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We’ve consistently received the highest rating available for accountability and transparency.

We are fiscally responsible and financially healthy, having earned 14 4-star ratings from Charity Navigator and Candid Silver Seal of Transparency on Guidestar for 2024 – honors achieved by the most exceptional of rated charities. We take great pride in our financial efficiency, our transparency, and our accountability to our public and private investors. We keep our overhead low to maximize the percentage of your contributions that go directly into our programs, and we spend our program funds wisely so that as many children as possible may benefit from our work.

Organizational Funders

We are thankful for the support of our organizational investors, without whom we could never achieve success.

Investments by partners are critical to our success in changing the lives of children. Whether through a grant, sponsorship, or in-kind donation, we are grateful for the opportunities to work with others to help scale our reach and impact.

ORGANIZATIONAL INVESTORS*

  • Cigna Foundation
  • Cummins Engine Foundation
  • Georgia Department of Education 
  • LuluMa Foundation
  • Richard King Mellon Foundation
  • South Carolina Department of Education
*These funding partners invest $100,000 or more per year to support WINGS programs.
We’re honored to have their support and grateful for their belief in our work.

Annual Reports

2023-2024 Digital Annual Report
Flying High with Wings for Kids

2022-2023 Digital Annual Report
Soaring from the Lowcountry - to Atlanta - and across the country.

2021-2022 Annual Report
High-quality, high-performing, high-impact programs are possible because of you.

2020-2021 Annual Report
Celebrating 25 Years of Community: How Wings for Kids students, families, mentors, partners, and alumni have shaped a better, brighter community for all.

2019-2020 Annual Report
The Heart of the Matter: How Equity & Empathy Guide Our Work | Staff, parents, and partners share why social emotional learning matters more than ever before.

2018-2019 Annual Report
Illustrated throughout the Gratitude Report is the impact of your giving and the hope perched on the horizon. Meet Dominion – a WINGS alum, discover our bold, new initiative, and see our year in numbers.

2017-2018 Annual Report
Woven through the pages of our Annual Report are stories of generosity and selflessness – narratives that contain stirring words to live by. Thanks to your generosity, we were able to provide 2,952 students from disadvantaged backgrounds with the opportunity to explore, thrive and achieve in 2017-18.

2016-2017 Annual Report
With more than 1,000 kids receiving social emotional learning through 11 afterschool programs, WINGS had an outstanding year. And, we set our sights on the next phase of our work: reaching 16,000 kids through partnerships and workshops.

2015-2016 Annual Report
We celebrated our 20th birthday by honoring all the milestones that moved us from 1996 to 2016. Growth, replication, fidelity, and impact highlight a few of our triumphs over the last 20 years.

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“You can’t separate the two; a student’s emotional and social well being is a critical aspect of their ability to master and retain academic learning.”

– THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION