Washington · Nonprofit
VISION HOUSE
VISION HOUSE (Washington) receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,263,238 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($2,066,010). 55 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.2M
- Funders on record
- 89
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Vision House does
Mission
To provide safe and confidential transitional housing and services for homeless families.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
We closed the thrift store in october 2024
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Started in 1990, Vision House exists to serve and empower families experiencing homelessness. Through transitional housing and diversion services for families in crisis, as well as childcare, the ministry of Vision House has touched the lives of nearly 800 families in 2023. Vision House operates four transitional housing facilities in renton and shoreline; three diversion centers for families experiencing homelessness in renton, shoreline and burien; two daycare centers in renton and shoreline; and one thrift store in renton. The family program of Vision House includes 46 units of transitional housing, with supportive services for all ages, including life skills training, counseling for adults and children, job search assistance, referrals for medical and dental care and financial management training. Residents sign a lease and pay 30 percent of their income toward rent as part of their participation in the Vision House program, with a goal of equipping families to be able to pay rent or mortgage payments beyond Vision House. With caseworker support, participants find and grow sources of income through employment and qualifying for available social support. Participants in Vision…
$1,055,088 spent$409,465 earned by the program18% of program spendingVision House also operates children's village childcare centers in renton and shoreline. Children enrolled include those from Vision House programs, alumni families, and community families seeking high-quality care. Kids benefit from age-appropriate curriculum, play, and fresh meals in a structured, nurturing environment. Children's village renton, licensed for 68 children, serves newborns through pre-k. In 2024, 44% of children were in Vision House programs or received low-income subsidies; 56% were community families paying privately. A total of 84 children were served, and the center was voted best childcare provider for 2024 by the renton reporter. It also participates in early achievers of washington, the state's quality recognition system. Children's village shoreline serves newborns through school-age children, with before- and after-school programs and a summer program. In the summer program, kids learn and enjoy periodic community field trips. Licensed for 72, children's village shoreline served 77 children in 2024. Of these, 74% were from low-income families and 26% from private-pay families. It also participates in early achievers of washington.
$4,662,473 spent$1,809,440 earned by the program79% of program spendingThe Vision House thrift store is located in renton, wa, was a donation and resale site in 2024. We closed this site in october of 2024. Vision House residents were given vouchers so they can shop for items they need at our on-site resident stores.
$186,405 spent$72,341 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,903,966.
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 $9.8M to $11M (+15%).
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: 2021 9% · 2022 1% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of VISION HOUSE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Derek Sciba
Executive director
Board chair
Mille Sondles
Board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose $162k → $1.9M.
19 of 89 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 VISION HOUSE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 89 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
VISION HOUSE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
59% 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 VISION HOUSE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 30% · 2019 28% · 2020 23% · 2021 16% · 2022 19% · 2023 16% — 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 VISION HOUSE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
56% of VISION HOUSE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4.9M that is directly attributable, 89% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
VISION HOUSE has grown faster than half of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like VISION HOUSE
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VISION HOUSE: 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 VISION HOUSE?
- VISION HOUSE (Washington) receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,263,238 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($2,066,010). 55 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does VISION HOUSE have?
- IRS filings report 89 organizations giving $11,263,238 in grants to VISION HOUSE, 55 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VISION HOUSE?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,066,010 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VISION HOUSE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 89 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing