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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by VITAL CXNS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,097,784
Total expenses
$1,050,122
Contributions and grants received
$1,096,344
Grants paid
$152,791
Program service revenue
$1,440
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$895,200
Total liabilities, end of year
$25,194
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$870,006
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$654,000
Management and general expenses
$209,521
Fundraising expenses
$186,601
Program service expenses (Part III)
$654,000

Program services were 62.3% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,096,344

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $1,440 · related or exempt $1,440

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $147,791 · program services $147,791

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $315,648 · program services $78,912 · management and general $113,748 · fundraising $122,988

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $317,127 · program services $314,424 · management and general $901 · fundraising $1,802

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $26,740 · program services $24,285 · management and general $2,455

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $51,560 · program services $32,649 · management and general $9,155 · fundraising $9,756

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,247 · management and general $44,247

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $91,365 · program services $39,000 · management and general $8,125 · fundraising $44,240

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,310 · program services $501 · management and general $473 · fundraising $2,336

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,582 · program services $4,898 · management and general $6,242 · fundraising $2,442

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,852 · program services $150 · management and general $1,702

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,404 · program services $3,511 · management and general $14,200 · fundraising $693

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,233 · program services $1,745 · management and general $1,744 · fundraising $1,744

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,385 · management and general $1,385

  • 24a · Other expenses: ADMINITRATIVE FEES

    total $4,053 · management and general $3,850 · fundraising $203

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $2,825 · program services $1,134 · management and general $1,294 · fundraising $397

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $795,981 · end of year $627,793

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $33,800 · end of year $248,561

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,126 · end of year $9,048

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $15,031 · end of year $9,798

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $26,594 · end of year $25,194

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $694,789 · end of year $593,307

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $127,555 · end of year $276,699

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

WE PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES TO CO-CREATE A MORE ACCESSIBLE, EFFECTIVE, AND EQUITABLE HEALTH ECOSYSTEM THROUGH CONVENING CROSS-SECTOR STAKEHOLDERS, LEVERAGING CRITICAL RESOURCES, AND INVESTING IN DATA-DRIVEN, LOCALLY-SUSTAINED COMMUNITY HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CO-CREATE A MORE ACCESSIBLE, EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE HEALTH ECOSYSTEM.

  • VITAL CXNS IS DEDICATED TO TRANSFORMING THE INEQUITABLE SYSTEMS THAT CONTINUE TO DRIVE HEALTH INEQUITIES IN BOSTON, PARTICULARLY WITHIN BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES. OUR WORK SPANS A RANGE OF COMMUNITY-IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES INCLUDING FOOD ACCESS, COMMUNITY-BASED CARE, MENTAL WELLNESS, AND MATERNAL HEALTH. OUR APPROACH IS ROOTED IN OUR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COMMUNITY-LED SYSTEMS CHANGE MODEL, WHICH COMBINES COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP WITH SYSTEMS CHANGE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES WHILE BUILDING LASTING COMMUNITY CAPACITY FOR TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT.

    Expenses $654,000 · Grants $152,791 · Revenue $1,440

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • James Houghton

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Seth Lawry

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Valenzuela

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alexandra Schweitzer

    SECRETARY/CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rich Joseph

    CO-FOUNDER & CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • William Thorndike Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mariana Cohen

    CO-FOUNDER & DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $135,731
    From this org
    $135,731
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ariel Childs

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $173,497
    From this org
    $154,311
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,186
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,311
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,186
    Filer's total
    $173,497

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
23 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202642669349300319

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