Visions in Focus Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 884347936
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Boston, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6179597804
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Arts Service Organizations and Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $0
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHANNON RICHARDSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- SHANNON RICHARDSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- JOSEPH CHATMAN (BOARD MEMBER)
- LEON CLAYTON (BOARD MEMBER)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The business activity for said organization is as follows: to provide underrepresented youths of boston holistic wraparound services, economic independence, and art and digital media and prod uction lessons. Through the healing powers of creative expression and evidence-based therapeutic practices, we promote emotional wellbeing, community development, and civic engagement while leveraging their potential away from delinquency and reviving youths' suffering from civil and social disparities.
What it reported doing in 2023
In 2023, Visions In Focus Inc. completed its foundational planning and organizational development as a newly formed nonprofit. The organization focused on establishing its mission, building community partnerships, and designing program models centered on youth arts, therapeutic services, and civic engagement for underserved youth in Boston, particularly in Dorchester, Columbia Point, and Uphams Corner. Activities during the year included board development, strategic planning, initial outreach to collaborators, and securing nonprofit status. No program service activities were implemented in 2023, and no related expenses were incurred, as the organization remained in its pre-operational stage while preparing for formal launch in 2024
Operating model
- Revenue model
- No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 55
- Sustainability: NotEnoughData
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.