Angel Works Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Providing assistance to families of children with cancer
- Income
- $128,912
- Spending
- $143,366
- Reserves
- 0.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $45,000, executive director
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
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
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 (6)
- $47,149 spent. Angel Wing - Paying and organizing a childs funeral after they have been lost to cancer. This includes funeral homes, showing, celabrations of life, meals, and transportation. Helping on average 25 - 35 families a year.
- $24,969 spent. Angel Fund - Paying for general expenses experienced by families of children with cancer. Such as bills, rent, meals, transportation, experiances, and gifts. Helping around 40-50 families a year.
- $8,923 spent. Angel Clause - Giving gifts to families of children with cancer at Christmas. Connecting donors to specific family wishes and fulfilling other wishes. Helps at least 30 families a year.
- $7,961 spent. Angel Wish - Giving children with cancer and their families a trip or gift that is memorial. Helped 6 children in 2024
- $3,608 spent. Angel Support - Allowing families a place to grieve and recieve emotional support after the loss of a child to cancer. Helped 6 specific families and ran two retreats for various parents who lost their child.
- $4,894 spent. AngelTalks fka AngelWare - Raising awarence of childhood cancer through events and displays. First year of program started with one large display and several smaller exhibits.Large display in 2024 has 204 childrens photos
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 October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on May 15, 2010 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on February 15, 2016.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 2016.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 November 4, 2026.
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