VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

J300

Classification

1000

Street

2239 E 55TH ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• DRESS FOR SUCCESS CLEVELAND

  EIN 34-1872331

• VGS INC

  EIN 34-1873704

• VOCATIONAL SERVICES INC

  EIN 34-1304914

Mission and programs · 2024

• IN 2024, VGS AND ITS AFFILIATES SERVED 772 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ACROSS ALL PROGRAMMING. SERVICES INCLUDED 77 INDIVIDUALS EARNING A PAYCHECK AND RECEIVING JOB READINESS CURRICULUM AT ONE OF EIGHT COMMUNITY-BASED WORKSITES; 60 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS PLACED IN INTEGRATED COMMUNITY JOBS; AND 52 YOUNG ADULTS WHO COMPLETED A SIX-WEEK SUMMER WORK EXPERIENCE. IN TOTAL, 504 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMMING. ACROSS VGS, VSI, AND VGS INC., INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, WHO ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED AS POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES DESPITE THEIR TALENTS AND WORK ETHIC, COLLECTIVELY EARNED MORE THAN $9M IN WAGES. VGS' TOP REFERRAL SOURCES INCLUDE THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR OHIOANS WITH DISABILITIES, AND THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY BOARD OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. OUR WORK IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF OUR DEEP PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS BOTH THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS. DOZENS OF LOCAL BUSINESSES EMPLOY THE INDIVIDUALS WE SERVE, RELY ON VGS TO PROVIDE QUALIFIED STAFF, AND PROVIDE VARIED OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO EARN A PAYCHECK. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO BENEFITS FROM THE GENEROSITY AND THE DEDICATION OF MORE THAN 150 COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS, AND DOZENS OF OTHER VOLUNTEERS, FROM STUDENTS TO RETIREES EVERY YEAR. BEYOND EMPLOYMENT AND PAID WORK OPPORTUNITIES, VGS PROVIDES ESSENTIAL SERVICES INCLUDING ADULT DAY SERVICES, WORK ADJUSTMENTS, NEEDS AND GOALS ASSESSMENTS, AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMMING THAT IS CENTERED ON SKILL BUILDING, PERSONAL ENRICHMENT, AND GOAL ACHIEVEMENT. OUR WORK IS NOT SERVICE PROVISION OR JOB CREATION ALONE; OUR STAFF, PARTNERS, AND PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS CREATE WORKPLACES AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE INCLUSIVE OF AND VALUE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

  Expenses $5,159,676 · Revenue $6,117,194

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $7,323,612

  Expenses

  $9,838,822

  Contributions

  $892,050

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $5,481,144

  Expenses

  $9,554,369

  Contributions

  $778,472

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $5,590,038

  Expenses

  $9,028,226

  Contributions

  $771,240

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,003,961

  Expenses

  $7,598,003

  Assets (EOY)

  $23,016,437

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,920,216

  Expenses

  $8,926,849

  Assets (EOY)

  $23,017,487

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,406,166

  Expenses

  $14,745,542

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,698,059

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,682,177

  Expenses

  $13,974,646

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,136,626

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,033,875

  Expenses

  $12,636,530

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,066,372

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,170,803

  Expenses

  $12,616,034

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,934,923

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,717,832

  Expenses

  $12,363,057

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,941,301

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,383,086

  Expenses

  $12,324,302

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,529,784

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,863,128

  Expenses

  $11,280,557

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,406,460

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $11,503,288

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,973,442

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• ROBERT R RHODES TR

  $65,931

  2022 · Grants made are for the support and attainment of the organization's mission

• ROBERT R RHODES TR

  $57,550

  2023 · Grants made are for the support and attainment of the organization's mission

• ROBERT R RHODES TR

  $55,248

  2024 · Grants made are for the support and attainment of the organization's mission

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $46,640

  2023 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $36,100

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $35,639

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $29,408

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $26,329

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $25,955

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $25,640

  2022 · CHARITABLE DONATION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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