Becket Academy
Overview
Mission
Operation of youth and adult foster care in several states including Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Florida. Operation of community-based group homes for intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and mental health (MH) populations in Massachusetts.
What it reported doing in 2024
Tuition, room, board and related expenses of operating residential treatment facilities, as well as group and shared homes for developmentally disabled adults, plus related ancillary programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 020511096
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Orford, NH, USA
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for setting executive pay and available reserves provide a limited financial cushion.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 85
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.1%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.46; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.1% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $51.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $606K · 17 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links