Peer Voices United

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873791488
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Santa Ana, CA, USA
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$158,337
Expenses
$218,226
Assets
$137,174
Liabilities
$142,975

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ORLANDO VERA (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

People named in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER JACKSON (COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER)
  • KIMBERLY ADAMS (PROGRAM SERVICES COORDINATOR)
  • YADIRA CASTRO (PROGRAM DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Through our programs and partnerships Peer Voices United reaches thousands of individuals each month with life-saving support education and health resources. We are proud to be a peer-run organization that not only provides direct services but also works tirelessly to uplift the voices and address the needs of our community members. Our work fosters recovery reduces barriers to mental health support and builds a more resilient and empowered community.

What it reported doing in 2025

PVU provides support services for individuals involved with the justice system focusing on peer mentorship job training housing assistance and behavioral health support for those transitioning from incarceration. Our focus is on reducing recidivism and promoting self-sufficiency. Through the Peer & Clinician Collaborative Alliance PCCA we are strengthening the behavioral health workforce. Peer Voices United holds a 50% stake in PCCA a unique training initiative designed to bridge the gap between peer specialists and clinical professionals. PCCA offers certification programs cross-disciplinary training and collaborative learning opportunities for peer specialists community health workers and clinicians. This ensures a more integrated and effective behavioral health workforce. Together PVU and PCCA train and certify professionals increase workforce capacity and improve the quality of care reinforcing the peer-led movement in behavioral health.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 91.6%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -37.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.04; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 63.3%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 31% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $200K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.