Partner4Work

What it reported doing in 2024

Partner4work establishes and supports industry partnerships in key sectors in allegheny county's economy, including construction, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, health care, and informationtechnology. These industry partnerships bring togetheremployers, training providers, and other industry champions to build strong employer-driven solutions to workforce development challenges. Together, these industry partnerships will explore, register, and expand registered apprenticeship programs; build equity strategies to ensure that workers historically excluded from the labor market have access to career pathways and family sustaining jobs; work to improve the pipeline of youth who are aware of good jobs in these fields; and improve job quality across industries. Examples of programs supported by partner4work include bankwork$, pre-apprenticeship construction training, apprenti cybersecurity and software development registered apprenticeships, freedom house 2.0 and medical assistant training, and mechatronics registered apprenticeship programming. Partner4work will begin thebuilding equitable pathways to infrastructure jobs in southwestern Pennsylvania program in 2023, working to build an ecosystem of registered apprenticeships in critical fields, including ev technician and cybersecurity.priority population programming is integral to partner4works approach towards holistic program design and ethical inclusion of all jobseekers. The bulk of our team's workload currently focuses on individuals that are in recovery from substance conditions and job seekers who have criminal records. Our team is unique in that we act as an innovative and experimental space for testing small scale pilot programs for specific populations. While operating several finite multi-year programs, we evaluate gaps in the service area and create sustainability recommendations. With that in mind, each fiscal year is different depending upon opportunities released and awards received. During 2022, our team was responsible for actively administering two programs, one for individuals incarcerated at allegheny county jail, and one for jobseekers impacted by substance conditions. Across these initiatives, we've funded 12 providers, all with programming designed specifically for the target population. As a direct result of these programs parnter4work facilitated the first pre-release occupational training programs present at the allegheny county jail in over 5 years, credentialing four cohorts of currently incarcerated individuals. Similarly, our initiative targeting job seekers in recovery resurrected the offering of free certified recovery specialist training, which had not been available in the county for several years prior. A significant amount of priority population work lies in developing community partnerships, acting as experts in several stakeholder groups, and acting as liaisons to all partner4work programs and initiatives that may include reentrants, individuals in recovery, and other priority populations such as refugees and immigrants.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 99.4%; rating input score 99
• Program expense ratio: 92.5%; rating input score 93
• Fundraising efficiency: $6,602.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • 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: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -7.4%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.45; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings