Vision Works Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204646970
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- West Chester, OH, USA
- Phone
- 5135256259
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $143,217
- Expenses
- $176,105
- Assets
- $25,329
- Liabilities
- $58,217
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- April Saunders (President)
- Vanessa L Enoch (CEO)
- Vanessa Enoch (CEO)
People named in this filing
- Jennie Brown (Secretary)
- Catherine Johnson (Treasurer)
- April Saunders (President)
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
Vision Works, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing economic mobility, workforce development, and community empowerment by providing education, job training, career development, supportive services, entrepreneurship resources, and strategic partnerships that help individuals, families, and communities achieve long-term self-sufficiency and economic stability.
What it reported doing in 2025
Elevate & Empower Workforce Development Program Provided workforce readiness training, career coaching, technology skills development, entrepreneurship education, leadership development, job placement assistance, and mentoring services to individuals seeking economic mobility and sustainable employment. Layoff-to-Launch Career Transition & Outplacement Services Assisted displaced workers, unemployed individuals, and career changers with career assessments, resume development, interview preparation, digital literacy training, financial wellness education, and job placement support to facilitate rapid reemployment. Advanced Manufacturing Careers Training Program (AMC-TP) Delivered workforce training, industry-recognized credentials, employer engagement, work-based learning opportunities, and career exploration activities to prepare participants for careers in advanced manufacturing and skilled trades. Community Economic Mobility & Support Services Provided wraparound services including workforce navigation, life coaching, digital inclusion support, food insecurity assistance, community referrals, and connections to education, housing, and supportive services.
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
- 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
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 9
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -23%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.3; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 26.6%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $176K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.