Vision Education Program
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 270284254
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Saraland, AL, USA
- Rating
- 96
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $53,500
- Expenses
- $52,550
- Assets
- $3,500
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- Sharron H Hopkins (Director)
- Crystal Williams (Treasurer)
- Melody Tucker (Secretary)
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
The organizations purpose is to provide educational services that address the learning gap that many at risk low-income and rural children experience. In 2025 we provided a 5 week summer learning program for 50 at risk children ages 5-12 year olds to address the summer learning lost known as the summer slide. The summer program included academic instruction in reading and math extracurricular activties such as STEM sports art appreciation and music. During the school year we offered after school tutoring and homework help.
What it reported doing in 2025
#1 Vision Education Focus on Summer Learning Program. Included a 5 Summer Learning Program for 50 at risk children. The program provided reading and math instruction extra curricular activities field trips and T-shirts. #2 Vision Education After School Homework Help and Tutoring Program. We offered weekly homework and tutoring services to 15 low-income children.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 86% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.2%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: 1.8%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $53K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2012 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.