Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
VISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE
VISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,200,637 to it, the largest being PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION INC ($1,628,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $643k
What Visitors Service Center Inc Voices for a Second Chance does
Mission
The mission of the voices for a second chance is to reduce the recidivism rate in the district of columbia by providing a safety net for justice -involved persons and their families who are likely to be among the most marginalized members of our society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To reduce the recidivism rate in the district of columbia by providing a safety net for justice -involved persons and their families who are likely to be among the most marginalized members of our society.
$902,626 spentof which $1,559,109 as grants$1,843,483 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $902,626.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $168k to $430k (+155%).
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 64% · 2022 48% · 2023 78% · 2024 64% · 2025 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of VISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (93% 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.
Chief executive
Paula Thompson
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $15k → $195k.
5 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 VISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE’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
VISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 51% · 2019 37% · 2020 38% · 2021 69% · 2022 95% · 2023 77% — 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
45% of VISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
94% of VISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $235k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
VISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 852 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 852 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like VISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE
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, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE?
- VISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,200,637 to it, the largest being PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION INC ($1,628,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $2,200,637 in grants to VISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE?
- PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,628,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 18 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