El Puente De Williamsburg Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

2. Enviroment el puente researches, implements, and advocates for environmental justice and sustainability solutions to mitigate climate risk and confront the historically disproportionate impact of environmental harm on bipoc, immigrant, and working-class communities. Our approach integrates environmental, housing, transit, health, and economic justice to build resilient, thriving neighborhoods rooted in equity and self-determination.at the heart of our environmental work is el puente's green light district (gld), a pioneering model for community-led sustainability and development. The gld is a long-term placekeeping strategy designed to reverse the displacement and disempowerment caused by gentrification. Rather than responding to extractive, profit-driven development, the gld centers the needs, culture, and leadership of long-standing residents of south williamsburg (los sures). The green light district is not just a program-it is a living blueprint for what sustainable, just, and rooted development can look like. The initiative brings together community members, youth, artists, educators, and organizers to co-create a neighborhood that nurtures both people and the planet. It operates on the belief that environmental justice cannot be siloed-it must move in tandem with education, cultural expression, health, housing, and civic power.through gld and our broader environmental work, we focus on: -urban greening and food sovereignty: expanding access to green spaces, revitalizing community gardens, and providing environmental education programs across our leadership centers -climate justice education: facilitating bilingual workshops, school partnerships, and youth campaigns on climate resilience and emergency preparedness -sustainable infrastructure advocacy: partnering with residents to push for just transit and the undoing of racist infrastructures that harm our communities. -coalition work across the city and state to promote climate and environmental justice. Our environmental initiatives are designed not only to improve material conditions but to strengthen belonging, interdependence, and community ownership in the face of environmental and economic transformation.whether through public space activations, community gatherings, and partnerships that speak to climate displacement, advocating for just energy policy, or organizing for local composting, el puente's environmental justice work reaffirms that the future must be shaped by those who live it.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 75.5%; rating input score 75
• Program expense ratio: 82.4%; rating input score 82
• Fundraising efficiency: $27.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 8.9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings