Ohio · Nonprofit
VGS INC
VGS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $26,128 to it, the largest being SOURCEAMERICA ($26,128). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.2M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $26k
- Net assets
- $25M
What Vgs Inc does
Mission
Providing work experience and employment for persons with significant disabilities through government contract work.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Vgs, inc. Is an affiliate company of vgs that provides public sector jobs to ohioans with disabilities through the federal abilityone and the state of ohio. In 2024, 199 people were employed through vgs, inc. Contracts, collectively earning $3,119,431 in gross wages. Vgs, inc. Provides good paying, secure, and important jobs for ohioans who are often not the first considered for employment. The jobs provided by vgs, inc. Helps individuals with disabilities have greater independence and gives them an opportunity to meaningfully contribute to their communities and to the economy. Vgs, inc. Provides needed staffing for the public sector and shows the larger community the incredible talents and value that ohioans with disabilities offer.
$1,639,709 spent$4,219,669 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,639,709.
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 2018 to 2019, from $11M to $14M (+35%).
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.
0% of VGS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Susan Barragate
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of VGS 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.
Where its funders are
VGS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
VGS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like VGS 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
100% 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
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Vocational Guidance Services · exempt
- Vocational Services Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VGS 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 VGS INC?
- VGS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $26,128 to it, the largest being SOURCEAMERICA ($26,128). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VGS INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $26,128 in grants to VGS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VGS INC?
- SOURCEAMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $26,128 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VGS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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