Project Angel Heart improves health and well-being for people with life- threatening illnesses by preparing and delivering medically tailored meals and promoting the power of food as medicine.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$312K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $673K a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$312K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
9
named funders · $160K
Looks good: 9 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$707K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.8M
+18% vs prior year
Spent
$6.9M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$10.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$8.8M
FY2023▲ +18%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$5.5M
FY2021$6.5M
FY2022$7.5M
FY2023$8.8M
FY2024$7.4M
FY2025$7.9M
Expenses
$6.9M
FY2023▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$5.1M
FY2021$5.4M
FY2022$6.5M
FY2023$6.9M
FY2024$7.5M
FY2025$8.1M
Net assets
$10.6M
FY2023▲ +22%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$6.8M
FY2021$8.0M
FY2022$8.7M
FY2023$10.6M
FY2024$10.9M
FY2025$10.9M

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending September 2023) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1993.

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Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $5.5M Management & general 3% · $219K Fundraising 18% · $1.2M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

22 people listed on the 990; $312K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
President/Ce
$190,526Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Develo
$121,946Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director, at
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director, at
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Owen Ryan Resigned November 2024’s $209K as President/Cf is at the 69th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Owen Ryan Resigned November 2024$209,292—————
Owen Ryan—$203,676$190,526$177,302$159,533$53,259
Richard Martinez$149,038—————
Andrea Pacheco$145,987—————
Tera Prim——$121,946$116,080——
Amy Fleming————$121,367—
Rachael Robinson———$112,649——
Katherine Johnston$111,019$102,329————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Prepares and delivers medically tailored meals to improve health for those with life-threatening illness.

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1 program · $5.5M · in their own filed words · FY2022
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Nutritious meals are delivered or shipped weekly to people living with life-threatening illnesses throughout colorado. The agency is known for ongoing food as medicine advocacy. For the fiscal year ended september 30, 2023, project angel heart prepared and delivered over 708,657 meals to 4,886 clients.

$5.5Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$75K
Money outPt IX
$6.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.5M
Managementcol C$219K
Fundraisingcol D$1.2M
Owns and owesPt X
$10.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.8M
Total assetsLn 16$11.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$707K
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.1M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$256K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$358K
Investment incomeLn 3$75K
Total revenueLn 12$8.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.6M
SavingsLn 2$1.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.0M
Other assetsLn 15$36K
Total assetsLn 16$11.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$707K
Net assetsLn 32$10.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 559
VolunteersI 63,529
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.2M$2.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.2M$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.8M$5.0M
Total assetsLn 16$9.7M$11.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$960K$707K
Net assetsLn 32$8.7M$10.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$2.0M$2.0M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$203K$137K$9K$57K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.6M$1.9M$116K$602K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$50K$36K$2K$12K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$309K$224K$14K$72K
Payroll taxesLn 10$225K$163K$10K$52K
Investment management feesLn 11f$15K$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$317K$108K$19K$190K
Office expensesLn 13$291K$204K$12K$75K
Information technologyLn 14$27K$25K$564$1K
OccupancyLn 16$179K$158K$12K$9K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$37K$27K$2K$9K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$308K$285K$6K$17K
InsuranceLn 23$39K$36K$816$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$338K$206K$131K
Total functional expensesLn 25$6.9M$5.5M$219K$1.2M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $7.9M$8.1M−$212K$10.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 $7.4M$7.5M−$152K$10.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $8.8M$6.9M$1.9M$10.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $7.5M$6.5M$959K$8.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $6.5M$5.4M$1.1M$8.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $5.5M$5.1M$454K$6.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $8,834,009 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $7,475,910$8,812,451
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $71,880$74,747
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$50,389−$53,189
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,497,401$8,834,009
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,963,521$1,958,414
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,043,600$3,428,456
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,531,534$1,551,313
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,538,655$6,938,183
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $958,746$1,895,826
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $8,834,009 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$63,299
VIII-1c Fundraising events$357,846
VIII-1e Government grants$2,087,094
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,304,212
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$256,237
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$8,812,451
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $74,747$74,747
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$53,189−$53,189
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $21,558$8,834,009
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,938,183 across 15 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,958,414$1,958,414
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $136,951 · Management $8,919 · Fundraising $57,275$203,145
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,922,574 · Management $115,919 · Fundraising $601,738$2,640,231
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $36,399 · Management $2,206 · Fundraising $11,647$50,252
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $224,138 · Management $13,586 · Fundraising $71,720$309,444
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $163,251 · Management $9,895 · Fundraising $52,238$225,384
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $15,402$15,402
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $108,467 · Management $19,112 · Fundraising $189,663$317,242
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $204,077 · Management $12,371 · Fundraising $74,520$290,968
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $24,848 · Management $564 · Fundraising $1,451$26,863
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $158,003 · Management $12,070 · Fundraising $9,010$179,083
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $26,722 · Management $1,620 · Fundraising $8,550$36,892
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $285,004 · Management $6,470 · Fundraising $16,638$308,112
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $35,940 · Management $816 · Fundraising $2,098$38,854
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $206,437 · Fundraising $131,460$337,897
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,491,225 · Management $218,950 · Fundraising $1,228,008$6,938,183
Part X · Balance sheet $11,354,773 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,996,018$1,599,899
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,238,046$1,242,172
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $268,500$1,517,893
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $104,179$75,280
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,847,950$4,976,210
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,181,818$1,888,843
X-14 Intangible assets$18,624
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $34,140$35,852
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $9,670,651$11,354,773
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $419,268$453,285
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$18,804
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $85,000$234,730
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $959,501$706,819
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $8,533,846$9,350,327
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $177,304$1,297,627
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $8,711,150$10,647,954
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $9,670,651$11,354,773
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $10,647,954 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,834,009
XI-2 Total expenses$6,938,183
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,895,826
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$8,711,150
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$39,266
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$1,712
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$10,647,954

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