Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee

What Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee does

Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization operating as a regional chapter of the national Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. Its functional purpose is to grant wishes to children in the Middle Tennessee region who have been diagnosed with critical illnesses, with wish requests originating primarily through medical-referral channels. The chapter states that a child is diagnosed with a critical illness roughly every 20 minutes and that there is approximately a 3:1 ratio of unmet to fulfilled wishes, framing the persistent gap between need and capacity as a core operational challenge.

The chapter is headquartered at 600 Hill Avenue, Suite 201, Nashville, TN 37210, and operates with a 16-person staff. It does not build, sell, or license a technology product; its core deliverable is the coordinated fulfillment of individual wishes, a service-intensive process that combines medical coordination, volunteer mobilization, donor funding, and logistics. As a result, the underlying "technology stack" is operational rather than technical, centered on donor/CRM systems, case-management workflows, and event-management tooling used to run fundraising programs.

Its business model is donation-funded rather than transaction-based, with revenue derived from three primary streams: individual giving, fundraising events (signature local events), and corporate partnerships. There is no pricing model, no paid product, and no customer-pays-revenue mechanic in the conventional sense. The go-to-market is community-led: cultivating local donor and sponsor relationships, hosting fundraising events, and leveraging the national Make-A-Wish brand to convert goodwill into contributions. Because revenue is donation-driven, it is inherently non-contractual, event-dependent, and sensitive to economic cycles, making revenue predictability a structural limitation of the model.

Name

Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee

Legal name

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee

Website

https://middletennessee.wish.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit chapter that grants wishes to children with critical illnesses in the Middle Tennessee region. It operates with 16 staff, is funded by individual donations, fundraising events, and corporate partnerships, and serves as a local affiliate of the national Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Wish-Granting Charity Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Rare Disease & Special Needs Support Organizations (BPAGACAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations (BPAGACAF)

Keywords

• Wish granting services
• Children's charity
• Nonprofit fundraising
• Volunteer coordination
• Community engagement

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individual supporters who contribute to wish fulfillment. The organization encourages both one-time gifts and monthly giving programs to sustain ongoing wish-granting operations.
2. Fundraising Events: Revenue generated through organized fundraising events and campaigns where supporters raise money through efforts aligned with their passions.
3. Corporate Partnerships: Support from corporate partners who contribute financially to the organization, providing funding for wish granting operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit chapter that grants wishes to children with critical illnesses in the Middle Tennessee region at no cost to the families. The chapter operates a wish-referral pipeline (via medical professionals, families, and community members), coordinates volunteers, and funds wishes through individual donations, corporate partnerships, and fundraising events. Wish recipients include children with conditions such as congenital heart disease, with examples including wishes to "be a park ranger" and similar transformative experiences.

Product overview

Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee is a nonprofit charitable organization (501(c)(3)) that grants wishes to children with critical illnesses. Rather than offering a software product or technology platform, the organization provides wish-granting programs and services. Their offerings include donation-based fundraising tools, volunteer coordination, and wish referral services for children with conditions such as congenital heart disease. The chapter operates from Nashville, TN, serving the Middle Tennessee region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wish Granting Program
• Child Wish Referral Service
• Volunteer Program

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Make-A-Wish Foundation of America: National parent organization of Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee; operates as the umbrella entity setting brand, governance, and programmatic standards across all chapters and directly comparable in mission (granting wishes to children with critical illnesses).
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - ALSAC: Larger, national nonprofit headquartered in Memphis supporting children with critical illnesses; overlaps in beneficiary population, donor base, and Mid-Tennessee regional fundraising footprint.

Direct peers

• Make-A-Wish East Tennessee: Sibling Make-A-Wish chapter serving a different region of Tennessee; identical operational model, mission, and revenue streams, providing a direct comparison benchmark for the Middle Tennessee chapter's performance.
• Ronald McDonald House Charities of Nashville: Regionally based nonprofit in Nashville serving families of critically ill children; shares donor base, corporate partnership channels, and volunteer pool with Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee, targeting overlapping supporter demographics.
• Children's Miracle Network Hospitals: National nonprofit raising funds for children's hospitals; directly comparable in mission (supporting critically ill children), donor-driven revenue model, and corporate partnership structure.
• Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation: National childhood cancer-focused nonprofit; comparable in mission (children with critical illnesses), community-driven fundraising model, and reliance on individual donors and volunteers.
• Dreams Come True of Jacksonville: Regional wish-granting nonprofit for children with critical illnesses; closely aligned mission, comparable size, and similar donor-dependent funding model, though serving a different geography.

Emerging players

• Sunshine Kids Foundation: National nonprofit providing programs and experiences for children with cancer; comparable target population and nonprofit funding model, with adjacent (rather than identical) service offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/MiddleTennesseeMAW
• Facebookfacebook.com/MakeAWishMidTN
• Instagraminstagram.com/makeawishmidtn
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/make-a-wish-middle-tennessee

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee