Vista Endowment Fund Inc

Analysis

Vista Endowment Fund Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Madison, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Vista Endowment Fund Inc reported income of $615k and spending of $424k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $428k to $615k (+44%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Vista Endowment Fund Inc sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 71st percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dawn House Inc ($615k), Hood River Senior Citizens Inc ($615k) and Columbus Relief Inc ($614k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% of the total. At year end it held assets of $8.3m against liabilities of $17k, net assets of $8.3m.