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With unmatched depth and quality of services, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® stands alone as the world’s premier wish-granting organization. It is the largest such charity in the world, with 75 chapters in the United States and its territories and 27 international affiliates on five continents. Every U.S. community is served by a local Make-A-Wish® chapter.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, based in Phoenix, Arizona, provides operational, financial, training, marketing, and developmental guidance and support to its U.S. chapters. Its sister organization, Make-A-Wish Foundation International, serves its worldwide affiliates outside the United States in a similar fashion.
Any child between the ages of 21/2 and 18 with a life-threatening medical condition may be eligible for a wish. Each year, approximately 25,000 children in the United States are diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition that potentially qualifies them for a wish. At the end of its last fiscal year, the Foundation granted 11,538 wishes, bringing the national organization’s wish-granting market reach to more than 46 percent; 6,140 additional wishes were pending.
