New York State Network for Youth Success

What it reported doing in 2024

The Network for Youth Success supports all programs that promote young people's intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development outside the traditional school day. These programs include those that serve youth in kindergarten through 12th grade, take place in schools and/or in community-based settings, and occur before and after school, during weekends, holidays, and summer breaks, or during the school day through partnerships with community organizations. (Continued on Schedule O)The Network for Youth Success convenes partners and coordinates them around a common agenda focused on partnership development, policy development, and capacity building. The network connects practice with policy across a broad range of state, regional, and local partners that represent the afterschool, expanded learning, community schools, and youth development fields broadly.Annual Conference: The New York State Network for Youth Success offers an annual conference to provide high-quality training hours in a number of requested topics by trainers from across the state. The conference provides an opportunity for professionals from all over New York to network and share ideas, increasing the quality of staff and programming throughout the state. This was our first year incorporating the Community Schools Resilience and Equity Conference and increasing the conference from two to four days. It took place from April 17th to 20th.We partnered with Change Impact to host 21st Century Programs on Friday, April 19. This allowed us to add specific 21st CCLC training on Friday for those participants. 257 participants registered for Wednesday/Thursday. 486 participants registered for Friday and 168 registered for Saturday, and several presenters were registered over four days.Wednesday included off-site site visits to local community schools, Community Schools 101 session, an Opening Plenary, and Igniting Community Schools Dinner. Thursday had three sessions with participants rotating through each session. Friday and Saturday included three 1.5 hour sessions and one .5 hour speed session. Topics included social and emotional learning, mental wellness, diversity, equity and inclusion, family engagement, team building, STEAM, behavior management, and much more.Several vendors joined us including ProSolve, National Inventors Hall of Fame, STEMfinity, Binghamton University, Hunger Solutions, kid-grit, Aspire and more. We had a wide array of platinum, gold, and silver sponsors. Sponsors included Brightside Up, Brooklyn Robot Foundry, ProSolve, STEMfinity, and more.We also hosted the sixth annual awards recognizing exemplary individuals and organizations in the field. Seven individuals and one program were recognized at this event.Credential: The New York State Network for Youth Success administers the New York State School-Age Care Credential which promotes quality services to children and families by providing specific standards, training and evaluation for afterschool professionals. In addition, the New York State Network for Youth Success offers a full distance learning component of the credential coursework as well as statewide institutes designed to meet the training needs of afterschool professionals. During 2024, the Network continued a systems building initiative within the credential. Year three of offering monthly learning communities for SAC Advisors, Endorsers, Instructors, and Host Agency Support staff has been fruitful. Sixteen learning communities were facilitated by Network staff, credentialed trainers, and seasoned SAC instructors and advisors on topics such as filling out the advisor tool, goal creation, program management, professionalism and many more. Additional time to meet with the Credential Coordinator, Credential Director and Vice President of Quality and Capacity Building was added before or after to answer questions for new advisors and endorsers.Over seventy-five members of the SAC community attended. After each virtual present

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 76.6%; rating input score 77
• Fundraising efficiency: $37.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited
• Public monitoring controls: Limited
• Public policy transparency: Limited
• Public financial transparency: Limited
• Impact reporting controls: Limited
• Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
• Public governance controls: Limited
• Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -44.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Operating reserve ratio: 0.15; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.68; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.2%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings