ANGELS AMONG US
Supporting Famileis whose children have cancer
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Angels Among Us provides financial support to families whose children are battling childhood cancer. Nebraska ranks in the top 7% in the country for pediatric cancer and is #1 among twelve midwestern states. Over 70 families will hear the words "your child has cancer" in our community this year alone. In a matter of weeks PTO and vacation days are used up and one parent will eventually be forced to leave a job or take a large step back which immediately creates a financial burden. We step in to help provide car payments, rent payments, utilities and more, and we do so over a long period of time helping to ensure that families stay financially stable and can focus on what matters most, their child.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Financial Assistance Program
Angels Among assist qualifying families with $500/month, for a total of $9,000.00 to help ease the financial burdens while caring for a child battling cancer. We make the payments directly to the creditors.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsAverage number of service recipients per month
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers, Children and youth, Families
Related Program
Financial Assistance Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of families assisted with rent or mortgage to avoid eviction
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Families
Related Program
Financial Assistance Program
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We measure the number of payments made each year in several categories, however, rent and mortgage making up the majority.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We are aiming to become the nonprofit that families from Iowa and Nebraska can turn to to avoid the financial crisis caused by a pediatric cancer diagnosis.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our fundraising program encompasses several avenues for support: individual giving, corporate giving, foundation giving and special events. This ensures that one fundraising avenue does not weigh to heavily in one direction and ensures a steady income stream. We are guided by a strategic plan that outlines goals an objectives and that strategic plan is reviewed at every board meeting to ensure we remain on track to our success. Our staff has over 45 years experience combined in the nonprofit arena.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have a staff of 4 FTE that focuses on raising the over $1,000,000 a year needed to help families.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
To date we have assisted over 550 families with over $3 million in support. We have a goal to increase our funding so that no family has to wait for assistance, ever.
We have steadily increased the amount of families each year for the last five years and also increased the amount and length of time we assist those families.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is hard to come up with good questions to ask people, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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ANGELS AMONG US
Board of directorsas of 08/09/2022
Mr. John Grose
Midlands Carrier Transicold
Term: 2017 - 2023
Marlon Lofgren
Koley Jessen Law
Nicole Skinner
Nebraska Medicine
Andrea Stahl
Mutual of Omaha
John Gross
Midlands Carrier Transicold
JR Johnson
Edgewater Insurance
Tom Whiting
Renaissance Financial
Ryan Cook
Lutz Accounting
Nick Jasa
One Source Background Check
Rebecca McMahon
Nebraska Medicine
Terry Davis
BuilderTrend
Terry Patterson
Children's Hospital & Medical Center
Katie Henry
Access Bank
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.