Vision Communications International

Overview

Mission

Vision Communications is the creative and fundraising source for Christian media content produced and broadcast worldwide on satellite television, radio, and the internet. It also sponsors humanitarian aid projects in Middle Eastern countries.

What it reported doing in 2025

Vision Communications International has successfully produced a total of 200 long-running Arabic-language television programs and video series. The television programs are broadcast on Christian satellite stations. In 2025, the organization expanded its social media work to reach millions of Arabic-speaking people worldwide. These platforms include Facebook pages, YouTube channels, TikTok accounts, Instagram accounts, mobile apps and websites. The ministry also supports Sudanese refugees living in Egypt through media outreaches, education and humanitarian aid.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010783423
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Headquarters
Fort Worth, TX, USA
Phone
2148270620
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religious Television
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.9%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 95.1%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: $121.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.4%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.05; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.9% of revenue deployed · 95.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $717K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $83K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 12 annual filings from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Hala Saad (CEO): $82,935 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.