Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles
The Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles at a glance
- Total assets
- $2,503,130
- +31.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $4,698,745
- +9.2% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $31,669
- +179.0% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $3,748,750
- -27.8% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
1 grant across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 1 grant of 1 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $120K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Make-a-Wish Foundation of America Phoenix, AZ | Funding for Operations | $120,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,503,130 | $4,698,745 | $3,748,750 | — | — | $31,669 |
| 2024 | $1,907,973 | $4,301,224 | $5,190,952 | $120,000 | 1 | $11,351 |
| 2023 | $3,589,177 | $4,645,187 | $6,035,793 | — | — | $33,907 |
| 2022 | $3,999,954 | $4,891,391 | $4,355,867 | — | — | $12,810 |
| 2021 | $3,640,149 | $3,955,748 | $4,045,727 | — | — | $11,381 |
| 2020 | $3,502,281 | $4,290,244 | $3,703,853 | — | — | $21,267 |
| 2019 | $2,915,832 | $4,481,690 | $4,468,010 | — | — | $16,577 |
About Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles
Based on IRS filings
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles is a public charity, based in Los Angeles, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.5M in total assets. Net investment income was $32K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles is led by Karen Davis, Interim CEO on every filing since 2024; 2 of 22 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Karen Davis
Interim CEO
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$187K (2025)
Aparna Pande
CEO
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rajat Mehrotra
Development Chair
Director → Development Chair, 2024
On filings since 2023
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Viviane Krief Woodcock
Governance Chair
Director → Governance Chair, 2024
On filings since 2023
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Phil Colaco
Board Chair
Director → Board Chair, 2025
On filings since 2024
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Adam Alpert
Director
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jason Keller
Director
Treasurer → Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lauren Crosby MD
Director
Director → Secretary, 2022
Secretary → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Doug Eckrote
Director
On filings since 2024
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ian Gilbert
Director
On filings since 2024
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Matthew Friedrich
Director
On filings since 2024
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stephen Ito
Director
On filings since 2024
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tiffany Faigus
Director
On filings since 2024
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gail Stonehouse
Director
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laurent Grill
Director
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robyn Murgio
Director
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rosanna Bilow
Director
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kristin A. Kloch
Former CDO
Chief Development Officer → Former CDO, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$104K (2024) → $144K (2025)
Bill Fishel
Co-Chair
Director → Board Chair, 2024
Board Chair → Co-Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sally Conner
Co-Chair
Director → Co-Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bo Pearl
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2022
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tom Powell
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2022
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (43)
- Former: Michael K. Kallhoff (2019–2024) — President & CEO
- Former: Ted Fentin (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Yoshi Maruyama (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Claudia Teran (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Rick Eiserman (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Jenn Longnion (2024) — Director
- Former: Sarina Aguirre (2024) — Vice President of Mission Delivery
- Former: Jaya Vadlamudi (2019–2023) — Vice President & Marketing
- Former: Jennifer Longnion (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Jonathan Shokrian (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Peter McPartlin (2019–2023) — Chair
- Former: John Seiber (2020–2023) — CDO
- Former: Ron Hohauser (2020–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Stephanie Ito (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Milana Rabkin (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Yoshi Maryuma (2022) — Director
- Former: Alana Hadid (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Alexander Cox (2019–2021) — Secretary
- Former: Chad Biagini (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Chris Wells (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Corey Breton (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: James Pearl (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Leah Abikzer (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Michael Chachula (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Natalie Vonderburg (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Rick Ghazy (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Roberto Jimenez (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Ronit Cohn (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Shrankhla Holecek (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Tricia Justice (2019–2021) — Chair
- Former: Edward Fentin (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Orenzo Hollowell (2020–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Yoshikazu Maruyama (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Paul Fuhrman (2021) — Director
- Former: Carlos Rosales (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: David Elbaz (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Debra Shuwarger (2019) — Director
- Former: Elizabeth Rahn (2019) — Director
- Former: Frances Hall (2019) — Director
- Former: Frances Mojica (2019) — Vice President & Development
- Former: Jim Greeley (2019) — Director
- Former: Perry Hollowell (2019) — Director
- Former: Troy Rudd (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $187K, to Karen Davis (Interim CEO (Thru 1/5/25)). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles
How large is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles?
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles reported $2.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.7M.
Where does Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles operate?
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles has awarded grants in Arizona.
What is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles's EIN?
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 95-4107024. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 22, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 10, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 18, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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