Urban Vision Alliance
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The primary purpose of Urban Vision Alliance, an innovative nonprofit that believes eliminating street homelessness is possible with currently available resources if we break down the traditional barriers to ending homelessness, is to mobilize the private sector and build broad private-public coalitions to align on a single, citywide plan.
- Income
- $1.1 million
- Spending
- $1.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 61%
- Reserves
- 1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 26
- Highest pay
- $40,000, president
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
Fair: 58 out of 100. Higher than 46% of charities in its peer group (housing, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.0 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 5% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 7% of income.
Income trend
5 of 15Income fell 12% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1561% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 19 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: 85 out of 100. Higher than 42% of charities in its peer group (housing, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 255 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
5 of 5Keeps 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
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
0 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)
- $624,445 spent. Urban Vision Alliance (UVA) is a nonprofit committed to ending street homelessness through collective action and collaboration between public and private sectors. UVA addresses fragmented approaches to homelessness by breaking down silos and aligning all stakeholders through a digital platform that enables transparency, progress tracking, and resource matching. The platform centralizes efforts, reducing costs, and speeding up timelines to help cities create actionable plans to reduce street homelessness. The model is scalable and replicable, creating a practical way to deliver more housing and improved services for more people at lower costs.Marin County Chapter: We mobilize people and organizations from the private sector to create large scale plans that expands facilities and programs to manage homelessness. To that end, we spent 2023 building a new chapter in Marin County and developing relationships with County and City officials. We also focused on recruiting companies in the housing design/development industry to provide pro bono and discounted services to build specialty housing with services, mostly on free or low cost land. Creating the alliance with a vision for a large-scale solution driven by private sector experts catalyzes a culture change that inspires others to join in and support the growing plan.UVA Digital Platform: Local homelessness related projects are often uncoordinated as is information about them. To develop an adequate and effective city or countywide homelessness related housing project management system, we need tools to align diverse stakeholders and to coordinate and track new housing projects. We also need an easy way for businesses and citizens to see and contribute to the portfolio of projects. We developed the beta version of the web-based platform that will enable cities and counties to more easily coordinate large scale homelessness initiatives by aligning stakeholders, coordinating and communicating the plans, mobilizing the private sector to participate, and tracking and reporting progress. It will be an online place where people go to learn about and participate in large scale homelessness solutions for their city or county.
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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 2018.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 October 7, 2026.
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