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Vital Strategies reported $132.4 million in revenue and $109.3 million in expenses for calendar year 2024. Of every $100 it spent, $87.51 went to program services, $10.60 to management and general costs and $1.89 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 98.8% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $655,297 (PRESIDENT & CEO THRU JUN 2024). 107 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue fell 40% between 2019 and 2024. Source: Form 990, 2024.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $109MFor context, the median across 469 covered international, foreign affairs & national security charities: $89.04 programs, $8.28 management, $2.68 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $132MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2024 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 87.5% | 86.1% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 10.6% | 8.0% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 1.9% | 2.6% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.02 | $0.03 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 98.8% | 96.6% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 3.9% | 0.0% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $655,297 | $341,362 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 0.60% | 1.06% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 107 | 10 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 10.0 | 7.5 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 14 of 15 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
2024 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseData for health programs:- under civil registration and vital statistics (crvs) Vital Strategies continued its work in ensuring that a greater number of birth and death records are counted as part of its public health systems improvement objective. Across the three focus regions of africa, asia and latin america $5,218,000 annual and cumulative death records were improved or newly counted in countries receiving initiative support, up from $3,977,000 in 2023. Similar positive progress was achieved with birth records which increased to 6,339,000 in 2024 from 5,425,000 in 2023. 676 common…
Opioid overdose prevention program:Vital Strategies continued its work as part of the opioid overdose prevention program in 2024, helping to implement 28 legislative, regulatory, administrative action and protocol changes in four of our seven focus states, distributed more than 1.8m naloxone kits through state-run naloxone portals, launched nine state and national media campaigns and developed 12 toolkits and technical guidance products since inception. Specific 2024 achievements across our seven focus states are as follows: - kentucky: - naloxone access - helped kentucky launch their new…
Tobacco control programs:Vital Strategies achieved the following accomplishments as part of the initiative to reduce tobacco use in 2024: - in 2024, the Vital Strategies tobacco control division contributed to policy development, capacity building and sustainability efforts across the 10 initiative priority countries, and several non-priority countries. In addition, significant work continued and grew under the global implementation program, the tobacco industry interference grants program and the global cessation program. - in 2024, vital tcd launched alongside rounds 35 and 36 of the bi…
Highest reported compensation
2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRESIDENT & CEO THRU JUN 2024 Director/trustee, officer, 38.00 hrs/week | $276,639 | $364,522 | $14,136 | $655,297 |
| THRU SEP 2024, CFAO Director/trustee, officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $390,373 | $0 | $47,069 | $437,442 |
| SVP PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS Key employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $347,090 | $0 | $58,790 | $405,880 |
| SVP ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Key employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $298,406 | $0 | $38,577 | $336,983 |
| SVP PAC Key employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $291,956 | $0 | $28,037 | $319,993 |
| VP & DIRECTOR, CRVS Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $260,911 | $0 | $58,461 | $319,372 |
| CTO Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $254,062 | $0 | $63,439 | $317,501 |
| STRATEGY OFFICER (THRU AUG 2024) Key employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $293,857 | $0 | $12,163 | $306,020 |
107 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Vital Strategies (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $3.2M (Part IX, line 5).
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
2024 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b15 · 14 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4Yes
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bYes
- Employees Part I, line 5208
- Volunteers Part I, line 614
Largest outside contractors
2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section B · businesses only| COMMUNITY MEDIA TRUST Mass media campaign services | $1,945,000 |
| THE GALLUP ORGANIZATION Opinion research services | $1,585,810 |
| SAFEGUARD GLOBAL Employer of record services | $1,157,342 |
| UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Stream tb trial management services | $1,003,009 |
| MINE23 LLC Website management services | $824,700 |
Individuals listed as contractors are left out. 111 contractors were paid more than $100,000 in all.
Private foundation grants it received
4 private foundations reported grants to Vital Strategies totaling $32M on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Every number above is copied from Vital Strategies's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Vital Strategies, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.
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Of every $100 Vital Strategies spent in 2024, $87.51 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
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Questions people ask
How much of Vital Strategies's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2024, Vital Strategies reported that 87.5% of its $109.3 million in expenses went to program services, 10.6% to management and general and 1.9% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does Vital Strategies pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation Vital Strategies reported for one person in calendar year 2024 was $655,297, for the role of PRESIDENT & CEO THRU JUN 2024 (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does Vital Strategies get its money?
Of $132.4 million in revenue in calendar year 2024, 98.8% came from contributions and grants (including 3.9% from government grants) and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Vital Strategies a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 22-3419667 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- 2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202523199349303647 · read the filing · XML
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202403199349311895 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202333199349324388 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202213199349330281 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202143199349306129 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202013219349324396 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 22-3419667: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.