Angels Without Wings (Aww) Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270992180
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Oxnard, CA, USA
Phone
8056032174
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$248,674
Expenses
$199,920
Assets
$157,573
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Robin Hutton (President)
  • Donna Fleece (Vice President)
  • JoAnn Rose (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Robin Hutton (President)
  • Donna Fleece (Vice President)
  • JoAnn Rose (Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Angels Without Wings (AWW), Inc supports and raises awareness of groups/people helping people or animals in need, and honors those that have a special bond with others or animals. Monuments that show the human/animal bond (like Cody's Wish and Cody Dorman) spreads love and kindness, as does the monument to Grizzly 399, a true Angel Without Wings as she brought her inspiration and awareness about the critical challenges facing grizzly bear populations, and the need to take action to protect their habitats. Animals in War & Peace (AWP) honors animals that have served our country during war and peace with monuments, Medals of Bravery, and Distinguished Service Medals. A traveling museum teaches history through the eyes of the animals through displays, educational programs, and talks. The Sgt Reckless Memorial Fund raises awareness about the Korean War and spreads the story of Sgt. Reckless, America's greatest war horse who served during the Korean War. There are six monuments to Reckless.

What it reported doing in 2025

A Monument Honoring the Human/Horse Connection: One of horse racing's most inspiring stories involves the almost mystical connection between the 2023 Horse of the Year Cody's Wish and his namesake, Cody Dorman, a young man born with a rare genetic disorder, Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome, that confined him to a wheelchair and limited his communication to a tablet. "The Bond: Two Hearts - One Spirit" is a monument that celebrates the extraordinary human/horse relationship, and the power of love. The monument is designed to allow people in wheelchairs to roll up and place their hands on the horse's nose, looking into the eyes of this remarkable animal and experiencing the same connection that Cody and Cody's Wish shared. An accompanying black granite engraved wall features the iconic photograph of Cody Dorman and Cody's Wish. Those not in wheelchairs are also able to feel the spirit of "The Bond" as they stand alongside or in front of the bronze monument, touching the horse's nose and looking into its eyes. These two are both Angels Without Wings, as this story took the world by storm and gave love, meaning and connection to those that followed it, and it is our hope that everyone will not only feel their Bond, but experience an incredible Bond of their own. The plaza also has a Braille plaque. This emotional monument was installed at the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY and was dedicated on October 11, 2025. It has become a destination at the Kentucky Horse Park.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 12
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 92.2%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $44.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.6%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.4% of revenue deployed · 92.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $184K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.