California · Nonprofit
VISION Y COMPROMISO
VISION Y COMPROMISO (California) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,015,275 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($9,000,000). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 67
- Grants received
- $33M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Vision y Compromiso does
Mission
Vision y Compromiso's mission is to promote community well being by supporting promotoras and community health workers as viable community assets and as agents critical to social change. Vision y Compromiso is uniquely positioned to serve these active community members, educators, and liaisons by offering capacity building and research support to the network of promotoras and community health workers (p/chws) and their partner organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Established the department of workforce development to prepare promotoras for employment and equip organizations to integrate the promotora model. Developed "cultivating excellence in promotora leadership", a training to enhance the leadership of promotoras who aspire to supervisory roles. Created "apoyando familias con arte y cultura" to support families of children with disabilities to build self-advocacy skills, reduce stress, improve wellness and increase access to resources. Building capacity to bill medi-cal for services under calaim (ecm, community supports, chw benefit, asthma preventive services). Initiated mobile outreach for value, equity and sustainability (moves), a mobile health van to reach vulnerable residents with health care, behavioral health services and family strengthening programs where they live, work and play.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Expanded vyc's social enterprise initiative in order to capture training contracts and deliver technical assistance (ta) to and increased number of community-based organizations, health clinics, city and county agencies, and other employers. Amplified vyc's annual legislative day to a promotora week of action including briefings, virtual events and celebrations, training, local district visits, and follow up.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Outreach and education - Vision y Compromiso has provided outreach and education, training, leadership development, advocacy, and workforce development programs for promotoras, community health workers and other grassroots community leaders for over 20 years. A predominantly women-led workforce, promotoras provide servicio de corazn (service from the heart) as trusted members of traditionally underserved communities. Critical links to reliable information, they connect community members to local resources and public health, social service, education, housing, and legal systems to advance equity, address the social determinants of health and improve community health outcomes. Vision y Compromiso's outreach and education programs, led by community-based promotoras, engage low-income, spanish speaking and immigrant communities in urban and rural regions throughout california to share information and resources on a variety of topics including: prevention and management of chronic disease (diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular disease), mental health (prevention education, early intervention and navigation to mental health services), covid-19 and vaccine promotion, parent leadership,…
$5,314,109 spentof which $154,536 as grants$8,049,647 earned by the program33% of program spendingNetwork - the core of our work, Vision y Compromiso's network of promotoras (network) is a forum for promotoras, community health workers and other grassroots community leaders to exchange information and gain skills to advance equity and reduce health disparities for the most vulnerable members of their communities. Powered by promotoras and their love for the community and the work they do, the network represents thousands of community-connected leaders in regions across california and a growing number of states. Working locally in regional comits, promotoras empower community residents, advocate on behalf of local needs, and partner with vital social services in diverse sectors of the california economy. Through the network, Vision y Compromiso delivers ongoing training and professional development to build promotoras' leadership, knowledge and skills, validate their role as key experts in their community, and share best practices related to community health (including calaim and changes to medicaid). To improve health outcomes and ensure that the voices of historically marginalized communities are represented, the network builds promotoras' skills to advocate and participate…
$1,614,566 spentof which $70,244 as grants$3,658,931 earned by the program10% of program spendingTraining and education - Vision y Compromiso has provided training and education to promotoras, community health workers and other grassroots community leaders for over 20 years. Using popular education methodology, our skilled trainers develop and deliver culturally and linguistically relevant core skills and content-specific training curricula that give promotoras the information, skills and understanding they need to communicate with and advocate for their communities on issues important to individuals and families including health and wellness, education, immigration, systems navigation, etc. Our core skills training promotoras transformando familias y comunidades (ptfc)/promotoras transforming families and communities builds promotoras' skills to effectively engage with community members, understand their role in improving health and wellness, facilitate group formation and improve public speaking skills. Other trainings include, but are not limited to: advocacy and leadership, suicide prevention, workforce readiness, mental health first aid, bailoterapia instructors training, serving from the heart-an organizational readiness symposium, promotoras/chws in medi-cal, and more.
$4,592,053 spentof which $2,341 as grants$121,964 earned by the program28% of program spendingConferences, advocacy, policy, lobbying, and family and community development
$4,764,881 spentof which $7,824 as grants$365,893 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,285,609.
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 2022 to 2023, from $5.2M to $17M (+224%).
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: 2020 1% · 2021 8% · 2022 18% · 2023 16% · 2024 57% · 2025 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
36% of VISION Y COMPROMISO’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Maria Lemus
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $1.3M → $11M.
14 of 67 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 Y COMPROMISO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 67 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 Y COMPROMISO has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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
69% 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 Y COMPROMISO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 41% · 2019 49% · 2020 44% · 2021 16% · 2022 13% · 2023 83% — growing more concentrated.
“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
42% of VISION Y COMPROMISO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
91% of VISION Y COMPROMISO's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 Y COMPROMISO has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding VISION Y COMPROMISO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like VISION Y COMPROMISO
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
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 VISION Y COMPROMISO: 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 Y COMPROMISO?
- VISION Y COMPROMISO (California) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,015,275 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($9,000,000). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VISION Y COMPROMISO have?
- IRS filings report 67 organizations giving $33,015,275 in grants to VISION Y COMPROMISO, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VISION Y COMPROMISO?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $9,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VISION Y COMPROMISO 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.
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 67 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