Easter Seals Vermont Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Easterseals Vermont's programs and services are family-centered and focus on creating connection, stability, and long-term well-being. We serve children, young adults, and families through the following core programs: Child & Family Support: Through Family Time Coaching, coordination, and transportation support, we help families who are currently separated due to safety concerns to spend quality, healthy time together. We also support at-risk families who are working to overcome challenges by providing care coordination and Family Safety Planning meeting facilitation. For children who are in the state's custody, we provide family finding services so children can stay connected with kin who are available for ongoing support and assistance.Youth Development: Promoting independence for teens and young adults ages 14 to 22 transitioning out of foster care to adulthood by helping youth identify and attain their goals around things like stable housing, secure employment, and post-secondary education.Post Permanency Services: Supporting families formed by adoption or guardianship with in-home adjusted parenting education, consultation to treatment and school teams, and community resource referrals.Compass: A prevention and stabilization program that serves at-risk youth ages 12 to 23 in Rutland county. Our program supports youth and families in developing well-being, education and employment, permanent connections, and stable living environments as youth transition to adulthood.Balanced & Restorative Justice: Enhancing youth-focused restorative justice in the Middlebury District. We create safe, youth-based learning environments, identify skills and resource gaps, and support youth to become productive and invested community members.Intensive Family Based Services: Supporting children and their families facing challenges that threaten their stability and safety at home and in their community through clinically guided assessments, case management, facilitating community connections, family safety planning, and therapeutic services.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.8%; rating input score 86
• Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: $2.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1.2%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings