Opioid overdose prevention program: Vital strategies continued its work as part of the opioid overdose prevention program in 2024, helping to implement 28 legislative, regulatory, administrative action and protocol changes in four of our seven focus states, distributed more than 1.8m naloxone kits through state-run naloxone portals, launched nine state and national media campaigns and developed 12 toolkits and technical guidance products since inception. Specific 2024 achievements across our seven focus states are as follows: - kentucky: - naloxone access - helped kentucky launch their new…
Vital Strategies
Vital Strategies Inc: CEO salary, finances and where donations go
“At Vital Strategies, we're reimagining public health, working for a world where everyone, everywhere is protected by equitable and effective public health systems.”
Data only Figures straight from the filing, screened by our rules. Not yet reviewed in depth by a CPA.
Methodology by Amir Arani, CPA, CA · Updated
- Top pay
- $641K Jose Luis Castro, 0.6% of spending
- Revenue
- $132.4M 98.8% from donations and grants
- Spent
- $109.3M 87.5% on programs, as reported
- Net assets
- $90.9M end of 2024
- Savings
- 10.0 months of spending, net assets ÷ spending
- People
- 208 employees, 14 volunteers
No red flags in its latest filing.
We screen every filing against twelve rules. A flag is a prompt for a closer look, not a finding of wrongdoing.
No reported asset diversions, no insider transactions, no fundraisers keeping most of the money, and the governance policies we check for are in place.
Of each dollar it spent, 87.5¢ went to programs, as reported.
For each dollar donated, Vital Strategies spent 2¢ on fundraising.
Fundraising ÷ $130.9M contributions · Form 990 Parts VIII, IXWhat it told the IRS it spent on.
The charity's own description of its largest programs, with what each cost.
Tobacco control programs: Vital strategies achieved the following accomplishments as part of the initiative to reduce tobacco use in 2024: - in 2024, the vital strategies tobacco control division contributed to policy development, capacity building and sustainability efforts across the 10 initiative priority countries, and several non-priority countries. In addition, significant work continued and grew under the global implementation program, the tobacco industry interference grants program and the global cessation program. - in 2024, vital tcd launched alongside rounds 35 and 36 of the bi…
Other programs include road safety, partnership for healthy cities, obesity prevention & food policy, reset alcohol, and more.
Net assets: $2.0M to $90.9M in 11 years.
Net assets at each fiscal year end, 2013 to 2024.
The 8 highest-paid people.
Reportable pay in 2024, from the charity and related organizations.
| Contractor | Service | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Community Media Trust | Mass media campaign services | $1,945,000 |
| The Gallup Organization | Opinion research services | $1,585,810 |
| Safeguard Global | Employer of record services | $1,157,342 |
| University College London | Stream tb trial management services | $1,003,009 |
| Mine23 LLC | Website management services | $824,700 |
The questions people ask about the Vital Strategies.
Short, sourced answers. Each one stands on its own.
How much does the Vital Strategies CEO make?
Jose Luis Castro, President & CEO Thru Jun 2024, received $641,161 in reportable compensation in 2024, 0.6% of Vital Strategies' $109.3M in spending.
Form 990 (2024), Part VIIWhat percentage of Vital Strategies donations go to programs?
Vital Strategies reported 87.5% of 2024 spending as programs, 1.9% as fundraising and 10.6% as management.
Form 990 (2024), Part IXHow much money does Vital Strategies have?
Net assets were $90.9M at the end of 2024, about 10.0 months of spending.
Form 990 (2024), Part XDoes Vital Strategies have any red flags in its filing?
Its latest Form 990 triggered none of our twelve screening rules, which cover reported asset diversions, insider transactions, fundraiser costs, governance policies and spending patterns.
Form 990 (2024)Every number, traced.
- Vital Strategies Form 990, 2024 (IRS e-file)
- Vital Strategies Form 990 history (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)
Amir Arani, “Vital Strategies: CEO salary, finances and where your dollar goes,” Charity Math, updated 2026-11-07. https://charitymath.com/charities/vital-strategies/