Visions Made Viable FY2020 filing

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Irvine, CA501(c)(3)Since 2008ReligionEIN 26-2214003Revenue $1.7M in FY2020

On file with the IRSvisionsmadeviable.org17595 Harvard Ave Suite C235, 92614-8516 · Irvine, CATax-exempt since Oct 2008Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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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."

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$68K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $97K a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$68K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
8
named funders · $430K
Looks good: 8 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
2
of 2 voting members
Looks good: 2 of 2 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.7M
Spent
$1.3M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$925K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.7M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$2.2M
Expenses
$1.3M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$2.2M
Net assets
$925K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$925K
FY2021$649K
FY2022$472K
FY2023$874K
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.1M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2008.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $1.1M Management & general 9% · $110K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990; $68K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$68,500Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Roger Morton’s $96K as Executive Director is at the 46th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1636 $1–10M religion nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Roger Morton$96,000$72,000$57,000$45,500$78,500$68,500

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Sponsors social visionaries with fiscal, legal, and administrative support to build a better world.

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3 programs · $422K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Fiscal sponsorship for educational outreach in Africa. 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…

$250Kprogram expense
02

Fiscal sponsorship for thinkSmall Foundation. The vision of thinkSmall is to develop leaders who transform communities through their commitment to service, peace and moral/spiritual living. The project develops these values in children so they will learn to lead today and into the future.

$111Kprogram expense
03

Fiscal sponsorship for international Christian missions through Global Serve Teams. Global Serve Teams is a missions organization which provides opportunities for people to serve using their gifts in various capacities throughout the world.

$61Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 3 grants · $104K · 2020–2022

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Money outPt IX
$1.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$110K
Owns and owesPt X
$925K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$925K
Total assetsLn 16$925K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a2
IndependentVI 1b2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$925K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$925K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$925K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$925K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 635
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$530K$925K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$530K$925K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$530K$925K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$422K$422K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$385K$385K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$68K$0$68K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$315K$310K$5K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$21K$15K$6K$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$17K$0$17K$0
Information technologyLn 14$1K$0$1K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$16K$15K$601$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$8K$0$8K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$0$5K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.3M$1.1M$110K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.2M$2.2M$11K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.9M$1.6M$227K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.7M$1.3M$402K$874K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.2M$1.4M−$177K$472K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.2M$1.5M−$275K$649K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.7M$1.3M$395K$925K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $1,654,009 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,077,610$1,654,009
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $75$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,077,685$1,654,009
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $652,235$807,366
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $362,534$404,690
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $34,343$46,784
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,049,112$1,258,840
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $28,573$395,169
Part VI · Governance 2 of 2 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body2
VI-1b Independent voting members2
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,654,009 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,654,009
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,654,009
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,654,009
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,258,840 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $422,189$422,189
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $385,177$385,177
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $68,500 · Fundraising $0$68,500
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $310,482 · Management $4,800 · Fundraising $0$315,282
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $15,301 · Management $5,607 · Fundraising $0$20,908
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $16,920 · Fundraising $0$16,920
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $1,062 · Fundraising $0$1,062
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $15,203 · Management $601 · Fundraising $0$15,804
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $7,600 · Fundraising $0$7,600
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $5,398 · Fundraising $0$5,398
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,148,352 · Management $110,488 · Fundraising $0$1,258,840
Part X · Balance sheet $924,742 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $529,573$924,742
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $529,573$924,742
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $529,573$924,742
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $529,573$924,742
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $924,742 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,654,009
XI-2 Total expenses$1,258,840
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$395,169
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$529,573
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$924,742

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