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Dream Wish Foundations for Kids

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Jul 10, 2026

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A list of foundations that help children and teens who are chronically ill, or living with a disability, achieve their dreams. 

A Special Wish Chicago
A Special Wish Chicago is a nonprofit organization dedicated to granting wishes for children with life-threatening conditions, creating joyful experiences and lasting memories for families. 
Phone: 312.202.8577 (last known number)  info@aswchicago.org

Dream Factory: for Chronically Ill Children
The Dream Factory is the largest all-volunteer driven children’s wish-granting organization that does not limit its mission to children who have life-threatening illness.
Phone: 502.561.3001

Dream Makers
Dream Makers serves youth who have aged out of foster care or are likely to age out in the near future. Every year 23,000 teens exit the foster care system without a family to help them transition into adulthood. These youth were removed from their families, having experienced neglect, abuse, or abandonment.
No phone number listed  dreammakersproject.org

Make A Wish Foundation
Making wishes come true for children diagnosed with a critical illness, i.e., a progressive, degenerative or malignant condition that is placing the child's life in jeopardy, ages 2-18 yrs.
No phone number listed   wish.org

Sunshine Foundation
Sunshine Foundation’s sole purpose is to answer the dreams of chronically ill, seriously ill, physically challenged and abused children ages three to eighteen, whose families cannot fulfill their requests due to financial strain that the child’s illness may cause.
Phone: 215.660.7314 

Team Impact
Team IMPACT is a national nonprofit that connects children facing serious and chronic illnesses with local college athletic teams, forming life-long bonds and life-changing outcomes.
Phone: 617.801.0248

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