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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: November 2024 Expires: November 2026

Angel Foundation

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

1155 Centre Pointe Drive, Suite 7
Mendota Heights, MN, 55120

Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Angel Foundation meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to offer relief to adults with cancer and their loved ones through financial assistance, education, and emotional support."

Year, State Incorporated:
2000, MN

Angel Foundation reports that it provides financial assistance and support to low-income cancer patients and their families in Minnesota. The organization provides emergency financial assistance for non-medical basic needs, such as food, housing, utilities, and transportation-related costs. Angel Foundation also partners with certified financial planners to offer pro bono workshops and one-on-one meetings with patients to manage their long-term finances and limit the impact and distress of their cancer care and recovery. Angel Foundation’s adult and family programs focus on the entire family and help parents have important conversations with their children to equip them with information with the goal to lessen the sense of fear or isolation that may come with having a parent with cancer. The organization’s Making Memories program offers fun activities and opportunities to spend time together and create moments of joy. In 2023, Angel Foundation provided $1,138,339 in emergency financial assistance, reaching 8,787 lives touched by cancer across 64 counties in Minnesota.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, Angel Foundation's program expenses were:

Emergency financial assistance $1,559,540
Adult and family programs $707,499
Financial cancer care $432,721
Total Program Expenses $2,699,760

Chief Executive
David Becker, President and Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$229,993

Chair of the Board
Kirstie Foster

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
President and Founder, Foster Modern PR, LLC

Board Size
22

Paid Staff Size
14

*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio

Fundraising costs were 9% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $3,346,852, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Angel Foundation's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Source of Funds
Investment loss and related fees $-13,805
Other income $4,562
Realized and unrealized gains on investments $101,416
Interest and dividends $124,716
In-kind contributions $188,756
Special events, net $970,176
Contributions $2,187,920
Total Income $3,563,741

Programs: 81% Fundraising: 9% Administrative: 10%

Total Income $3,563,741
Total expenses: $3,321,868
  Program expenses $2,699,760
  Fundraising expenses $291,710
  Administrative expenses $330,398
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $241,873
Beginning Net Assets $3,815,944
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $4,057,817
Total Liabilities $688,609
Total Assets $4,746,426

Note: According to Angel Foundation’s 2023 audited financial statements, the organization received in-kind contributions totaling $188,756 in the form of supplies ($115,514), marketing and advertising ($60,960), and audtion items ($12,282).

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Report completed by:
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