Vista Life Innovations Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223106714
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Madison, CT, USA
Phone
8603998080
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,286,406
Expenses
$12,454,311
Assets
$26,798,918
Liabilities
$7,151,628

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HELEN BOSCH (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • HELEN BOSCH (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $186,909 total reported compensation
  • TOD VAN KIRK (VP PROGRAMS, SERVICES & OR): $185,613 total reported compensation
  • ROBYN WESTERKAMP (VP OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS & ADMIN): $150,746 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 provides training, support, and resources that empower individuals with disabilities to achieve personal success and belonging throughout their lives.

What it reported doing in 2024

Day programs - day programs are geared towards individuals living near the local communities we serve. They are designed for those ready and seeking structured, supported daily activities that promote productivity, friendship, and community involvement. Vista day programs include: connect -provides daily activities in a scheduled routine, structured to fit the needs of each person. Connect through art -visual arts-based day program that takes participants deeper into creative projects and different creative platforms. Drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and other artistic areas are included. New heights is a post-secondary day program located in pawcatuck, ct that offers students the opportunity to grow through experiential learning such as gaining employment while also achieving personal success. The program is designed for neurodiverse young adults aged 17 and up who have demonstrated self-care, medication and behavior management, and decision making skills. The curriculum-driven instruction is provided in five core training areas: vocational training, post-secondary options for training and education, community integration, life skills, cognitive and social behavior.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.8%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 77.2%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: -10.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.15; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.8% of revenue deployed · 77.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $9.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $187K · 23 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.