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- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
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- No notice
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- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$1.2Mrevenue
FY2024 · +224% in 3 yrs8 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin8.1%
Months of reserve8.2mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+41.7%
Middle half of peersMedianEmpowerment Center
Where the money goes FY2024 · $1.1M spent
Programs$934k86%Management and general$148k14%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Its largest funder stopped after FY2020
The Skip Viragh Foundation Inc gave $1.8M in FY2020.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 42% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort10funders
$118ka year, last 3 years
81%from its largest funder
Funder’19’20’21’22’23The Skip Viragh Foundation IncOn and off$1.8MMonroe-Schuler FoundationSince FY2021$31k$4k$10kInland Southern California United WayStopped after FY2020$12k$15k–Carmax FoundationStopped after FY2022$11k$3k$3k–For the One IncNew in FY2023$500Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$12k$27k$55k$28k$218k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped