Voices for Children of San Antonio Community Research Center
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Voices for Children of San Antonio Community Research Center (Voices) expands the community's capacity to respond to current and emerging needs of children through purposeful and strategic advocacy to improve programs, practices, and policies. Voices convenes and fosters collaborations, brings stakeholders together to develop strategies to improve the quality of life of children, focusing on early care and education, prevention of child abuse, neglect and mitigaing trauma. However, due to the lack of funding, the Organization has not been able to carryout its mission during 2024. See Schedule O for further discussion.
- Income
- $3,955
- Spending
- $1,130
- Reserves
- 73.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ 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 (2)
- Early Care and Education Training Initiative: This program supports non-parental caregivers who spend most waking hours nearly everyday with almost half of all young children: childcare professionals. Minimally educated and compensated, often bringing to their work a high degree of trauma themselves, they are critical in preventing and mitigating childhood trauma and promoting socio-emotional skills that support healthy non-violent behavior as well as school success. Over several years of "action advocacy" to improve childcare, it is apparent that these critical "early observers" of babies and young children could be engaged and empowered as partners in prevention as well, influencing socioemotional as well as cognitive development, and in mitigating the impact of trauma. Voices' Early Care and Education Training Initiative, providing high quality free professional development to childcare educators, has grown since 2012 in numbers reached--in the thousands, estimated to impact ten children each--in scope. During 2024, the Organization was unable to hold this program event for lack of funding.
- Congress on Children: This program is normally offered every year on the last Friday in September as a community service. With community sponsors, registration is $20 per attendee for an all-day event including meals, materials and CEU's as needed, ensuring that this event is accessible to a broad and diverse audience. Congress on Children brings together over 400 local children's advocates, practitioners, researchers, and the general public to hightlight current or emerging issues, research, findings, legislation, and programs, promoting practices that strengthen families and support children's wellbeing. Nationally known and exceptional speakers every year focus on the most pressing community issues that Voices and our many partners will be working on in the coming months and years. During 2024, the Organization was unable to hold this annual program event for lack of funding.
Source: Form 990EZ 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 May 2001.
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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