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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: September 2025 Expires: September 2026

Angels Arms

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(314) 842-8400
12128A Tesson Ferry Rd
Saint Louis, MO, 63128
https://angelsarms.org/
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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

Angels Arms meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"To provide and support loving homes for foster children by keeping brothers and sisters together within a nurturing family until a forever home is found."

Year, State Incorporated:
2000, MO

Angels' Arms is a non-profit organization that provides the home for foster parents so they can in turn take in brothers and sisters and allow them to thrive in a nurturing family setting until a forever home is found. They do this by providing virtually no-cost housing property and a variety of resources for successful foster families to provide foster care to children in need. Angels' Arms fills a void in the foster care system by providing temporary housing for children awaiting placement with pre-adoptive families or for children waiting to return to their birth families. Under the care of foster care parents, children receive the love, counseling and support they need to make it through this challenging time. Some may stay just a few hours; others may stay for longer periods of time -- however long it takes to be matched with an appropriate placement. This increases the likelihood that sibling groups will remain together and minimizes the chances that a child will be shuffled from one foster home to another. The overall goal of Angels' Arms is to provide children with the love and attention they need until the best outcome is achieved for each child, whether that be reunification, adoption or a qualified, long-term foster care family. Another goal is to reduce the number of transfers foster children traditionally endure by keeping them in a smaller, more nurturing setting and by providing social workers time to find an appropriate home.  The organization also offers Life Launch is a program that focuses on preparing all youth ages 14 and up living in Angels' Arms homes for independence. This includes working on financial skills, jobs, career exploration, budgeting, job shadowing, college or trade school preparation and assistance and the option of living in the Launch Pad, a transitional apartment on the Angels' Arms site provided for young adults who are aging out of the system.

For the year ended December 31, 2025, Angels Arms's program expenses were:

Programs $987,612
Total Program Expenses $987,612

Chief Executive
Muriel Smith, Executive Director

Chair of the Board
Romondous Stover

Board Size
23

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Internet, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.), Other

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 Angels Arms's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Source of Funds
Donations $655,830
In-Kind Donations $353,236
Special Events $263,103
Interest and Dividend Income $67,710
Grants $54,895
Restricted Grants and Contributions $47,228
Gain on Disposition of Fixed Assets $12,103
Miscellaneous $5,652
Net Realized Loss on Investments $-868
Total Income $1,458,889

Programs: 67% Fundraising: 23% Administrative: 10%

Total Income $1,458,889
Total expenses: $1,467,990
  Program expenses $987,612
  Fundraising expenses $337,771
  Administrative expenses $142,607
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-9,101
Beginning Net Assets $4,783,257
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $4,774,156
Total Liabilities $298,496
Total Assets $5,072,652

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Report completed by:
BBB of Eastern & Southwest Missouri & Southern Illinois