Vision Abolition Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208989581
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 4802208681
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Eye Diseases, Blindness and Vision Impairments
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $15,000
- Expenses
- $99,176
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KARL H MUELLER (President)
People named in this filing
- JAMES R JEWETT (Director)
- KARL H MUELLER (President)
- SCOTT SMITHSON (Treasurer/Secy)
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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The goal of Vision Abolition Inc. is to prevent the sexual exploitation of women and children and to rescue and restore the victims of such activities. Vision Abolition has thus far partnered with Shared Hope International, working at the Homes of Hope in Fiji. Homes of Hope is a 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization. Homes of Hope provides safe housing for the women, and their children, who have been forced into the sex trade industry. Many of these women were forced, or sold, into child prostitution as early as seven years of age by their own parents. When these girls become pregnant, typically in their early teens, and can no longer "work" they are thrown out like rubbish. Homes of Hope takes these girls in and not only provides shelter but teaches them skills so that they can ultimately become self sufficient. Homes of Hope also provides education for the children of these girls. Since September 2007 Vision Abolition has sent six teams of volunteers to Fiji. The volunteers have
What it reported doing in 2016
Prevention of sexual exploitation of women and children and rescue and restoration of victims.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.4%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -561.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -14.3% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -19.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $97K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 to 2016
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.