What is Project Angel Heart?
Project Angel Heart is a non-profit organization that delivers nutritious meals to improve quality of life, at no cost, for those coping with life-threatening illness in the Denver Metro and Colorado Springs areas.
How is Project Angel Heart different from other meal service programs?
Project Angel Heart is unique in that it delivers meals without age or income restriction, at absolutely no charge to our clients. Moreover, our food is freshly prepared and modified based on the dietary needs of our clients. By paying close attention to the nutritional needs of each client, we turn our food into medicine.
What are the most common diseases reported by your clients?
The most common diseases reported by our clients are:
- Cancer
- End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- HIV/AIDS
- Diabetes
What is Project Angel Heart's annual budget?
It takes nearly $2 million per year to maintain the quality of our service and continue to provide meals, free of charge, for those in need. Project Angel Heart relies on individuals for the majority of our funding. Additional funds are derived from foundations, corporations, and government grants. For the most recent audited Financial Statement click here.
How much of Project Angel Heart’s budget is allocated directly to its meal program?
According to our 2009 audit, $.92 of every dollar of Project Angel Heart's operating budget is allocated directly to our client meal program, meaning that administrative and fundraising overhead is only 8%. Our extremely low overhead is a record achievement for the organization, and is substantially lower than the industry average of 17%-25% and the Better Business Bureau’s guideline of 33%.
How many meals does Project Angel Heart deliver each year?
With the invaluable support of our volunteers, Project Angel prepares and delivers more than 415,000 nutritious meals, at no cost, to clients across metro Denver and Colorado Springs each year.
Who does Project Angel Heart serve?
In 2009, Project Angel Heart clients were 46% male and 54% female. More than half of our client base is under the age of 60, and 41% of our clients are people of color. Currently, 83% of our clients live in the Denver metro area, with 17% living in the Colorado Springs area. Furthermore, most of our clients are economically as well as medically vulnearble; 57% of our 2009 clients lived at or below the federal poverty level. In 2009, 13% of the people we served were dependents of Project Angel Heart clients.
How many volunteers assist Project Angel Heart?
In 2009, Project Angel Heart was supported by more than 3,000 volunteers who gave their time to prepare and package 410,223 meals. They also drove 72,020 miles to deliver meals to clients, worked in our kitchen, provided administrative support, and volunteered at special events. In all, Project Angel Heart volunteers dedicated 43,828 hours of their time in 2009, roughly equal to the number of hours contributed by paid staff-- helping to double our workforce. Last year, volunteer efforts ensured that 1,842 clients received meals, made with love. For more information on volunteering, click here.
How does an individual qualify for Project Angel Heart meals?
To receive our meals clients must generally be homebound with an advanced and/or symptomatic life-threatening illness or a combination of diseases that result in a life-threatening status. They also must have a limited mobility factor related to the illness, its treatments, or some other condition. All clients have the option of receiving a week's worth of meals delivered frozen once a week. If the client lives in central Denver and does not have the proper refrigeration/freezing or reheating appliances necessary for this service or is too ill to get out of bed, we will deliver hot meals up to five days per week.
For more information on how to become a client, contact our Client Services department at 303-830-0202 x22, or click here for a list of eligibility requirements.
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