California · Nonprofit
URBAN VIBRANCY INSTITUTE INC FKA SAN JOSE SHIP KITS INC
URBAN VIBRANCY INSTITUTE INC FKA SAN JOSE SHIP KITS INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,000 to it, the largest being Northern California Carpenters Regional Council ($75,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $197k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $91k
- Net assets
- $-25062
What Urban Vibrancy Institute Inc Fka San Jose Ship Kits Inc does
Mission
Provides charitable outreach and services for the benefit of the general public to create a safe, clean and vibrant area in and around downtown san jose, california. In addition, the organization provides charitable outreach of goods and services to those members of the general public in need including, but not limited to, individuals facing economic, medical, housing, or other hardships as well as food insecurities for those in need in our community. Urban vibrancy institute, inc. Also conducts rigorous research and provides timely and actionable insights to inform strategic decision-making while collaborating with local businesses, communities, and government authorities to explore and reinvigorate the cultural, economic, and social vibrancy of the city of san jose.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
With the support of contributors, collaborators, officials, and citizens, urban vibrancy has made the following progress to increase the vibrancy of san jose:- created weekly community events "every friday/every thursday," - that have been an activation for local businesses and incubation of local music and arts programs- implemented several safety measures around the city, to improve the safety for the public and many local businesses.
$183,047 spentof which $5,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $183,047.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2023 to 2024, from $60k to $7k (−88%).
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: 2024 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of URBAN VIBRANCY INSTITUTE INC FKA SAN JOSE SHIP KITS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $25k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 URBAN VIBRANCY INSTITUTE INC FKA SAN JOSE SHIP KITS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 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
URBAN VIBRANCY INSTITUTE INC FKA SAN JOSE SHIP KITS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% 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
100% 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 URBAN VIBRANCY INSTITUTE INC FKA SAN JOSE SHIP KITS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of URBAN VIBRANCY INSTITUTE INC FKA SAN JOSE SHIP KITS INC's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k 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
URBAN VIBRANCY INSTITUTE INC FKA SAN JOSE SHIP KITS INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like URBAN VIBRANCY INSTITUTE INC FKA SAN JOSE SHIP KITS 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds URBAN VIBRANCY INSTITUTE INC FKA SAN JOSE SHIP KITS INC?
- URBAN VIBRANCY INSTITUTE INC FKA SAN JOSE SHIP KITS INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,000 to it, the largest being Northern California Carpenters Regional Council ($75,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does URBAN VIBRANCY INSTITUTE INC FKA SAN JOSE SHIP KITS INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $91,000 in grants to URBAN VIBRANCY INSTITUTE INC FKA SAN JOSE SHIP KITS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of URBAN VIBRANCY INSTITUTE INC FKA SAN JOSE SHIP KITS INC?
- Northern California Carpenters Regional Council is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like URBAN VIBRANCY INSTITUTE INC FKA SAN JOSE SHIP KITS INC 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 4 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