Angels at Risk
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
AS A COMMUNITY, THE ISSUE OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE AND ABUSE IN KIDS, TEENAGERS AND FAMILIES IS AN EPIDEMIC CRISIS. WE KNOW THAT EARLY EDUCATION, PREVENTION, AND INTERVENTION CAN CHANGE FAMILIES' FUTURES FOREVER. OUR MISSION IS TO RAISE THIS AWARENESS. OUR ANGELS AT RISK EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNICATION ON A PARENT TO PARENT, KID TO KID, TEEN TO TEEN AND PARENTS TO KID/TEEN LEVEL. OUR WISH IS TO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MAKE A SHIFT IN THE PARADIGM OF MENTAL HEALTH BY ADDING PREVENTION EDUCATION UNDER SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN ALL SCHOOLS, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM EVERY PLATFORM WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER LIFE IN THIS COUNTRY, IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IN THEIR HOMES.
- Income
- $97,015
- Spending
- $80,117
- Reserves
- 10.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $42,074, president
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 90 out of 100. Higher than 81% of charities in its peer group (mental health, under $250k).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 10.6 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 17% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $35,167 spent. ANGELS AT RISK'S PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR EACH OF ITS 3 LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICES ARE MANY. OF THE 7 MODALITIES (PROGRAM SERVICES) THAT WE OFFER (PARENT-TEEN PROGRAM, CLASSROOM COUNSELOR PROGRAM, LUNCHTIME PROGRAM, TRAININGS, GENERATING PUBLIC AWARENESS, COLLABORATION, & ALLIANCES WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCES), THE MOST ACTIVE ONES CONTINUE TO BE THE BELOW 2-3 DIRECT SERVICES: MOD 2. COUNSELORS FOR CAMPUS SUPPORT, CLASSROOM SPEAKERS, SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES FOR PARENTS & SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES FOR KIDS (PARENT/FAMILY ELEMENT) MOD 3. LUNCHTIME & AFTER SCHOOL PREVENTION PROGRAMS & PROJECTS (PARENT/FAMILY ELEMENT) FOLLOWED BY MOD 1/ PARENT-TEEN PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAMS (FREE TO WESTSIDE COMMUNITY/SCHOOLS/LEGAL/POLICE & COURTS) (IN DEVELOPMENT) EACH OF OUR PROGRAM SERVICES/MODALITIES HAVE A PROFOUND DIRECT & INDIRECT IMPACT ON THE KIDS, PARENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, COUNSELORS, SCHOOLS, & COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. OUR PROGRAM SERVICES ARE ALL BASED IN STORYTELLING WITH EDUCATION THAT ILLUMINATES AWARENESS, CREATES A SNAPSHOT THAT COULD SAVE THE DAY & PRODUCES EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. FOR THE PAST 28 YEARS, SINCE 1997, OUR PREVENTION EDUCATION CURRICULUM HAS BEEN ACCEPTED & CHAMPIONED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLIC & PRIVATE SCHOOLS, & FAMILIES BOTH RICH & POOR. PERHAPS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT AAR HAS SUBSTANTIATED IS THE CLEAR ACKNOWLEDGMENT/UNDERSTANDING OF OUR REPUTATION OF SEL/SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING-BASED PREVENTION EDUCATION (WHICH TRANSLATE TO ZOOM). OUR REPUTATION & PLATFORM OF DIRECT SERVICES & SEL IS UNIQUE & WHILE INTELLECTUAL INFORMATION HAS ITS OWN POSITION, WE BELIEVE THAT THE VALUE OF STORYTELLING WITH EDUCATION IS PRICELESS. EVEN THE CURRICULUM OF NOTES FROM THE HEART/WISHES FROM THE HEART IS SEL. EACH NOTE TELLS A STORY & LOANS BOTH A PERSONAL & UNIVERSAL VOICE. THE OPTIMISTIC CAUTIONARY TALES ARE YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SEL. EACH TALE TEACHES A LIFE LESSON & HAS A VOICE THAT IS SPECIFIC & UNIVERSAL. WHILE WE CONTINUE THE CLASSIC PROGRAMS WE HAVE HAD SINCE 1997, WE ALSO PLAN TO ALWAYS EXPAND & STREAMLINE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR MODALITIES. OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE PERFECTED & UPDATED OUR CURRICULUM TO TRANSLATE TO AN ONLINE ZOOM EXPERIENCE THAT INCLUDES STUDENTS, PARENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, & THE SCHOOL AS A WHOLE. WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT THIS YEAR, OUR SUCCESSES ARE MANY. SOME OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE MEASURED BY & INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE IMPACT OF OUR PROGRAMS IS GREAT & OUR MEASURES OF SUCCESS ARE THROUGH OUR CURRICULUM-BASED SURVEYS, ENDORSEMENT LETTERS, STORIES & CONTINUED REQUESTS BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FAMILIES, AGENCIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, & COMMUNITIES AS A WHOLE FOR THE PAST 28 YEARS. WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED INVITATIONS FROM LARGER ORGANIZATIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN POLICY ADVOCACY, THEIR VISION & IDEAS REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH & DRUG & ALCOHOL USE AT A STATE-WIDE & NATIONAL LEVEL & REQUESTS TO COLLABORATE/MERGE WITH AS THEIR PRIMARY PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM. 2. WE ALSO MEASURE OUR SUCCESS THROUGH THE DIFFERENT REQUESTS/CONTINUED ASKS FROM SCHOOLS & OTHER NON-PROFITS/ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH ON A LOCAL & NATIONAL SCALE, TO VIEW & UNDERSTAND OUR HEART-BASED PREVENTION EDUCATION CURRICULUM WHICH TRANSLATES TO ZOOM. 3. WE CONTINUE TO BE INVITED FOR THE RE-IMPLEMENTATION/EXPANSION OF OUR PROGRAM SERVICES IN BOTH PUBLIC & PRIVATE SCHOOLS, DIRECTLY/INDIRECTLY IMPACTING ROUGHLY 350-500 STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS & PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AS SEEN BELOW: 3A. WE WERE HONORED TO BE ABLE TO RENEW & EXPAND OUR ONGOING MOU WITH GDPS, MARKING 10 YEARS OF A CONTINUED & CONSISTENT ALLIANCE BETWEEN AAR/GDPS VIA AN MOU. THROUGH ANIMO LEADERSHIP CHS, WE WERE INVITED TO PRESENT OUR CLASSROOM SPEAKERS (MOD 2) VIA ZOOM WHICH WAS AN ALL-INCLUSIVE EXPERIENCE FOR THE SCHOOL/FAMILY COMMUNITY TOGETHER HIGHLIGHTING PREVENTION EDUCATION & MENTAL HEALTH, IMPACTING THE ENTIRE 12TH GRADE LEVEL CONSISTING OF ROUGHLY 165 STUDENTS & THEIR FAMILIES, DOZENS OF TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, COUNSELORS & THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL. IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE ARE ALSO EXCITED TO SAY THAT OUR AAR LUNCHTIME PROGRAMS FOR MOD. 3 HAD A SUCCESSFUL TEST LAUNCH WITH SEVERAL ALCHS STUDENTS IN INGLEWOOD VIA ZOOM. 3B. WITH THE SUCCESS OF THE CROSSROADS SCHOOL 8TH GRADE IN-PERSON/LIVE TOWN HALL EXPERIENCE, WE WERE RE-INVITED TO COME BACK IN 2025 TO PROVIDE OUR PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM SERVICES FOR THE 8TH GRADE STUDENTS & STAFF. THIS PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY POSITIONED TO BE COMPLETED IN 2026 FOR OVER 100 STUDENTS, MANY TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, COUNSELORS & THE HEAD OF THE MIDDLE. IT ALSO INCLUDES A NOTE THAT WILL BE SENT HOME TO THE PARENTS WHICH HELPS TURN THE PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM INTO A FAMILY PROGRAM & OPENS THE DOOR FOR CONVERSATION. 3C. THIS YEAR, WE ALSO RECEIVED AN OUTREACH FROM A NEW ORGANIZATION, RIVERS OF COUNCIL, WITH A REQUEST TO PROVIDE OUR PROGRAM SERVICES (MOD 2) VIA ZOOM FOR AN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IN OJAI AT AN ALL-SCHOOL ASSEMBLY WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO INCLUDE ROUGHLY 40-50 STUDENTS AS WELL AS ALL SCHOOL TEACHERS, COUNSELORS & STAFF. THIS TEST PROGRAM IS POSITIONED TO BE TEST-LAUNCHED IN 2026. 4. ANOTHER WAY WE MEASURE OUR SUCCESSES IS THE CONTINUED & CONSISTENT RELEVANCY/IMPACT THAT OUR PREVENTION EDUCATION CURRICULUM CONTINUES TO HAVE. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS CAN BE SEEN IN THE LETTER THAT THE SCHOOLS SEND HOME TO PARENTS WHICH INCLUDE THE PREVENTION EDUCATION POINTS FOR PARENTS (WRITTEN ABOUT 28 YEARS AGO) & THE "SOME SUMMERTIME BASICS" BLOG BY SUSIE SPAIN WHICH WAS RE-POSTED TO THRIVEGLOBAL IN 2018 & ORIGINALLY WRITTEN/POSTED TO HUFFINGTONPOST IN 2013. WHILE MINOR CHANGES & UPDATES HAVE OCCURRED TO THE CONTENT, THE PRIMARY ACCOMPLISHMENT REMAINS THAT OUR CURRICULUM CONVEYS A TIMELESS & CONSISTENT MISSION & MESSAGE THAT, AGAIN, CUTS ACROSS ALL DEMOGRAPHICS & EVIDENCES THAT THE CLASSIC CURRICULUM ENDURES TIME. 5. ONE OF THE MOST POTENT WAYS WE MEASURE OUR SUCCESS THIS YEAR IS THROUGH THE BOB HOPE HUMANITARIAN H
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 2008.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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