California · Nonprofit
VISTABILITY
VISTABILITY (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $469,444 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR STRONGER COMMUNITIES ($305,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $22M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $469k
- Net assets
- $12M
What Vistability does
Mission
Vistability is dedicated to enriching the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental health needs. We achieve this through our diverse services that support families, foster independence and inspire personal choice.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community access services is Vistability's largest program area, serving over 500 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities with a wide range of support needs. Services are designed to be person-centered and promote independence, community participation, and quality of life through individualized day program supports.participants are supported through multiple service models based on individual needs and preferences, including fully community-based programs for highly active individuals engaged in community outings and volunteer activities; blended programs offering a combination of community participation and center-based activities; programs designed for older adults and individuals with higher medical or support needs; and in-home services for individuals living in skilled nursing or other residential settings.
$8,633,327 spent$17,073,299 earned by the program43% of program spendingChildren's services support over 200 children annually through early childhood and preschool-based programs addressing both developmental disabilities and mental health needs.developmental disability services focus on preschool-based learning, school readiness, and social-emotional development, supplemented by therapeutic supports such as speech, physical, and occupational therapy as appropriate.Vistability also operates a therapeutic behavioral health preschool classroom serving children with mental health needs related to trauma, behavioral challenges, and diagnosed mental health conditions. Licensed clinicians provide individual and group therapy alongside a structured classroom environment focused on trauma-informed care, self-regulation, impulse control, coping skills, and social-emotional development.a family resource center, care parent network, provides information, referral, advocacy and peer support for families of children with special needs.after-school programs provide specialized after-school experiences for children from 11 to 22 years of age who attend special education classes during the school day. The service is provided not only for the enrichment of the…
$5,857,883 spent29% of program spendingEmployment services support approximately 250 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are working toward competitive, integrated employment and increased independence.services include community-based pre-vocational training, job exploration, and career development activities. Vistability also provides paid skill-building opportunities through internships and supported work contracts. For individuals who obtain employment in the community, ongoing job coaching and life skills supports are provided to promote long-term job retention and success.
$5,553,662 spent28% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,044,872.
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 $15M to $19M (+31%).
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 87% · 2018 84% · 2019 25% · 2020 26% · 2021 39% · 2022 29% · 2023 31% · 2024 22% · 2025 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
24% of VISTABILITY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
John Bolle
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $6k → $30k.
7 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 VISTABILITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 12 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
VISTABILITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
30% 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 VISTABILITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 98% · 2019 63% · 2020 100% · 2021 85% · 2022 58% · 2023 83% — 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
20% of VISTABILITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
99% of VISTABILITY's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $140k 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
VISTABILITY is better cushioned than half of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like VISTABILITY
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 VISTABILITY: 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 VISTABILITY?
- VISTABILITY (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $469,444 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR STRONGER COMMUNITIES ($305,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VISTABILITY have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $469,444 in grants to VISTABILITY, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VISTABILITY?
- CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR STRONGER COMMUNITIES is the largest funder on record, with $305,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VISTABILITY 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 12 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