Wish Foundations

Wishes for critically ill children.

We all look forward to the day when no more children have life-threatening medical conditions. Until that time, Make-A-Wish remains committed to a vision of granting a wish to every eligible child. Because wishes make very sick kids feel better – and sometimes, when they feel better, they get better

Family Programming [https://www.childrens-wishes.org/family-programming/]

Children’s Wishes is a Rhode Island based organization committed to providing life enhancing experiences to children facing significant medical challenges. Our Wish Granting approach involves the entire family to build lasting relationships along the way.

We exist to grant that “one memorable wish” for medically qualified children ages 3 through 18 who have a life-threatening illness and live in Rhode Island and areas of Southeastern Massachusetts.

Founded in 1982, we are the oldest wish granting organization in RI. We have been serving ill children and their families in our community for over 36 years.

Grants wishes to children diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses. Relies on medical professionals and parents for referrals.

Grants wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses and assists those experiencing poverty, abuse, or homelessness. Offers funeral cost assistance to families who have lost a child. 

Fulfills dreams and wishes of chronically ill, terminally ill, children with disabilities and abused children. The majority of wishes the Sunshine Foundation fulfills are to visit a Central Florida attraction.

A wish-granting charity specializing in sending critically ill and disabled youth and disabled veterans on a free outdoor adventure of their dreams.

Helping children with chronic illnesses. Helps donors buy presents for chronically ill children, especially children and their families that are living with HIV/AIDS.

Provides long term care and a better quality of life for children with cancer and children in need, their families and communities, through financial assistance, education, medical support, therapeutic play and outreach care programs.

Services Include:

• Educational Scholarships for children with cancer
• Free Sports, Arts & Equine Therapy Programs
• Financial support: Emergency, Basic Living, Life Enhancing & Life Saving expenses included.

Give Kids The World Village is an 84-acre, nonprofit resort in Central Florida that provides weeklong, cost-free vacations to children with critical illnesses and their families.

The Village and its community partners provide children and their families accommodations in fully-furnished villas, transportation, tickets to theme parks, meals, daily entertainment and much more.

Find a wish-granting organization near you: Children are sponsored in their local communities by one of over 250 wish-granting organizations and children's hospitals that partner with Give Kids The World.

The Maggie Welby Foundation was created to provide financial assistance for children in need, families in need, and organizations benefiting children. Applications for Grants and Fellowships online. Grants may extend to children and families in need of help with bills, athletic opportunities, medical needs, or an opportunity that a child would not otherwise have. All grants are awarded to the family, but are paid directly to the specific purpose for which the grant was applied.

Organizations that directly benefit children can also receive grants on an annual need.

Provides financial assistance wish granting to applicants who successfully demonstrate need.

A 501c3 organization that partners with world-class brands and companies, charitable foundations, socially-aware groups and organizations, and philanthropic individuals to bring entertainment, education, and innovative technology to seriously ill children through a nationwide network of community partners. Projects in need of funding are as diverse as the communities they support.

• Comfort Items for Distressed Adults/Children

Feel Better Foundation is an official 501 c3 non-profit that works with families to create meaningful legacies for their living or passed children. A legacy can be any act of kindness, support, or community outreach. Some families choose to dedicate hospital wagons in their child's honor, others wish to plant a community garden. Some families even decide to host events to gain research money for their child's disease, condition, or cancer. Events are currently limited to the state of Ohio. Yet, many other legacies can occur in any state