Urban Vision
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 341720630
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Akron, OH, United States
- Phone
- (330) 762-1163
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Urban, Community Economic Development
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,018,723
- Expenses
- $1,012,119
- Assets
- $1,108,093
- Liabilities
- $71,007
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RODNEY MATTHEWS (PRESIDENT &)
Highest reported compensation
- RODNEY MATTHEWS (PRESIDENT &): $85,772 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To live out the Gospel of Jesus Christ in North Hill by coming alongside children and their families as they become followers of Christ and leaders of the community. We’re passionate about building a community where faith is lived out daily. To achieve our vision of educating, discipling, and outreach, we need your support. Your financial contributions, time as a volunteer, and prayers are vital to our mission. Together, we can create a lasting impact. Give Your partnership is essential to our mission of Proclaiming Jesus, Living in Community, and Developing Leaders in North Hill. Your generous support will enable us to expand our programs, reach more people, and create lasting impact.
What it reported doing in 2024
Set on success (sos) - afterschool enrichment program for 130 k-12th grade community students attended, which met 4 days a week september-november & january-april, homework assistance, dignity store, financial education, recreation, mentoring, musical instrument lessons, dance classes, workshop classes, art classes, bible quizzing, mental health counseling, occupational therapy, physical therapy, biofeedback therapy, auditory processing therapy, and speech therapy. 150 students attended summer sos meeting 5+ hours per day, 4 days for 6 weeks, 3-night camp for 39 junior high and high school students developing leadership skills, discipleship and building relationships while enjoying camp activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 80
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.7%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 87%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $11.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st 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: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 0.6%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.09; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 86.7% of revenue deployed · 87% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 13 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $881K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $86K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.