Alice Visionary Foundation Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264323275
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Delaware Water Gap, PA, USA
Phone
5702423666
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Personal Social Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$99,885
Expenses
$110,322
Assets
$505
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sandra L Rader (President)
  • Nancy Gould (Vice-President/Secretary)

People named in this filing

  • Sandra L Rader (President)
  • Nancy Gould (Vice-President/Secretary)
  • Barbara Lantz (Treasurer)

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

Our mission is to improve the quality of life of the disadvantaged and most vulnerable through education, poverty reduction, gender equality and to promote peace and justice. We offer scholarships to girls, orphans, and vulnerable children and provide women and girls' empowerment programs in Kisumu County Kenya, Africa, through our sister organization in Kenya, Africa (Alice Visionary Foundation Project NGO).

What it reported doing in 2025

Alice Visionary Foundation Project (AVFP) offers education scholarships to girls/Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC), provides a feeding program to OVC, carries out girls' empowerment programs and girl's mentorship programs throughout the Muhoroni District in Kisumu County Kenya, Africa. Through contributions made to our sister organization in Kenya, Africa, we were able to carry out the following programs for 2025: * Education Scholarship Program: We were able to support 26 Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC), consisting of 15 elementary and 11 high school students. * Lunch Feeding Program: 15 elementary OVC students. * Home Feeding Program: 3 elementary students. * Bible Study: 94 children/teens participated in this program. * Life Skills and Team Building Training: 345 teens completed this training * Team Building Sessions: 220 Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC's) * Menstrual Health Awareness Day - 61 girls were supported through this program and six of their teachers were present. * Caregivers/guardians counseling and emotional support: 19 of our caregivers/guardians. * Special Reading and Writing Training Sessions: 14 Junior OVC *Voluntary Activity: 46 OVC participated in one community voluntary activity.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.6%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: $64.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 82; 82nd 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Pass
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • 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: -10.4%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -26.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -26.2% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $108K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.