Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$4,605,000

Total expenses

$2,671,028

Contributions and grants received

$4,605,000

Grants paid

$2,060,993

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,172,639

Total liabilities, end of year

$242,053

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,930,586

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,335,902

Management and general expenses

$310,728

Fundraising expenses

$24,398

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,335,902

Program services were 87.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• FOOD POLICY PROGRAM:VITAL STRATEGIES ACTION FUND, INC. SUPPORTS PARTNERS WORKS IN LOW AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES TO ADVOCATE FOR LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO ACHIEVE HEALTHY FOOD POLICY GOALS THAT ADDRESS THE GLOBAL HARM TO HEALTH CAUSED BY ULTRA-PROCESSED PRODUCTS (UPPS) AND PROMOTE HEALTHIER FOOD ENVIRONMENTS. IN FY 2023, THE FOOD POLICY PROGRAM PROVIDED SUBGRANTS FOR LEGISLATIVE LOBBYING ACTIVITIES IN BRAZIL AND BARBADOS. IN BRAZIL, THE FOOD POLICY PROGRAM CONTRACTED WITH ACT, HEALTH PROMOTION (ACT) TO CONDUCT MASS MEDIA COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS IN SUPPORT OF A TAX REFORM ON ULTRA-PROCESSED PRODUCTS (UPPS) AND SUGARY AND SWEETENED BEVERAGES; AND TO THE BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE FOR CONSUMER RIGHTS (IDEC) FOR REGIONAL HEALTHY SCHOOL FOOD LEGISLATION. BY THE END OF FY 2023, MORE THAN 63 MILLION PEOPLE WERE REACHED BY TWO MASS MEDIA COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS LED BY ACT. ON DECEMBER 15, 2023, THE TAX REFORM IN BRAZIL WAS APPROVED WITH THE INCLUSION OF A SELECTIVE TAX ON "GOODS AND SERVICES THAT CAUSE HARMS TO HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT." IDEC'S SCHOOL LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN REACHED MORE THAN 6 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF BAHIA AND THE CITIES OF RECIFE AND RIBEIRO PRETO. IN BARBADOS, THE FOOD POLICY PROGRAM CONTRACTED WITH THE HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF BARBADOS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MASS MEDIA COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN STRATEGY TO ADVOCATE FOR FRONT-OF-PACKAGE-WARNING LABEL LEGISLATION. THE CAMPAIGN IS PLANNED FOR LATE 2024.

  Expenses $2,103,621 · Grants $1,850,000

• RESET ALCOHOL:RESET ALCOHOL IS A PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, CIVIL SOCIETY AND GLOBAL LEADERS TO ADVANCE POLICIES FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION'S SAFER PACKAGE TO REDUCE THE HEALTH, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HARMS OF ALCOHOL. WORKING PRIMARILY IN BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, KENYA, MEXICO, PHILIPPINES, AND SRI LANKA, RESET ALCOHOL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO GOVERNMENTS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AND TECHNICAL POLICY INSTITUTIONS. THE INITIATIVE IS LED BY VITAL STRATEGIES IN COLLABORATION WITH JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, GLOBAL ALCOHOL POLICY ALLIANCE (GAPA), MOVENDI INTERNATIONAL, THE NCD ALLIANCE, AND WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO). IN 2023, RESET PARTNERS HOSTED A SESSION AT THE 7TH ANNUAL GLOBAL ALCOHOL POLICY CONFERENCE IN CAPE TOWN, IN WHICH PROJECT LEADERS SHARED THEIR RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY EXPERIENCES PUTTING RESET STRATEGIES INTO PRACTICE. RESET ALSO CO-HOSTED AN EVENT WITH WHO SAFER THAT GATHERED POLICYMAKERS, RESEARCHERS, AND ADVOCATES FROM 11 COUNTRIES WORKING ON ALCOHOL CONTROL POLICY TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE, BEST PRACTICES, AND LESSONS LEARNED.RESET SRI LANKA'S ALCOHOL AND DRUG INFORMATION CENTRE CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC OPINION POLL ON SRI LANKANS' KNOWLEDGE OF ALCOHOL AND ATTITUDES ABOUT ITS CONSUMPTION AND REGULATION. IN ADDITION RESET DEVELOPED A NEW EVIDENCE MATRIX ON THE ECONOMICS OF ALCOHOL USE AND CONTROL IN SRI LANKA BASED ON 3 DOZEN STUDIES CONDUCTED BETWEEN 2003-2022.RESET MEXICO'S RESEARCH CENTER CEIP SPEARHEADED THE COMPLETION OF A SIMILAR MATRIX APPLICABLE TO ALCOHOL POLICY PATTERNS IN MEXICO CULLED FROM 24 YEARS OF STUDIES, BRIEFS, AND OTHER ASSETS.RESET CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNERS VITAL BRAZIL AND ACT BRAZIL COLLABORATED TO LAUNCH A FACT SHEET THAT ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR RAISING ALCOHOL TAXES IN BRAZIL. THE MATERIAL WAS LATER USED BY ACT FOR ADVOCACY AT THE BRAZILIAN CONGRESS.

  Expenses $232,281 · Grants $210,993

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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