Better Business Bureau Report for
Angel Flight Central

Better Business Bureau Report issued July 2010
Better Business Bureau Report expires July 2012


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Charity Contact Information

Name: Angel Flight Central
Address: 500 NW Richards Rd.
  Kansas City, MO 64116
Phone: 816-421-2300
866-569-9464
Web Address: www.angelflightcentral.org
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Better Business Bureau Comments

Formerly known as:Wings Over Mid-America

Year, State Incorporated: 1995, Missouri

Stated Purpose: To serve children and adults in need by arranging charitable flights for access to health care and other humanitarian purposes.

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

Angel Flight Central meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

Angel Flight Central (AFC) matches people (residing in KS, MO, IA, NE, IL, WI, IN, MN, ND & SD) in need with nearly 700 volunteer pilots to fly them at no charge to and from their needed medical care and treatment. AFC also provides humanitarian flights that include; natural and national disaster relief, relocating domestic violence victims, transporting children to special-needs camps, delivering breast milk to rural children's centers, flying physicians into Indian reservations to deliver care, and returning Servicemen/women to their homes. AFC reports that in the last 15 years, its pilots have flown over 7 million charitable miles and that in 2009, it successfully coordinated over 2,600 flights.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009, Angel Flight Central's program expenses were:

  
Missions 1,388,482
Community Outreach Services 95,277
Public Education 85,648
National Collaborations 42,548
Total Program Expenses: $1,611,955
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Governance

               

Chief Executive : Don Sumple, CEO/Executive Director
Compensation*:
 $85,000

Chair of the Board: John (Jack) Kennedy
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Chairman and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield Kansas City Subsidiaries

Board Size: 12

Paid Staff Size: 5

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
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Fund Raising

               

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, grant proposals
Fund raising costs were 14% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $405,656, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
Angel Flight Central incurred joint costs of $31,430 for informational materials and activities that included fund raising materials. Of those costs $27,637 was allocated to program expenses, $3,793 was allocated to fund raising expenses, and $ was allocated to administrative expenses.
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Tax Status

               

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.
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Financial

               

The following information is based on Angel Flight Central's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009.

Source of Funds  
Donated Air Transportation 1,121,129
Contributions 258,462
Fundraising Events 138,174
Donated Rent 92,936
Other Special Event Income 9,020
Miscellaneous Income 3,856
Interest income 35
Other investment Income -2,886
Total Income $1,620,726


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 94%  Fund Raising: 3%  Administrative: 3% 

Total income   $1,620,726
  Program expenses $1,611,955
  Fund raising expenses 57,842
  Administrative expenses 43,921
 
Total expenses   $1,713,718
Expenses in Excess of Income   (92,992)
Beginning net assets   443,546
Ending net assets   350,554
Total liabilities   1,979
Total assets   $352,533


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