Vtc Enterprises

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
952690539
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Santa Maria, CA, USA
Phone
8059285000
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Vocational Rehabilitation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,740,746
Expenses
$17,435,183
Assets
$21,067,882
Liabilities
$2,542,552

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jason Telander (CEO)
  • Travis Biegel (President)
  • Jason Francia (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Jason Telander (CEO): $204,700 total reported compensation
  • Tanya Astrosky (COO): $143,946 total reported compensation
  • Juan Ortiz (Dir Grounds/Maint): $138,706 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Rehabilitation, vocational, employment and advocacy services to adults with developmental disabilities.

What it reported doing in 2024

2024-2025 Fiscal Year AccomplishmentsThe most significant accomplishment during the 24-25 fiscal year was our merger with LOVARC in February 2025. As a result of this merger, we have become the largest direct employer of individuals with disabilities on Californias Central Coast. Serving a wide regionfrom Camp Roberts in the northern part of San Luis Obispo County to the Joint Forces Training Base in Orange County in the southwe now provide employment opportunities to individuals with disabilities through our five diverse business operations and three state and five federal contracts.Additional accomplishments this fiscal year include the successful renegotiation of several key state and federal contracts. Both the Vandenberg Space Force Base and Naval Base Ventura County landscape maintenance contracts were renegotiated and extended for an additional five-year term, providing long-term stability and predictable revenue. The two Joint Forces Training Base contracts were renewed for one year, and the Camp San Luis Obispo contract was renewed for three years, again helping to stabilize revenue for the next several years.In addition, the long-awaited Department of Developmental Services rate reform took effect during the fiscal year. For the first time in more than ten years, fee-for-service revenue in the LEO Department is now sufficient to fully cover the cost of operations, marking a significant milestone in the programs financial sustainability.We also shifted our outreach and fundraising efforts to Lompoc as part of the merger with LOVARC, participating in the Lompoc Valley Flower Festival Queen Contest in lieu of the Santa Maria Elks Rodeo Queen Contest. Through this experience, we quickly learned that the Lompoc Valley Flower Festival Queen Contest is not structured as a fundraising campaign like the Santa Maria Elks Rodeo, but rather serves as an opportunity to increase community visibility and brand recognition.Looking ahead, we anticipate participating in the Lompoc Valley Flower Festival Queen Contest in the coming year as part of our rebranding and marketing efforts, particularly during the spring and summer of 2026, to strengthen community engagement and awareness in the Lompoc Valley.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.5%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 91.4%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th 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: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.5% of revenue deployed · 91.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $205K · 17 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $118K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.