Ohio · Nonprofit
SHARE-A-VISION CO INC
SHARE-A-VISION CO INC (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,856 to it, the largest being AVERY DENNISON FOUNDATION ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $145k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $22k
- Net assets
- $178k
What Share-A-Vision Co Inc does
Mission
Share a vision is a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization that was founded in 1987 for the purpose of providing assistance to individuals with disabilities. Currently the organization is focused on providing recreational activities for individuals with autism and other disabilities. We sponsor/support a variety of activities including vacations, family outings and social groups. One of the major components of our program is to provide educational preparation to our clients and their families prior to the trip/experience. We do this by holding a number of educational sessions prior to the activity. This is a vital component of these outings since it helps to ensure that the clients and their families get the most from these opportunities. It is also a tool that works to help educate others about the individuals with disabilities. We envision an organization that can facilitate all of the above activities with all the appropriate manpower, financing and organization that will allow for worr
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
One of the major components of our program is to provide educational preparation to our clients and their families prior to the trip/experience. We do this by holding a number of educational sessions prior to the activity. This is a vital component of these outings since it helps to ensure that the clients and their families get the most from these opportunities. It is also a tool that works to help educate others about the individuals with disabilities. We envision an organization that can facilitate all of the above activities with all the appropriate manpower, financing and organization that will allow for worry-free recreational activities for all concerned.
$70,534 spentof which $6,154 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $70,534.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $108k to $178k (+65%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
59% of SHARE-A-VISION CO INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (37% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $4k → $10k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SHARE-A-VISION CO INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SHARE-A-VISION CO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 94% · 2023 97% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
SHARE-A-VISION CO INC draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SHARE-A-VISION CO INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,980 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,980 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SHARE-A-VISION CO INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
40%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SHARE-A-VISION CO INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SHARE-A-VISION CO INC?
- SHARE-A-VISION CO INC (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,856 to it, the largest being AVERY DENNISON FOUNDATION ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHARE-A-VISION CO INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $21,856 in grants to SHARE-A-VISION CO INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHARE-A-VISION CO INC?
- AVERY DENNISON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHARE-A-VISION CO INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing