Vista Ventures Social Impact Fund
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The organization seeks to alleviate poverty and improve social conditions, primarily in developing countries with high rates of poverty, through the provision of investment capital to early-stage social businesses and community organizations engaged in, for example, sanitation, water, health, education, and agriculture, among other areas. The organization also gives grants that further these same purposes.
- Income
- $55,841
- Spending
- $14,697
- Reserves
- 114 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 61%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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, 2025, 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, 2025, 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 (4)
- $1,750 spent. Training and employment of very low income women and girls. We continue to monitor and advise a young company that trains and employs, 45+ women and girls in the apparel industry. We provided a loan of $15,000 in 2024 which the company is repaying on schedule but with occasional difficulty. The company struggles to remain profitable but continues to provide additional training to its existing employees and new hires.
- $450 spent. Agriculture. We provided monitoring and advice to a provider of agricultural and veterinary products and services to low-income farmers in and around Lusaka, Zambia. The company has an app that is used to maintain contact with its customers and provide education and training on issues related to agriculture. Prior to the end of the year, the company fully repaid the below market interest rate loan of $5,000 which we had provided in September 2024.
- $133 spent. Reuse of waste plastic. We continued to advise a start-up entrepreneur outside of Nairobi, Kenya, who is engaged in plastics recycling. We had previously provided a below market interest rate loan of $2,000 to allow him to replace the motors on his scrap shredder and crusher. Most of the repurposed plastic is used for construction materials such as poles and lumber. We expect full repayment of his loan in early 2026.
- $3,500 spent. Fuel manufacturing. We identified and engaged with a manufacturer of heating and cooking fuel from organic waste. These blocks are sold to businesses and households in and around Lusaka, Zambia. Near the end of 2025, we provided a below market interest rate loan for $8,000 to help the entrepreneur to purchase equipment and raw materials in the new, larger location
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 October 13, 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 January 2018.
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 October 21, 2026.
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