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The Vitality Project
The Vitality Project reported $1.1 million in revenue and $4.5 million in expenses for calendar year 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $100.00 went to program services, $0.00 to management and general costs and $0.00 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 59.1% of the total. Government grants made up 57.0%. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $113,389 (CEO). 1 person received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Source: Form 990, 2025.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $4.5MFor context, the median across 864 covered mental health & crisis intervention charities: $86.13 programs, $13.87 management, $0.00 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
Calendar year 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $1.1MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 100.0% | 85.2% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 0.0% | 13.7% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 59.1% | 26.4% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 57.0% | 14.5% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 69.3% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $113,389 | $324,111 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 2.53% | 1.28% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 26.8 | 6.2 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 4 of 4 | 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
2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseHomeless Response System Funding and Grants Management In 2025, The Vitality Project (TVP) supported 16 distinct projects serving people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, operated by six local providers. Each of these projects provided services under one of the following project types: Street Outreach, Day Shelter, Overnight Shelter, Transitional Housing, and Rapid Rehousing. In some cases, funding received from TVP was a projects sole funding, but in most cases, TVP funding made up only part of the projects overall budget. Projects supported fully or partially through funding from TVP…
Homeless Response System Planning and Coordination TVP serves as the CoC Lead and Administrative Entity for the Tehama County Continuum of Care (Tehama CoC), a collaborative of service providers, units of local government, community leaders and other stakeholders working together to address homelessness in Tehama County. Tehama CoC and its member organizations are responsible for developing and maintaining the local system for addressing homelessness, including conducting strategic planning activities, which serve to ensure cohesive operation of the local system, to prevent duplication of…
Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) and Coordinated Entry System (CES) Administration TVP serves as the HMIS Lead Agency for Tehama CoC and its member organizations that offer services to people experiencing and at risk of homelessness whose funders require participation in local HMIS, a community-wide shared databased through which people served and services provided are tracked at the project- and system-level, and/or CES, a related database through which referrals to services and prioritization for services is conducted. HMIS- and CES-participating agencies are made up of both…
Highest reported compensation
2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here1 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from The Vitality Project (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $113K (Part IX, line 5).
3 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
2025 · 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–1b4 · 4 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bNo
- 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 15aNo
- 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 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 54
- Volunteers Part I, line 64
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Questions people ask
How much of The Vitality Project's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2025, The Vitality Project reported that 100.0% of its $4.5 million in expenses went to program services, 0.0% to management and general and 0.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does The Vitality Project pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation The Vitality Project reported for one person in calendar year 2025 was $113,389, for the role of CEO (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does The Vitality Project get its money?
Of $1.1 million in revenue in calendar year 2025, 59.1% came from contributions and grants (including 57.0% from government grants) and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is The Vitality Project a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 36-4820017 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2023, 2024, 2025. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- 2025: Form 990 for calendar year 2025, object 202631319349306173 · read the filing
- 2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202501359349307200 · read the filing
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202423069349302037 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 36-4820017: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.