Alliance for a Better Community

What it reported doing in 2024

Education: multilingual learner successnow in its eighth year, abc continues to co-chair the consortium for multilingual learner success, advancing a values-based policy agenda to improve educational outcomes for english learners and multilingual learners (mlls) in los angeles. Since its inception, the consortium has coordinated data, research, community engagement, organizing, and communications efforts to ensure linguistically diverse students have access to a high-quality public education.abc also developed a narrative shift workgroup aimed at changing the messaging to an asset-based approach of multilingualism. Additionally, abc leads the consortium's grassroots organizing workgroup (grow), which centers community voices in shaping the consortium's local and statewide strategic direction. Over the past year, grow prioritized advocacy for increased mental health support for multilingual learners across school districts and advanced narrative change work to position multilingualism as a community asset.in fy24-25, the consortium completed a comprehensive policy agenda update building on its 2020 framework. The process included a consortium-wide convening, advisory committee meetings, grow meetings, and three community listening sessions ensuring multilingual learners and their families directly informed the final agenda. Abc staff led synthesis of community input, drafted framing materials, and facilitated cross-session analysis. The updated agenda was presented to the full consortium advisory committee in early fall and now anchors a renewed statewide and local strategy.voices of hope and multilingual education leadership awardsin april 2025, the consortium for multilingual learner success held its inaugural voices of hope celebration, launching the multilingual education leadership awards to recognize exemplary schools and school districts advancing multilingual learners through the state seal of biliteracy and biliteracy pathway recognitions. The event recognized seven la county high schools and one school district for exceptional commitment to biliteracy. To anchor the celebration, abc produced a video highlighting multilingual learner stories spotlighting students, families, and educators whose experiences make the case for multilingualism as an educational asset. The event convened more than 100 attendees, including representatives from community-based and family engagement organizations, local school districts, and parents of multilingual learners. State legislative advocacyabc as the co-chairs of the consortium for multilingual learner success supported several state bills impacting multilingual learners, including ab 48, ab 49, sb 98, ab 419, and ab 148. During the 2025 legislative cycle, ab 49, sb 98, ab 419, and ab 148 were signed into law, advancing protections and resources for students and families across California.platicasplaticas, monthly virtual convenings for abc's community leaders' network, continued to provide timely, relevant information to linguistically diverse families across los angeles, connecting community members with experts and resources on topics aligned with current needs. Platicas serve as a platform for parents to be heard, share their experiences, and ask questions of issue experts and one another.in fy24-25, abc took on leadership of the college for all coalition, a network of community-based organizations and education advocates working to expand college access and success for low-income students and students of color in los angeles.under abc's leadership, the college for all coalition returned to sacramento for its annual advocacy day, with over 40 advocates gathered at the capitol to push for policies that expand opportunity and protect immigrant and undocumented communities on school campuses. Through 40 legislative meetings, advocates rallied behind key bills like ab 49 (safe haven schools) and sb 98 (the safe act). Other bill priorities included key bills like ab 731 (college and c

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 69.1%; rating input score 69
• Program expense ratio: 71.5%; rating input score 72
• Fundraising efficiency: $38.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 99.3%; rating input score 99; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• 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: 3.7%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.5%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 23.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 25.5% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 26.1% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings