Village Collective Inc

Overview

Mission

Village Collective Inc is dedicated to empowering young adults aged 18-24 to overcome challenges, gain essential life skills, and build pathways to independence and success. By providing stable housing, workforce training, and mentorship, we aim to create a strong foundation for their future.

What it reported doing in 2025

Village Collective programming provides wrap-around services focused on workforce training completion, career launch, gaining self-sufficiency skills and financial independence. Participants in this program (Fellows) benefit from the following while pursuing career training and launching into their career: Connection to preprofessional programs and employment opportunities; Supportive and affordable housing; Reliable transportation; Soft skills training; Individualized coaching and case management; and Sense of belonging and participation in an intentional community. Through these services, each Fellow is surrounded by a "village" that supports them in attaining career and life success. Furthermore, while living in Village Collective housing, Fellows earn financial contributions to a "launch fund" by meeting program requirements and benchmarks that are transferred to each Fellow upon successful program completion. These funds can then be leveraged to support their career and independent living launch. Within 36 months of admission, successful graduates will have attained a degree or professional certification, will be working in a professional, skilled job and will have accrued equity sufficient to secure their own stable housing and reliable transportation by the age of 25

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
993044807
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Headquarters
Garfield Heights, OH, USA
Phone
4403765481
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Service Organizations

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.4%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 65%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 78.6%; rating input score 79; 1st 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.7%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.69; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 160.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -44.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 63.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.4% of revenue deployed · 65% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 29 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 annual filings from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.