California · Nonprofit
StarVista
StarVista (California) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,125,480 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,730,826). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 56
- Grants received
- $7.1M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What StarVista does
Mission
StarVista's mission is to deliver high impact services through counseling, skill development and crisis prevention to children, youth, adults and families. At StarVista, we believe that everyone deserves the chance to be healthy and strong. We provide a variety of programs throughout San Mateo County to help children, youth, adults and families who are struggling with substance abuse, domestic violence, mental health, relationship, and communication issues.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Early Childhood, Family and Youth Services: Provides education and crisis intervention for schools, 24-hour suicide crisis hotline, online teen support and chatroom, alcohol and drug helpline, and parent support helpline. Home visiting and case management for families with young children referred to Child Protective Services but screened as low-risk. Provides clinical services for children and families in San Mateo County's most vulnerable communities and collaborates with school administrators and educators to identify which students would most benefit from these services. Seeks to train youth ages 16-24 to become health ambassadors: training on common challenges in mental wellness, learning the signs and risks of suicide, suicide prevention, and how to access resources to mental health services. Strives to foster healthy cognitive, emotional, and social development for children prenatal to age five, with a special focus on infants and children under three.
$8,268,895 spentof which $33,623 as grants$92,857 earned by the program51% of program spendingWellness and Recovery Services: Programs provide court mandated and voluntary substance abuse and mental health counseling for youth and adults convicted or referred for domestic violence, drug possession, driving under the influence, or struggling with substance abuse issues. Offers inpatient and outpatient services to these individuals, with follow-up support to help them deal with addiction, anger management, and change their circumstances in life. School Based program sends qualified mental health clinicians in various elementary and high schools to provide a variety of services such as: individual and group therapy, assessment, psycho-education, crisis intervention, and consultation. The goal is to improve student's lives to enhance their school performance and engagement in learning.
$3,094,123 spentof which $43,104 as grants$423,392 earned by the program19% of program spendingYouth Empowerment Services: Provides services including respite from hunger and homelessness with transitional housing, emergency overnight, shared housing with host families, crisis care, mental health counseling, independent living skills training, family counseling and family reunification, if appropriate, and case management services for runaway, homeless, former foster and probation youth aged 10-24. Other programs offer group, individual, mental health and substance abuse counseling services for incarcerated adolescent girls; voluntary or probation-referred outpatient drug and alcohol recovery programs for adolescents; and youth development programming at Sequoia High School. Offers individual, group, and case management services for youth currently incarcerated. Provides after-care case management services for youths that have been released on probation. Providing services to individuals improve their overall wellness by helping them overcome stress, anxiety, and substance use.
$2,307,639 spentof which $717,400 as grants$66,258 earned by the program14% of program spendingClinical and Community Services: Counseling services which includes working closely with many local elementary and high schools, providing much needed counseling services, including counseling for K-8 children of addicted parents, and also an early intervention program for youth referred for first time misdemeanor offenses in schools throughout the county. We also provide training for counselors earning Master's and Doctoral degrees. Provides intensive services for individuals and families in the LGBTQ+ community.
$2,610,380 spentof which $24,308 as grants16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,281,037.
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 2019 to 2020, from $4.5M to $7.1M (+60%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 82% · 2018 80% · 2019 81% · 2020 82% · 2021 78% · 2022 83% · 2023 86% · 2024 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of StarVista’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Sara Larios Mitchell
Chief Executive Officer
Board chair
Alina Lloyd
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $368k → $1.1M.
15 of 56 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 StarVista’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 56 funders by total. 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
StarVista has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
57% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund StarVista.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 32% · 2019 55% · 2020 45% · 2021 44% · 2022 16% · 2023 19% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
56% of StarVista's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
94% of StarVista's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states 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
StarVista's funding base is broadening — from 12 funders to 29 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding StarVista receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.3M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.3M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like StarVista
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 StarVista: 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 StarVista?
- StarVista (California) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,125,480 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,730,826). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does StarVista have?
- IRS filings report 56 organizations giving $7,125,480 in grants to StarVista, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of StarVista?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,730,826 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like StarVista find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 56 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