Wishes Wonders and Kids
To raise funds and provide joy through "wishes" to children with life-threatening medical diseases.
Wishes Wonders and Kids at a glance
- Total assets
- $191,672
- -23.9% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $1,654
- -99.3% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $61,752
- -49.9% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-EZ, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-EZ, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Wishes Wonders and Kids funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
11 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 8 grants of 11 (73%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How Wishes Wonders and Kids gives
- Giving grew 28% from 2021 to 2024. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $32K (2020) to $230K (2023). In 2024 it made 3 grants totaling $88K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Make-a-Wish of the Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana Inc Stafford, TX | General Support | $50,000 |
| Susan and Charles Berghoff Foundation Morgan Hill, CA | General Support | $19,750 |
| The Boys & Girls Clubs of Cooke County Inc Gainesville, TX | General Support | $18,012 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $191,672 | $1,654 | $61,752 | — | — |
| 2024 | $251,770 | $236,773 | $123,187 | $87,762 | 3 |
| 2023 | $138,184 | $11,045 | $279,922 | $230,000 | 2 |
| 2022 | $407,061 | $333,424 | $302,990 | $225,000 | 3 |
| 2021 | $376,627 | $374,657 | $74,206 | $68,525 | 3 |
| 2020 | $231,421 | $27,844 | $49,524 | $32,066 | 3 |
| 2019 | $266,337 | $272,421 | $190,004 | $163,523 | 3 |
About Wishes Wonders and Kids
Based on IRS filings
Wishes Wonders and Kids is a public charity focused on Diseases, Disorders & Medical Disciplines, based in Lake Kiowa, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $192K in total assets.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Wishes Wonders and Kids is led by Dusty Turner, President since 2025 (on filings since 2019); none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Dusty Turner
President
Executive Committee → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rick Jamison
Vice President
Director → Executive Committee, 2021
Executive Committee → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
James Lyngholm
Treasurer
Executive Committee → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (18)
- Former: Mike Baus (2019–2024) — Vice President
- Former: Mike Merolla (2019–2024) — Board President
- Former: Erin Zimmerer (2023–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Sharon Wright Partial Year (2022) — Secretary
- Former: Carol Blair (2019–2021) — Executive Committee
- Former: Cathy Cecil (2019–2021) — Executive Committee
- Former: Chad Walker (2019–2021) — Advisory Council
- Former: Jim Weaver (2019–2021) — Advisory Council
- Former: Juli Hendricks (2019–2021) — Executive Committee
- Former: Lynda Weaver (2019–2021) — Executive Committee
- Former: Randy Randolph (2019–2021) — Executive Committee
- Former: Sharon Wright (2019–2021) — Secretary
- Former: Sheryl Baus (2019–2021) — Accountant
- Former: Veronica Deans (2019–2021) — Executive Committee
- Former: Wayne Cecil (2019–2021) — Advisory Council
- Former: Rachael Polk (2021) — Executive Committee
- Former: Tammy Walker (2020) — Treasurer
- Former: Tammy Walker Partial Year (2019) — Treasurer
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.
Frequently asked questions about Wishes Wonders and Kids
How large is Wishes Wonders and Kids?
Wishes Wonders and Kids reported $192K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-EZ. Its revenue that year was $2K.
What is Wishes Wonders and Kids?
Wishes Wonders and Kids is a public charity focused on Diseases, Disorders & Medical Disciplines, based in Lake Kiowa, TX. It holds $192K in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Wishes Wonders and Kids operate?
Wishes Wonders and Kids has awarded grants in Arizona, California, Texas.
What is Wishes Wonders and Kids's EIN?
Wishes Wonders and Kids's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 83-0904749. 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
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 20, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 12, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 17, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 8, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS June 26, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 25, 2020)
- Added Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 8, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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