very seriously and are pleased to confirm that according to the fiscal year 2008 audit results, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York spent 81% of its revenue on wish granting and related program expenses.  Only 9% was spent on management and general costs and 10% was allocated to fundraising. For full financial details, please review our most recent Annual Report or our most recent fy08-990.PDF. We also encourage you to look up our credentials on watchdog agencies sites such as http://www.charitynavigator.org