Visions Unlimited Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 861018686
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2010
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010
- Location
- Benson, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 5205868691
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Charter Schools
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $507,853
- Expenses
- $496,827
- Assets
- $61,784
- Liabilities
- $286,423
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Charter school
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
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: 100
- Accountability: 55
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 40%; rating input score 40; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.2%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 4.64; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 53.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 2 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $445K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $12K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2009 to 2010
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 40/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.