Our Chapter 

Most of the Make-A-Wish Arizona staff at World Wish Day.

Meet the Team

We strive to create an inclusive and diverse office that incorporates teamwork, communication and strategic leadership.

Make-A-Wish Arizona board of directors

Board of Directors

We are lucky to have incredible corporate and organizational leadership through our Board of Directors.

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Careers & Internships

We are always on the lookout for great talent who share our passion for the Make-A-Wish mission.

Wish kid Mark

In the News

See the latest updates about Make-A-Wish Arizona plus recent wishes and upcoming events near you.

Wesley laughing on his playset.

Our Stories

Discover everything from the wishes we grant to the incredible supporters who make them possible.

Make-A-Wish Arizona receives IMPACTful Nonprofit Award

Honors & Awards

We are proud to be recognized for numerous charity and community awards. 

Tour the Parsons Wish House in Scottsdale to learn how Make-A-Wish began in Arizona and see our historic timeline featuring 40+ years of wishes!

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Media Relations

Connect with our communications team to access news releases, background information and recent news about Make-A-Wish Arizona.

Press Contact:

Jessica Haag
Senior Director of PR and Marketing

2901 North 78th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Direct Line: 602-343-9434
Email: [email protected]

Brendan has always adored dogs, and we knew adding one to our family would be perfect. For someone to show their humanity and give to us in this capacity is life-changing.
Brendan's wish to have a golden doodle puppy comes true!

Watch Brendan's wish to have a puppy!

See more ways how you can get involved with our chapter and help grant wishes!

Managing Our Funds

Make-A-Wish Arizona is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt Arizona corporation. Every dollar our chapter receives aids us in our mission to grant wishes of children with critical illnesses. Our financial statements have been audited annually and past statements are available for review upon request. 

At Make-A-Wish, our mission is to create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Our families and medical professionals share with us that a wish becomes an important part of the healing process, helping children manage, and even overcome, their illnesses. 

For Fiscal Year 2022 (Sept. 1, 2021 to Aug. 31, 2022), we continued to embrace change as we worked with national and local medical experts like the Centers for Disease Control and the Make-A-Wish America Medical Advisory Council to expand the type of wishes we could offer to wish kids.

National travel once again was offered as a wish opportunity for kids who wished to get out of town, though many wish kids continued to request local wish experiences such as playhouses, playsets, backyard renovations and room renovations. Celebrity wishes were based on the health and wellness of everyone involved -- some in-person and some virtual and shopping spree wishes and gaming computers continued to be an important request for those kids who were immunocompromised and couldn't get out.   

As the health and safety of our wish kids remain a top priority, our staff works with each wish kid and wish family to create a wish that will bring lasting hope and joy to their lives. 

Within our Fiscal Year 2021 Audited Financial Statements, two things are amazingly clear:

  • You, our donors and supporters have recognized the value of a wish and continue to support us — keeping us in a strong financial position.
  • Wishes still bring hope when it is needed most. In fact, more than 540 Arizona kids are working with our staff to plan their wishes today.

Like the world around us, we continue to see an increase in the average cost of a wish. We have also expanded our community outreach and partnership work so that we can be good stewards of your funds, monitor our program ratio, and grow the number of wish kids we reach year-over-year.

Because we know, just as you do as a donor, that the power of a wish is unmeasurable. 

In Fiscal Year 2023, Make-A-Wish Arizona has budgeted for pre-pandemic wish numbers – 420 wishes. We worked with our medical community to increase referrals and we granted a record-breaking 424 wishes, more than ever before.

Our strong financial position, our dedicated team, our army of volunteers and our board supporters have come together to create the life-changing wishes our Arizona children with critical illnesses that our community has come to expect. And we grant those wishes when our wish kids need it most – right now. 

We hope that when you look at these audited statements, you don’t focus on percentages but on how many kids we reached. That you focus on the end goal – our vision to grant the wish of every eligible child.

For full financial details please review our most recent financial documents:

We are proud to be a BBB Arizona Accredited Charity Seal Holder, having met all 20 BBB Standards for Charity Accountability.Â