Village Solutions Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 330869856
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Irvine, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9497259774
- Rating
- 51
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $83,208
- Expenses
- $82,073
- Assets
- $47,373
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Rev Frank Jackson Jr (Chief Executive Officer and Secretary)
People named in this filing
- Rev Frank Jackson Jr (Chief Executive Officer and Secretary)
- Anita L Jackson (Chief Financial Officer)
- John Gutierrez (Director Economic Development)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
A Faith-Based Community and Economic Development organization collaborating with Faith-Based Organizations, community partners, and strategic allies to provide practical solutions for low-to-moderate income communities. The organization's primary focus areas include nonprofit technical assistance, energy-smart education, health and wellness, wealth building, public policy, and civic engagement.
What it reported doing in 2024
Empowering the Faith Community for Sustainability: Building A Better Community Pathway 2045 E-Smart/E-Stewardship Initiative The Faith Community holds immense potential to drive sustainability within its congregation and the broader community: 1. Energy Ambassadors Program: Encouraged congregants to become Energy Ambassadors. These volunteers and representatives championed clean energy and sustainability. Energy Ambassadors received training and resources from the program to raise awareness about the benefits of renewable energy. 2. Educational Outreach: Hosted workshops, webinars, and community events within the church. Provided congregants with information about energy efficiency, solar power, and climate adaptation and resilience. Distributed informative materials and engaged in conversations tom encourage civic engagement, and public policy action. 3. Collaboration with Southern California Edison (SCE): Partnered with SCE and other utilities. Engaged joint initiatives, such as community solar projects, energy efficiency programs, and EV charging station information. Leverage SCE's expertise and resources to enhance sustainability efforts. 4. Climate Adaptation and Resilience: Integrate climate adaptation strategies into the church's operations. Prepare for extreme weather events, rising temperatures, and changing landscapes. Advocate for resilient infrastructure and community preparedness. 5. Leadership and Advocacy: o Community leaders were engaged to advocate for sustainable policies at local and state levels. o Addressed environmental justice, equity, and the unique challenges faced by marginalized communities. 6. Community Engagement: Motivated participants to reach out beyond the church and common circle walls. Collaborate with neighboring organizations, schools, and businesses. Create a network of support for sustainability initiatives. 7. Phase IV of the program identified and began training selected ministries to act as Energy Education Ambassador sites, and technical assistance, tools and resources to design, and implement an effective community initiative strategic plan. Training courses are held at both on-site and virtual. The Faith Community can be a catalyst for positive change. By aligning with the Pathway 2045 goals, we contribute to a more sustainable and resilient Southern California.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 7
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 6.7%; rating input score 7
- Program expense ratio: 6.8%; rating input score 7
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: 1.4%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 23.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 6.7% of revenue deployed · 6.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $6K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
- Review — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization could not be resolved against the register, so the check is unfinished.