Visionary Futures
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- Only 27% of its spending went to programs.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
To grow transformative social and environmental justice movements. One that integrates personal and social transformation and creates compelling alternatives to the status quo.
- Income
- $256,615
- Spending
- $473,178
- Spent on programs
- 27%
- Reserves
- 10.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Employees
- 3
- Highest pay
- $83,377, executive dir.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 48 out of 100. Higher than 14% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 10.4 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 6% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 84% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 32% on the year before.
Spending floor
0 of 1527% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 81 out of 100. Higher than 53% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 253 of 5 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
0 of 5Reports that it does not keep minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $125,484 spent. To support social and environmental justice movements in a year of intense organizing, in 2024 GS increased free/donation-based and accessible offerings for movement leaders, organizers, cultural workers, and politicized healers. In 2024, GS continued to offer daily practice space for the 3rd year in a row. GS daily practice space is led by BIPOC practitioners every week day (251 days) for 30 minutes. 40 - 70 new people register for daily practice space every month. In 2024, GS launched monthly regional in-person practice spaces in 3 key organizing cities - Durham, Los Angeles, and Oakland. Each practice space is led by 2-3 practitioners and is attended monthly by over 25 local organizers, healers, and cultural workers as a space for their own healing and transformation and to connect to others and build relationships. Additionally, GS offered a dozen online somatic groups for healing for organizers. These were attended by 40-70 people each. In 2024, GS also invested in the training and development of practitioners so that they were better resourced to serve movements and movement leaders, this included over a 176 hours of lead teachership training with an in-person multi-day retreat and online sessions curated to develop skills to lead a training team and a course. Additionally, GS held a training session to provide protocol and best practices for online healing groups, monthly community calls uplifting practice and methodology innovations, and implemented the standards developed last year through buddy systems and pod support. Lastly, GS created a lessons learned document to share the lessons learned from organization and community building over the past 15 years of GS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2003.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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