Vision International Education Service

Analysis

Vision International Education Service is a registered charity in United States, based in Ramona, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2005, 21 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Vision International Education Service reported income of $107k and spending of $136k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $96k to $107k (+12%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 166% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Vision International Education Service sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 41st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc ($107k), Lincoln Hospital Foundation ($107k) and Mountain Ministries ($107k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $4,619 (3.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $56k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $746k, net assets of $327k. It reported 10 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.