A Father's Vision
Stewardship & Transparency
Stewardship & transparency
Trust starts with clear facts, clear boundaries, and claims that can be supported.
AFV uses this page to explain its nonprofit legal status, its financial separation from independent housing operators, privacy standards, public reporting, and how contributions may support approved charitable purposes.
How AFV handles public claims
What visitors, donors, families, and partners should know.
Stewardship
AFV does not own the associated recovery residences or collect the housing membership fees and operating revenue received by their independent legal operators. Donations accepted by AFV must be separately recorded and used for approved nonprofit purposes. Expenses benefiting another entity require appropriate charitable-benefit documentation, governing oversight, and safeguards against private benefit.
Outcomes & operating history
AFV was established as a nonprofit in December 2024. Recovery-housing activities associated with its name may predate that formation through separate operating entities; their revenue, properties, and program results must not be represented as AFV nonprofit finances or outcomes. AFV does not present unverified impact figures as established results.
Clinical boundaries
AFV recovery housing and non-clinical support are not represented as detoxification, hospital care, emergency care, or licensed clinical treatment. Clinical care is connected through appropriately licensed outside providers.
Certification & employment claims
AFV does not publish a blanket certification claim for every residence and does not guarantee employment placement. Status and services should be described only as current documentation supports.
Privacy & imagery
Exact private-residence addresses are not published. Website imagery may include selected authentic photography plus clearly labeled representative spaces, models, composites, or digitally altered identifying features to protect privacy.
Related activities & transactions
Contributions to AFV are separate from the AFV Store’s merchandise purchases, independent housing operators’ guest membership fees, and commercial consulting or products from other companies. The store uses its own Zeffy merchandise destination; payments for a guest’s membership must go directly to the legally responsible housing operator, not through AFV’s charitable donations.
Public records and gift review
What is available, and what is still in preparation.
IRS recognition and annual notices
AFV is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) public charity. AFV’s internal records report acceptance of its 2024 and 2025 IRS Form 990-N e-Postcards. Form 990-N is a short annual notice, not a full Form 990, audited financial statement, or complete annual report.
Financial and impact reports
An annual impact report and public financial summary are in preparation and have not yet been published. We will provide reporting dates and documents when information has been verified and appropriately approved. No draft is represented here as an issued annual report.
Donation and vehicle acceptance
Offers of goods, vehicles, or real property are reviewed before acceptance. Vehicle, gift-acceptance, and governance procedures are in preparation and must not be described as adopted until the appropriate governing body approves them. AFV does not assign the donor’s deductible value to noncash gifts.
Separate housing operations
AFV currently owns no homes associated with its public-facing housing mission. Those homes are owned and financially operated by independent entities. Donor-restricted gifts or work on someone else’s property require an AFV-approved charitable purpose, written arrangements, and safeguards before any such funds are accepted or spent.
How AFV measures impact
Document first. Report only what the evidence supports.
A Father's Vision measures what it can document, protects participant privacy, and reports aggregate information only when the underlying data is reliable enough to support the claim. AFV does not publish guaranteed outcomes or unsupported success rates.
Housing activity
AFV may track inquiries, referrals, intake conversations, move-ins or enrollments, participation duration, and exits or transitions when the source data is complete enough to report responsibly.
Stability milestones
AFV may document housing-stability, employment, resource, transportation, education, or follow-up milestones when those activities are part of the actual support provided and the records support the statement.
Privacy threshold
Public reporting should remain aggregate and should never expose guest-level medical, treatment, substance-use, court, or other sensitive information.
Publication rule
AFV publishes a number only when the source, reporting period, counting method, exclusions, and review process are documented in the organization's source-of-truth controls.
What AFV is — and is not.
AFV is recovery-centered housing with practical non-clinical support. It is not a substitute for licensed clinical treatment, detoxification, emergency care, or hospital care. Public website information is intended to help people understand the housing model and the next step, not to replace professional clinical or legal guidance.
Questions about stewardship?
Ask before assuming.
For current organizational, donation, partnership, or public-claim questions, contact AFV directly at support@afathersvision.com or 919-230-1394.