Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
951647832
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, US
Phone
(310) 836-1223
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,394,761
Expenses
$55,428,329
Assets
$65,343,851
Liabilities
$14,290,512

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

Leadership & pay

40 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROOSEVELENA WILSON (PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROOSEVELENA WILSON (PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $400,027 total reported compensation
  • TYRONE POTTS (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $290,574 total reported compensation
  • JONATHAN PRIZANT (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING OFFICER): $274,916 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services provides a continuum of care for children, adolescents, and families, including mental health services, special education, autism services, adoption and foster care, and intensive treatment.

What it reported doing in 2024

Vista del mar's outpatient services provides a wide range of counseling programs, including family and individual therapy, trauma recovery, an array of classes and workshops for parents and caregivers, and assessment and diagnostic services for children and adolescents with learning disabilities and other delays, including autism. Vista also offers conferences and seminars addressing current issues in child development and treatment of a variety of issues affecting children and their families. Our internationally respected postgraduate and postdoctoral training programs include extensive training and classes, supervision, and clinical work with our young people and their families. The psycho-educational training program offers extensive training and supervision in diagnostic psychological testing of children and adolescents enrolled in our outpatient therapy services programs demonstrate better management of the behavioral challenges which impact their ability to successfully function in school and in the community. Psychoeducational testing services are also available to identify learning differences and develop strategies to enhance the development of cognitive skills. Additionally, the reiss davis graduate program offers an advanced degree to support the development of professionals with expertise in managing emotional challenges of children across the developmental spectrum.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 75% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 73
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.1%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.36 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.9%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 11 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 83.1% of revenue deployed · 81.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $45M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $400K · 40 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.2M reported
  • Consistency: 43 of 43 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.