Make-A-Wish Foundation of America CEO salary and executive pay
Make-A-Wish paid its CEO, LESLIE MOTTER, $739,620 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is up $45,539 (6.6%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. Make-A-Wish ranks 33rd of 46 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Make-A-Wish has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as Make-A-Wish.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 86-0481941, Phoenix, AZ.
CEO, fiscal year ending August 2025
$739,620
- Total revenue
- $136,767,956
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 73%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202641259349301779.View the filing
Peers: the 19 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 6th of 20 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.54% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
This is the national office in Phoenix. Local Make-A-Wish chapters file their own returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 1 person was paid more than $500,000 and no one more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| LESLIE MOTTER CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $739,620 |
| LUANN BOTTCRPSO (FORMER) | $368,756 |
| JARED PERRYCHIEF REVENUE OFFICER | $347,550 |
| KAREN SMITHCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $328,050 |
| AMY BRINDLEYCCAO (FORMER) | $319,476 |
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | LESLIE MOTTER CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $739,620 | $136,767,956 | Filing |
| Aug 2024 | LESLIE MOTTER CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $694,081 | $130,963,023 | Filing |
| Aug 2023 Amended | RICHARD DAVIS CEO PRESIDENT & CEO (THRU 11/2022) | $577,076 | $135,276,222 | Filing |
| Aug 2022 | RICHARD DAVIS CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $622,231 | $128,554,773 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending August 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202641259349301779.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| LESLIE MOTTERPRESIDENT & CEO | $702,370 | $37,250 | $582,285 | $119,185 | $900 | $35,750 | $1,500 | $739,620 |
| LUANN BOTTCRPSO (FORMER) | $356,661 | $12,095 | $183,576 | $45,465 | $127,620 | $12,095 | $0 | $368,756 |
| JARED PERRYCHIEF REVENUE OFFICER | $323,050 | $24,500 | $306,212 | $15,938 | $900 | $23,000 | $1,500 | $347,550 |
| KAREN SMITHCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $313,850 | $14,200 | $289,611 | $23,339 | $900 | $12,750 | $1,450 | $328,050 |
| AMY BRINDLEYCCAO (FORMER) | $282,826 | $36,650 | $188,965 | $57,911 | $35,950 | $35,750 | $900 | $319,476 |
These figures come from Make-A-Wish's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Make-A-Wish compares
Ranked 33rd of 46 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million:
Sierra Club$524,826 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
PETA$208,310 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jul 2025
Susan G. Komen$688,812 (CEO), fiscal year ending Mar 2025
Special Olympics$570,761 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
YMCA of the USA$892,142 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
LESLIE MOTTER (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $739,620 for the fiscal year ending August 2025: $702,370 from Make-A-Wish and $37,250 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Make-A-Wish ranks 33rd of 46 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, LESLIE MOTTER, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $739,620. Next was LUANN BOTT (CRPSO (FORMER)), at $368,756. On the latest return, 1 person was paid more than $500,000 and no one more than $1 million.
This is the national office in Phoenix. Local Make-A-Wish chapters file their own returns.
Make-A-Wish paid its CEO, LESLIE MOTTER, $739,620 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is up $45,539 (6.6%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending August 2022, when the CEO was RICHARD DAVIS, paid $622,231. By fiscal year end: August 2022, $622,231 (RICHARD DAVIS); August 2023, $577,076; August 2024, $694,081 (LESLIE MOTTER); August 2025, $739,620.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Make-A-Wish Foundation of America filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending August 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.