Make A Wish Foundation Of Mississippi Chartered

THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI CHARTERED CREATESLIFE-CHANGING WISHES FOR CHILDREN WITH CRITICAL ILLNESSES.

THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI CHARTERED CREATES LIFECHANGING WISHES FOR CHILDREN WITH CRITICAL ILLNESSES. CHILDREN BETWEENTHE AGES OF 2 1/2 AND 18 WHO HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO HAVE A CRITICALMEDICAL CONDITION QUALIFY FOR OUR WISH PROGRAM AND NO CHILD WHO MEETSTHESE CRITERIA IS DENIED OUR SERVICES. WE STRIVE TO GRANT EACH CHILD'SONE-TRUE WISH, WHETHER THAT IS TO VISIT A THEME PARK, SWIM WITH THEDOLPHINS, MEET A DREAM CELEBRITY, OR COUNTLESS OTHER POSSIBILITIES. THEMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI CHARTERED HAS GRANTED 116 WISHESIN FISCAL YEAR 2021. TOTAL WISHES GRANTED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR WERE$385,341. OF THIS AMOUNT, $44,691 WAS CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS VENDORSWHO PROVIDED IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS, SUCH AS TRAVEL AND TRAVEL SERVICES,TRANSPORTATION, LODGING, AND OTHER SERVICES AND USE OF FACILITIES TOCOMPLETE A CHILD'S WISH. FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENT PURPOSES, THESEAMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED AS CONTRIBUTION REVENUE AND GRANTED WISH EXPENSES.FOR FORM 990, HOWEVER, THE IRS REQUIRES THE $44,691 OF CONTRIBUTEDSERVICES AND USE OF FACILITIES BE EXCLUDED FROM BOTH REVENUE ANDEXPENSES.IN DECEMBER 2019, AN OUTBREAK OF A NOVEL STRAIN OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) BEGAN. ON MARCH 10, 2020, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MAKE-A-WISH NATIONAL MEDICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, MAKE-A-WISH OF AMERICA ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO PAUSE TRAVEL AND LARGE GATHERING WISHES UNTIL DEEMED MEDICALLY SAFE FOR OUR VULNERABLE POPULATION AND THEIR FAMILIES. AS OF AUGUST 31, 2021, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REGIONAL TRAVEL, TRAVEL WISHES ARE STILL PAUSED. PRIOR TO FISCAL YEAR 2020, TRAVEL WISHES HAVE BEEN APPROXIMATELY 72% OF THE WISHES GRANTED AND THE NUMBER OF GRANTED WISHES AVERAGED APPROXIMATELY 100. IN ADDITION, THE PROGRAM EXPENSE RATIO WAS IMPACTED DUE TO THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI'S INABILITY TO GRANT THE TRAVEL WISHES. THE PROGRAM EXPENSE RATIO WAS PREVIOUSLY 71% IN FISCAL YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 2019. THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI CONTINUES TO EVALUATE ALL EXPENSES AND FUNDRAISING EFFORTS IN LIGHT OF THE IMPACT OF COVID-19. NATIONAL EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO RETURN TO WISH GRANTING AND FUNDRAISING EFFORTS WHEN IT IS DEEMED MEDICALLY SAFE.