Vision House Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521280459
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2023872966
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,000
Expenses
$8,000
Assets
$38,702
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Elinor Hart (President)
  • Neil Richardson (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Elinor Hart (President)
  • Neil Richardson (Vice President)
  • Iris Toyer (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Communication in the public interest

What it reported doing in 2024

Vision House was awarded a DC Oral History Collaborative Grant to tell the story of 10 Washingtonians who played critical roles in advancing civil rights in the District of Columbia. As Board members and/or volunteer attorneys, they worked with the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights (WLC) over a period of 50 years. Founded in 1968, the WLC is a leading organization in the District of Columbia providing pro bono representation to local residents in a broad array of civil rights matters related to race, gender, national origin, disability, and sexual orientation discrimination. It has also worked extensively to advocate for parents seeking quality public schools in the District of Columbia. Working in conjunction with major law firms throughout the city, the Committee has assisted thousands of clients in individual cases and law reform matters. These cases and related advocacy efforts have made major contributions to the advancement of civil rights and equal opportunity, and the Committee's programs for engaging the private bar in its work have been a model for many other organizations both locally and throughout the country.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.1%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 52.9%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.84; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -23.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.