California · Nonprofit
VIA INTERNATIONAL
VIA INTERNATIONAL (California) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,176,905 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($410,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $-151597
What Via International does
Mission
We promote sustainable development by engaging and supporting leaders in emerging communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Via barrio supports community initiatives through social justice engagement in the community of logan heights, san diego, california. With 49 years of experience in community development, the organization now supports multiple community leaders in the san diego/tijuana border region where we are based. - food security: in collaboration with community partners, we supported the distribution of food baskets to food insecure families (600), coordinated the participation of 5 women bakers to develop collective sales activities to develop a cooperative business and open a bakery/commercial kitchen in logan heights, san diego, california and launched nutrition/small business development courses- cultural heritage: launched an art/music initiative (somos la voz) with and for community youth with 33 participants.- the escuela amistad offered a series of online spanish classes (multiple cohorts) serving 35 people- charlamigos provided people the opportunity to speak with migrants or deportees via zoom. This unique offering conducted 250 sessions and provided much needed income to the migrant and/or deportee participants.
$613,375 spent$6,265 earned by the program59% of program spendingVia go: global education creates opportunities to learn from local leaders and engage directly in the work of developing self and sustainable communities. We annually host hundreds of travelers/visitors to engage with community members. This year our work was deterred again by the pandemic. We hosted 250 visitors in person to the border region, for multi-day programs. We also hosted numerous day trips, serving close to 100 people.
$213,280 spent$189,940 earned by the program21% of program spendingVia community development fosters leadership for the sustainable development of communities in the california/baja border region, mexico, central america and beyond. Key initiatives include:- via migrante: we continued to support newly arrived people to tijuana, both migrants and deportees, to establish their lives as residents of the city and/or determine their next steps. We organized for participation in nutrition/ecology programs that have been implemented in the region over the past 49 years. We also provided food service support to shelters and distributions at the bi-national friendship park weekly, serving over 5,800 people.- via baja: family health and food security. Community food security is defined as all people in a community obtaining a culturally acceptable, nutritionally adequate diet through non-emergency food sources at all times. The via process integrates nutrition, health and organic gardening to offer community members self-reliant methods to address their food needs. Four communities, three in tijuana and one in rosarito, mexico, participated in the nutrition/ecology courses. - via baja: micro enterprise for family financial security. Community and…
$206,024 spentof which $15,000 as grants$5,860 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,032,679.
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 2021 to 2022, from $250k to $665k (+166%).
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 6% · 2018 2% · 2019 5% · 2020 4% · 2021 4% · 2022 15% · 2023 18% · 2024 6% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of VIA INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Roxane Helstrom
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $255k → $595k.
11 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 VIA INTERNATIONAL’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
VIA INTERNATIONAL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% 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
50% 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 VIA INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 69% · 2019 60% · 2020 32% · 2021 42% · 2022 71% · 2023 29% — 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
21% of VIA INTERNATIONAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
63% of VIA INTERNATIONAL's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $837k 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
VIA INTERNATIONAL's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 11 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like VIA INTERNATIONAL
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
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 VIA INTERNATIONAL: 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 VIA INTERNATIONAL?
- VIA INTERNATIONAL (California) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,176,905 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($410,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VIA INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $2,176,905 in grants to VIA INTERNATIONAL, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VIA INTERNATIONAL?
- THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT is the largest funder on record, with $410,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VIA INTERNATIONAL 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 29 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