Angels In Disguise

Name

Angels In Disguise

Legal name

Angels In Disguise

Website

https://angelsindisguise.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Down Syndrome Support Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Services (BPAGAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Down Syndrome & Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Childcare (HSAAAIAC)

Keywords

• Down syndrome adoption grants
• Heart surgery grants
• Educational scholarships special needs
• Nonprofit fundraising events
• Down syndrome awareness

Headquarters

HQ city

Louisville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Others, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Donations: Primary revenue stream from individual and corporate donations. One-time and recurring donation options available at various levels ($25-$5,000 for one-time, $25-$250/month for recurring). Donations fund adoption grants, heart surgery grants, and educational scholarships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Angels In Disguise is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that funds adoption grants (up to $5,000 international, $2,500 domestic) for families adopting children with Down syndrome, heart surgery grants for corrective procedures, and educational scholarships for inclusive schooling. The organization supplements its grant programs with annual fundraising events such as the Hearts & Halos Golf Tournament, Angel Day at Buffalo Wild Wings, and the Color Your Socks Contest.

Product overview

Angels In Disguise operates as a nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of grant programs and community events rather than a unified software product. The core services include: the Barbara Curtis Adoption Grant providing financial assistance for international and domestic adoptions of children with Down syndrome; Heart Surgery Grants covering medical expenses for corrective heart procedures; and the George S. Kurtz Educational Scholarship supporting inclusive education in Catholic schools. Supporting these programs, the organization hosts fundraising events including the annual Hearts & Halos Golf Tournament, Angel Day at Buffalo Wild Wings, and the Color Your Socks Contest for World Down Syndrome Day awareness.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Barbara L. Curtis Memorial Adoption Grant Financial assistance grant supporting families adopting children with Down syndrome; offers up to $5,000 for international adoptions and up to $2,500 for domestic adoptions, covering agency fees, legal costs, travel expenses, and court costs.
• Help Heal Broken Hearts Heart Surgery Grants Financial support program covering medical expenses for corrective heart surgeries for children with Down syndrome (50% of whom are born with congenital heart defects); established in honor of Max Michalak.
• George S. Kurtz Educational Scholarship Educational scholarship supporting students with Down syndrome to attend Catholic schools, with preference given to schools with uniform tuition structures regardless of special needs status.
• Hearts & Halos Golf Tournament Annual golf scramble fundraiser held at Wildwood Country Club in Louisville, KY, featuring various sponsorship levels from Hole Sponsor ($400) to Title Sponsor ($10,000) to raise funds for adoptions, heart surgeries, and educational grants.
• Angel Day at Buffalo Wild Wings Annual community event where individuals with Down syndrome shadow servers at Buffalo Wild Wings, gaining hands-on job experience and showcasing workplace abilities in a celebration of workforce inclusion and awareness.
• Color Your Socks Contest Annual World Down Syndrome Day celebration contest inviting students to design socks celebrating diversity and inclusion, with winners' designs potentially turned into real socks.

Quantifiable outcome

• 166+ children with Down syndrome placed in forever families through adoption
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• David Ortiz FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partner organization for the Help Heal Broken Hearts Campaign established in 2019 to award grants for children with Down syndrome to receive corrective heart surgeries. Earmarked funds specifically for children with Down syndrome.
• Hearts of Joy InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partner organization for the Help Heal Broken Hearts Campaign to provide funds for children with Down syndrome to receive life-saving heart surgeries. Collaborative partnership to earmark surgical funds.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• National Down Syndrome Congress: Established Down syndrome advocacy and resource organization providing education, conferences, and community support. Overlapping Down syndrome mission but with broader programmatic scope than Angels In Disguise's grant-only model.
• National Down Syndrome Society: Largest US Down syndrome advocacy organization running the National Buddy Walk and Times Square awareness campaign (which featured Angels In Disguise beneficiary Legend). Overlapping beneficiary mission but operates at much broader advocacy and policy scale.
• Global Down Syndrome Foundation: Major Down syndrome research, advocacy, and medical care foundation. Overlapping Down syndrome beneficiary population with significantly broader research funding and healthcare-system focus.

Direct peers

• Gift of Adoption Fund: National nonprofit providing adoption grants to families regardless of special needs status. Directly comparable grant-making model and beneficiary population (adoptive families), with overlapping donor pools and event-driven fundraising.
• Lifesong for Orphans: Nonprofit providing adoption grants and post-adoption support including for children with special needs. Comparable grant-making structure and beneficiary support model, though broader in scope than Angels In Disguise's Down syndrome focus.
• Hearts of Joy International: Nonprofit dedicated to providing life-saving heart surgeries for children with Down syndrome internationally. Directly comparable to Angels In Disguise's Help Heal Broken Hearts Campaign, and currently a partner organization on that very initiative.
• Reece's Rainbow: Down syndrome adoption advocacy and grant organization that provides financial assistance to families adopting children with Down syndrome internationally. Directly comparable mission overlap with Angels In Disguise's adoption grant program, serving similar beneficiary families.
• HelpUSAdopt: National adoption grant program providing financial assistance to hopeful adoptive parents. Directly comparable grant product and beneficiary segment, competing for the same pool of adoption-seeking families.

Emerging players

• Children's Heart Foundation: National nonprofit funding congenital heart defect research and awareness. Partial mission overlap with Angels In Disguise's heart surgery grant program, though operating primarily through research funding rather than direct surgical grants.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SupportTheSmile
• Instagraminstagram.com/supportthesmile
• Xx.com/supportthesmile
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/angels-in-disguise

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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