Wish Upon a Teen
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 262708229
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Southfield, MI, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $78,575
- Expenses
- $71,225
- Assets
- $24,627
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Nancy Sovran (Executive Director)
- Michell Soto (President)
People named in this filing
- Nancy Sovran (Executive Director)
- Judy Burnette (Communications)
- Michell Soto (President)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Wish Upon a Teen is an organization dedicated to providing resources time and Opportunities to teenagers with severe life-limiting medical conditions. Through creative social and educational opportunities our goal is to normalize their environment and rebuild their self-esteem as they transition to adulthood.
What it reported doing in 2024
Evening of Dreams Prom - Wish Upon a Teen stages a gala Prom event for teens unable to attend the event at their own schools due to their illness and Hospitalization.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 44.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -14.1% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.