Venezuelans and Immigrants Aid Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Christmas dinner 2023: via delivered more than 350 dishes to our community, including our team of dedicated volunteers. Once more, newly arrived migrants from other nationalities, more than 11 countries, also joined this special event for venezuelan culture, making us feel the satisfaction and pride of sharing our traditions with the community we share with during the year around. The majority of them were asylum seekers or tps applicants and lived in shelters in New York city.summer program: via held eight summer trips with a total of 16 families with 41 children joined our summer trips as part of our socio-cultural and recreational events. Six cultural and recreational activities that benefit 100 families with around 300 children for via's recreational activities in fields and closed spaces. This program was created to offer them a time to learn about conservation, nature, and wildlife while also helping to put aside their thoughts about the traumatic journey they went through from their countries of origin to the u.s. And the challenges and barriers they faced after their arrival to this country.english classes: in 2023, via's english programs, developed in close partnership with dedicated esl teachers and tutors, delivered 62 online lessons, conversation groups, reading sessions, and tutoring for young migrants. These efforts provided language skills to help participants integrate and thrive. Thanks to via's allies and volunteers, via continues to offer a platform to all those who want to take the chance to improve their language skills, hence expanding the chances to find more and better opportunities shortly. Our alliances with other organizations that offer english classes to asylum seekers, tps applicants, and migrants applying for other humanitarian protection in theu.s. Make it possible to accommodate those at higher levels in a more advanced course.five hundred seventy-two people (572) from our community joined our online sessions, which include english pronunciation, basic to intermediate level, and tutoring for children. Our staff of dedicated volunteers also joined our english conversation class.food, clothing, and metrocards assistance: more than 100 families, 400 people on average, were served through our "dando una mano" program in 2023. This year, we replaced the bags of food with proteins, grains, and other nutritious items for essential and hygiene products for their daily life only. This change was necessary, taking into account the restrictions to store, prepare, and cook food that migrants have in the shelters they live in and the fact that the majority of such shelters provide them with food in different ways. That is a different scenario from 2021 and 2022.we offered new and used clothes in perfect condition, as well as home essentials, as we received them from kind donors. "dando una mano" was held in the spaces offered by partners, shelters, schools, and our place. In the case of accredited insurance companies, via allied to offer insurance enrollment for those who needed it.via's social media as educational and orientational platforms: we have established a dynamic and impactful presence on social media, reaching over one million people in 2023 alone. In q4, our content connected with 350,000 individuals, while our youtube channel recorded 90,000 views across 39 informative videos developed in collaboration with trusted partner ngos. These numbers demonstrate our commitment to delivering timely, accurate, and accessible information through the platforms our community relies on most. We prioritize high-quality, visually engaging content to capture our audience's attention, presenting essential information in plain language to ensure accessibility. Our daily posts cover a wide range of critical topics, from asylum applications, court hearings, tps, and parole, to pro se representation, change of address processes, fraud prevention, and humanitarian visas in the u.s. Our strong social media presence is

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 32.7%; rating input score 33
• Program expense ratio: 35.2%; rating input score 35

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 7.2%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 23.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings