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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: December 2024 Expires: December 2026

Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

417 S. Ohio Ave.
Mercedes, TX, 78570

Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
VIDAs mission is to formulate new institutional relationships in the Rio Grande Valley that simultaneously address employers needs for skilled workers and link the areas unemployed and underemployed with high skilled, high wage jobs identified in the region. The program provides job-training services to economically disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed adults with family responsibilities. 

Year, State Incorporated:
1995, TX

Also Known As:
VIDA Careers

VIDA helps low-income, unemployed and underemployed Valley residents get
the skills they need to secure high-skilled, high-wage jobs. In 2012,
VIDA served 789 valley residents.

For the year ended September 30, 2022, Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement's program expenses were:

Program Services $1,979,416
Total Program Expenses $1,979,416

Chief Executive
Felida Villareal, President & CEO

Chair of the Board
Tony Aguirre

Board Size
9

Tax status information not available.

The following information is based on Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement's audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2022.

Source of Funds
Contributions and grants $2,275,817
Donated use of facilities $163,014
Fundraising $130,193
Gain on settlement $19,672
Interest income $1,289
Total Income $2,589,985

Programs: 85% Fundraising: 1% Administrative: 13%

Total Income $2,589,985
Total expenses: $2,321,986
  Program expenses $1,979,416
  Fundraising expenses $28,002
  Administrative expenses $301,834
  Other expenses $12,734
Income in Excess of Expenses $267,999
Beginning Net Assets $668,775
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $936,774
Total Liabilities $1,104,161
Total Assets $2,040,935

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