Visions Made Viable

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262214003
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Irvine, CA, USA
Phone
9499540141
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Interfaith Coalitions
Affiliation
Interfaith

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,194,337
Expenses
$2,183,731
Assets
$1,111,456
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Roger Morton (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Roger Morton (Executive Director): $96,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission statement is: "Helping social visionaries create a better and more just world through fiscal, legal and administrative sponsorship." Our purpose statement is: "We're committed to partner with people of good will regardless of background who have innovative ideas for making the world a better place and genuine commitment to improve the lives of others."

What it reported doing in 2025

Fiscal sponsorship for global community organizing and education. These efforts have included several major projects and multiple minor projects. One project is Tukutana. The Tukutana project has created and sustained employment and entrepreneur training, education support, food relief and developmental partnerships with local social and economic efforts in Uganda. More information at www.tukutana.org Another project is Little Zebra Books. Little Zebra Books is created to publish books and other reading materials in the first language of residents in various countries in southern Africa. Through developing reading materials that especially small children are able to read, they can develop excitement in learning and be inspirations for other family members to learn as well. More information at www.littlezebrabooks.com Another project is Reimagine Peacebuilding Community. Reimagine Peacebuilding Community is a thriving, autonomous activist and peacebuilder-led collective created to establish a sanctuary of replenishment, refreshment and inspiration for global peacebuilders and to lead experiments in the pursuit of transforming the peacebuilding space through action circles. Another project is the African Coaching Network. The African Coaching Network comprises of movement coaches from various different African countries who provide embedded training and coaching to social movements across the continent.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 77% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.9%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 93.3%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 50%; rating input score 50; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.9% of revenue deployed · 93.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $96K · 3 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $105K reported
  • Consistency: 41 of 42 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.